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Tuesday Links: Ready, Aim, Fire Klaus Biesenbach?

by Paddy Johnson and Corinna Kirsch on March 24, 2015

Mmmm. Robot soup.

Luxury communism means robots who’ll take care of everything we need so that we can all just chill out because, you know, “the only utopian demand can be for the full automation of everything and common ownership of that which is automated.” [The Guardian]
Christian Viveros-Fauné, the critic of the people, points out why Klaus Biesenbach’s days as a “free-floating” curator at MoMA are numbered. Board members are angry, and there’s no bureaucratic—or academic—oversight to his celebrity-ridden shows. [artnet News]
On that note, it’s #MuseumWeek. Celebrate your fave museum moments on Twitter! [Deutsche Welle]
The kids still love Robin Williams so much. Here’s a pic of “The Genie” from a high-school art competition. [Imgur]
Contemporary photography could be having a “capitalist realism” moment—you know, like “social realism,” but more about money. Or, IMO, it’s just a single photographer who’s charmed by sleek, shiny architecture, and not really a powerful trend. For instance: Seidel brings up the woman with her back to the camera, a moment in Capitalist-Realist-Romanticism. Carrie Mae Weems has been doing the same thing for years, but to an entirely different, critical effect. [Hyperallergic]
Angelina Jolie offers a follow up on her preventive double mastectomy and ovary removal. Her family history of the disease was strong, and after her ovary removal last week, at age 39, they found a benign tumor. [New York Times]
A thorough review of Hito Steyerl’s films and PowerPoint lectures anchored to Walter Benjamin’s quote “There’s no document of civilization which is not at the same time a document of barbarism.” [ArtInfo]
On indecisive chickens and the Dharavi Food Project. [Frieze]
#business #art [Daily Serving]

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Monday Links: Holes

by Corinna Kirsch on March 16, 2015

The problem with sinkholes? Too many homeless kittens! [Mother Jones via the New Orleans Times Picayune]
A fond farewell to “What Am I Looking At?” (WAILA), a web series that follows comedian Ali Clayton and guests to Chicago art openings. For the show’s final episode, Clayton, and the show’s producer, artist Patrick Bobilin, talk about art without fear, or fear of repercussions. It’s a show where you’ll hear comments like “That just reminds me of really stretched-out nutsacks” and “But did you like the emotion, or did you like the coolness?”. Patrick, you’re more than welcome to hang out and do a “We Went to” with us when you’re in New York next. [YouTube]
“Why Do Severed Goat Heads Keep Turning Up in Brooklyn?” asks writer Adrian Chen, as he goes full detective mode, putting on his best Peter Sellers moustache for the investigation. Hint: Minority groups point fingers at each other for the goat-head slaughter. [Daily Intelligencer]
Sotheby’s appoints Tad Smith as president and chief executive officer. Tad—who has one of the preppiest names out there—has previously served as president of the Madison Square Garden Company and Cablevision. He also likes to spend his time teaching; he’s an adjunct professor at New York University’s Stern School of Business. [Sotheby’s, Business Insider]
A history of grits, written by me. [Ordinary Objects]
Press release: “Art Basel and BMW have launched the BMW Art Journey, a first-of-its-kind award that enables selected artists to design a journey of creative discovery to a destination of their choice. Inspired by travel and the boundless diversity of places, encounters and experiences, artists will have the chance to conduct research, discover new ideas and themes, and create new work.” Translation: BMW will pay for artists travel. Vrooom! [BMW Art Journey]

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Dealers Report: The 2015 Armory Show Is Legit Awesome

by Corinna Kirsch on March 5, 2015

Writing about the Armory Show comes with a caveat: people lie. Ask a dealer if they’ve made any sales, and they’ll often say “yes,” whether or not they’ve actually sold anything. Often, though, those tales reveal themselves. Some lies come with errors. This year, for example, a dealer told us collectors only buy at the end of a fair—an obviously false statement—but yes, she’d sold some small works. Other tales reveal themselves years later. Like when a dealer tells you he was “losing his shirt” at a past fair, forgetting that he’d told you that very same year that he’d sold out the booth.

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This Week’s Must-See Art Events: Fiery Paintings and an Opera Called “Crash”

by Paddy Johnson Whitney Kimball and Corinna Kirsch on April 7, 2014

So, so much to do.

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Hello AFC Redesign! Nice to Meet You!

by Paddy Johnson on June 22, 2010

Art Fag City freshens up its look a little. This means a cleaner front page design, show recommendations, social media up the wazoo, mobile plug-ins, and more. It also means BETTER COMMENTS.

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