Artist Hannah Rothstein imagines a bleak future for America’s National Parks in a series of WPA style posters. Set in 2050, these parks will all be ravaged by the effects of climate change. This, of course, assumes they make it that long. We can imagine a future in which the public donates its parks to the Trump family. Their forests will be clear cut for golf courses, luxury hotels and handbag shops. [Hyperallergic]
There’s something a little weird about the Jason Farago glowing review of Maureen Gallace’s landscapes at PS1. Gallace, is without a doubt a phenomenal painter, but to describe spending an hour looking at a bunch of art fair friendly works an act of defiance seems a little off base. The paintings, according to Farago, are a workout for the brain—a thesis argued on the basis of formalism. Anyway, we’re sure it’s a great show. We’re a little less certain if it has much to do with the reasons Farago cites. [The New York Times]
Carolina Miranda goes over the results of a new NEA study released in conjunction with the Bureau of Economic Analysis. According to the study, the arts and cultural sector contributed nearly $730 billion to the U.S. economy in 2014, which is roughly 4.2 percent of the entire US economy. You’d think this would be good news for the arts—a study that unequivocally shows the enormous value of this sector—but not with this administration. It basically runs with the ideology that anything that demonstrably makes us healthy and prosperous should be destroyed. (Peanut gallery here—the piece has more actual info in it.) [Culture: High & Low]
This daily dairy by Leif Ritchey makes his life seem pretty laid back compared to that of most New Yorkers. It’s mostly taking care of kids and going to the studio at night. No shortage of free time. [ARTnews]
New York’s best public art works, according to Curbed. This includes a hippo in a tutu, a rendering of the earth cradled in the hand of a giant salamander, and a sitting nude who looks constipated. These are terrible works of art, but nobody gives a shit because we’re all needlessly debating the merit of the bull and fearless girl sculptures down on Wall Street. [Curbed]
