art criticism

March 25, 2013

Photo: Ming Chen Liao

Actress Tilda Swinton scrunched herself into a glass box at MoMA for all to see. [The Atlantic Wire]
The Chicago Headline Club announced finalists for the Peter Lisagor Awards. Now in its 36th year, the award recognizes outstanding journalism produced over the previous year. No surprise, Art F City contributor Jason Foumberg makes the cut in the “Arts Reporting and Criticism” category. [Headline Club]
Klaus Biesenbach tweeted pictures from the future home of MoMA PS1’s second-ever Volkswagen Dome in the Rockaways. So far, there’s a wooden deck. [Twitter]
Google, after announcing it will pull the plug on Google Reader, unveiled a new, Evernote-inspired app. Nice try, Google, but you can’t win your way back into our blogger hearts so easily. [Mashable]
“OkCupid Date Generator Needed” happened. [Craigslist]
The Met said “Let there be art on Monday.” Beginning July 1, the museum will be open seven days a week. Hurray! [Art Observed]
KYUR8 transformed our “Etsy’s Horse Art Trends” post into a zine. [KYUR8]
Looking into the future, we’re wondering who’s going to Open Engagement this May? It’s a conference all about social practice and it looks great. [Open Engagement]

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