Spaceways 13: Jonuta Rising! by John Cleve. Berkley 1983. Cover artist Ken Barr (Image courtesy of pulpcrush on flickr)
- “Dad combined porn with all manner of genre fiction. He wrote pirate porn, ghost porn, science-fiction porn, vampire porn, historical porn, time-travel porn, secret-agent porn, thriller porn, zombie porn and Atlantis porn.” A touching ode to the life of celebrated porn writer Andrew Offutt, or John Cleve, by his son Chris Offutt. [New York Times]
- Philadelphia’s Nicola Midnight St. Claire has starting a “Dear Abby” column for artists. The first question is a unanimous one: the woes of 30 Under 30 lists and getting overlooked. We’re looking forward to more of these. [The St. Claire]
- Harry Potter reenactors will be congregating from round the globe to a Polish castle, just purchased by a Harry Potter role-play company. The first event is in April. Get your tickets now. [Daily Mail]
- A college art project has brought the city of Atlanta to a standstill on Monday, when police mistook a pinhole camera duct taped to a bridge for a bomb. [artnet News]
- I found this through clickbait yesterday, but perhaps the most useful listicle of all: The Top Five Regrets of the Dying. I’ve been seriously reevaluating my lifestyle in the past 24 hours. [Guardian]
- An uproar in London over the Natural History Museum’s plan to replace Dippy the dinosaur skeleton with a blue whale skeleton, in order to remind us to preserve and celebrate what we still have left. [Hyperallergic]
- Last night at New Museum, the Showtime guys were on view as part of Gerard & Kelly’s residency project. For non-New Yorkers, “showtime” is a popular subway pole dance for money (our chief commissioner has been cracking down on them). Typically they are ignored. Fashionable art crowds was applauding. It was weird. [Twitter]
- Art dealer and author Ed Winkleman speculates that the popularity of technical skill over concept has to do with our lack of time to invest in thinking. “In short, the demand seems to be that the artist do all the work, up front, which is only instantly demonstrable…” he writes. This is pretty evident if you’ve ever been to any art fair. [edwardwinkleman.com]
- Last chance to apply to the paid SPACES residency program in Philadelphia. [SPACES, via @theartblog]
