Tavares Strachan at the Bahamas Pavilion
- An outdoor concrete installation by world famous sculpture Richard Serra has been designated a site of “cultural heritage value”. The piece lives on a farm north of Toronto, Ontario and was the subject of much litigation; Hickory Hill Investments, the owner of the property, opposed the designation. [NYTimes]
- We are our own paparazzi. A collection of Instagrams taken by or of famous art world folk in Venice. [In the Air]
- MoMA’s new Photography Curator Quentin Bajac gets a profile in the WSJ. Bajac is already feeling the fatigue felt by many curators in America, who due to diminished government support, must spend an enormous amount of time fundraising in addition to their work curating. [WSJ]
- Turkish authorities used violent means to shut down a peaceful protest over the closure of a small park in Istanbul last week. Art worlders in Venice staged a protest of their own over the events. [Hyperallergic]
- The famed art blog Colossal opened a design shop last week. The online outlet sells a lot of material that looks like it might just as easily be found at the MoMA Design store. I’ll take the Yess! sign made of wood for $150 please! [Colossal]
- Julian Assange believes The New Digital Age by authors and Google execs Eric Schmidt and Jared Cohen is, “beyond anything else, an attempt by Google to position itself as America’s geopolitical visionary.” Assange indulges is some generalizations to make his points about the company’s imperialist vision (Google’s push against an anonymous web, for example, had practical, not evil roots) but his point of view is important nonetheless. [NYTimes]
- Kathleen Massara at The Huffington Post is a photo blogging machine! The Venice Biennale in pictures. [Huff Po]
