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by Paddy Johnson and Rea McNamara on February 9, 2016
- When we wrote about Trinidadian artist Marlon Griffith’s mas-inspired art project in Toronto last summer, we talked about how carnival can operate as a form of political spectacle-slash-street theatre. So it comes as no surprise that there are many Zika virus-inspired floats and costumes at this year’s Brazilian carnival. [Quartz]
- “But we all feel vulnerable to judgement. And scapegoating critics is a way we express that vulnerability.” An interview with Times film critic AO Scott weighing in on why critics are often portrayed as failed artists, and how Twitter has made criticism “more lively”. [Salon]
- A Florida man was arrested for tossing a three-and-a-half foot alligator through a Wendy’s drive-thru window. (Don’t worry — the alligator was caught and later released in a nearby canal.) [WPTV West Palm Beach]
- Will Harlem be the successor of Chelsea? Last year, Gavin Brown moved from his longtime West Village location to a former brewery in the Manhattanville neighbourhood. Now it looks like Elizabeth Dee will be inhabiting a two-storey space that was once the Studio Museum in Harlem’s original location. Dee confirms that at least 10 Chelsea dealers are angling for a Harlem move. [artnet News]
- Monica Lewinsky has released solidarity-representing handshake emojis to combat cyberbullying and trolling. [Vanity Fair]
- “With the release of ‘Formation,’ Beyoncé went from manipulating the pop culture music industry machine to usurping it. And that’s what freedom looks like when you’re a black female pop star in a capitalist country. As she sings in the last line of ‘Formation’ with an unwavering gaze below the brim of a low slung hat ‘best revenge is your paper.’” Academic Naila Keleta-Mae breaks down Bey’s latest meditation on female blackness. [Noisey]
- Toronto’s Artscape has just released an open call for expressions of interest from artists, artist collectives and cultural non-profits for programming and tenant opportunities in its new Weston Hub. The development will be located in the city’s northwest Weston neighborhood, located near Weston Road and Lawrence Avenue West. It’s slated to open in late 2018. [Artscape Weston]
- The latest in Chicago’s housing crisis: a two bedroom in a newly erected luxury high rise near the demolition rubble of the Cabrini-Green housing project starts at $3,200 per month. [Chicagoist]
- Kim Kardashian gets more retweets in three days than ISIS ever has. [Fusion]
- Considering the internet as a mass-collaborative project. [Kunsthalle Wien]
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