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Book of Wonders
by Paddy Johnson and Whitney Kimball on January 17, 2014
- What’s the point of writing about culture if the world is gonna end? I’ve been severely depressed since reading this Nation piece last night, “The Coming ‘Instant Planetary Emergency’”, another essay suggesting that humanity may end within the century. While we need the reminder, I wish these articles would come with a call-to-arms, like ‘don’t have kids’ or ‘meet at 5 PM outside the White House to urge the government to tax petroleum’. Adbusters basically organized Occupy Wall Street, so if writers chose, they could direct attention elsewhere. [The Nation]
- Looks like the MoCA Board is already more attractive to artists who left during the Jeffrey Deitch debacle. Catherine Opie has publicly told the LA Times that she’s interested in serving on the board. [The L.A. Times]
- Art Critic Deborah Solomon heads to The Colbert Show to promote her book on Norman Rockwell. She shows Stephen Colbert that he’s not a very good art critic. [Gallerist]
- While we’re on the apocalypse, here’s some listicle porn: 16th century illustrations depicting the end of the world from Taschen’s Book of Wonders. [The Verge]
- Andy Warhol selfies. [PleaseKillMe]
- And in New York-centric news, the remains of an arm and leg found yesterday in Queens are thought to belong to Avonte Oquendo, the 14-year-old autistic boy who went missing last October. Eek. [Gawker]
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