Camille Henrot

April 21, 2014

What appears to be a North Korean children’s orchestra and choir. [Facebook, via Arash Akbari]
Unexpectedly, Martha Stewart produced the most disturbing Easter egg still life we saw yesterday. A taxidermied Easter bunny sitting on emu eggs and quail eggs and pheasant eggs. [@marthastewart]
Easter iconography made ugly. (We like these gifs by Mike and Claire.) [VICE]
Romans were some of the first art collectors. In a nutshell, here’s how it’d work: After taking over an enemy, they’d steal their art collections, then open up a victory museum. [University of California]
An original print of Richard Prince’s “Spiritual America” (1983) is going up for auction at Christie’s, but it was probably made in 1987. This, despite claims from Richard Prince himself that the work was conceived later. Why is nobody listening? [greg.org]
Amazon is going to start selling self-published photo books. [The Telegraph]
Camille Henrot, darling of the 2014 Venice Biennale, has a solo exhibition at the New Orleans Museum of Art where she focuses on the Houma tribe of Louisiana, a tribe that has failed to receive federal recognition. [Art in America]
Next level Easter eggs for your Easter Monday. [Vimeo]
A woman “gives birth” to a painting. Someone call Keith Boadwee up. His asshole paintings are being given a run for their money. [The Huffington Post]
The grammar of click bait. So good. [The American Reader]

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