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Christening a Film Festival’s New Old Home With John Waters

by Michael Anthony Farley on May 24, 2017

The Maryland Film Festival has a glorious permanent home in a formerly abandoned theater. Of course, as with all developments in Baltimore, it’s restoration hasn’t been without controversy.

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This Week’s Must-See Art Events: Djinns Against Digital Colonialism, John Waters Action Figures, and “Werifesteria”

by Michael Anthony Farley on May 22, 2017

This week you’re in for a weird ride. From Aaron Pexa’s installation inspired by faeries from Welsh mythology (opening Wednesday at UrbanGlass) to a show of fake John Waters memorabilia Thursday night at La MaMa, there’s a lot of idiosyncratic happenings to partake in. Add to that itinerary a Friday night group show of emotion-altering colors (like the opposite of a mood ring!) at Small Editions and Eva Papamargariti’s speculative mutant frogs at TRANSFER on Saturday.

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Wednesday Links: Guy Who Came To Met Gala Naked In Box Wins Red Carpet

by Michael Anthony Farley on May 3, 2017

Fyodor Pavlov-Andreevich has been arrested following his unsanctioned Met Gala performance (cue the fashion police jokes). The Russian artist was dropped off by accomplices naked and sealed in a plexiglass box on the red carpet. In his defense, the look was much more fitting of this year’s “avant-garde” dress code than whatever the hell it was any of the Kardashian-Jenner brood squeezed into. [The Art Newspaper]
Long Island City’s long-awaited new waterfront library, designed by starchitect Steven Holl, is being delayed yet again. This time, a custom glass shipment has been delayed by a strike in Spain. [Curbed]
Many millennials might vaguely remember the ridiculous children’s film Blank Check that always seemed to be on TV for much of the 1990s. It turns out that the movie is really, really fucked up when you watch it from an adult’s perspective. Though, honestly, I remember having suspension of disbelief issues with it as a child. [Observer]
Toronto’s Visions Gallery has cancelled a show of (pretty bad) paintings by Amanda PL after the artist was accused of “cultural genocide”. PL’s work is influenced by Norval Morrisseau’s 1960s paintings, which incorporated motifs from his Indigenous Canadian roots. When the gallerists found out PL was White, they axed the show and issued a public apology. I’m not sure I have an opinion about this beyond the point that the paintings are bad no matter who painted them. [Heat Street]
Apparently one of the booths at RuPaul’s Drag Con (which wrapped up over the weekend) was a Divine “mini museum”. Thankfully social media has documented this cultural event thoroughly for posterity. [Facebook]
Anyone planning an Escape From New York during Frieze Week: I highly recommend the Maryland Film Festival, which opens today. This year should be especially exciting. The organization has bought and renovated a historic theater in Baltimore where there will be year-round programming. It looks great. [BmoreArt]
Revisiting Jean Paul Gaultier’s 1000+ costumes for The Fifth Element: twenty years later, they’re still amazing and futuristic. [DAZED]
And some say the Grinch’s heart grew three sizes as big that day: Florida Republicans have decided not to slash state funding for Miami’s famed New World School of the Arts. [Miami Herald]

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Museum Punk Show in Need of A Sound Guy

by Michael Anthony Farley on February 24, 2017

In a past life, Mexico City’s Museo Universitario Del Chopo was a punk flea market. Today, it’s gone back to it roots (kinda).
Punk. Sus rastros en el arte contemporáneo is a fantastic survey of both punk and its impact on contemporary art. But when so much of that influence has been on video art, the logic of a gallery presentation is questionable.
The show feels a bit like it should be a film festival but has been squeezed into a white box. Good luck trying to sit through more than a dozen videos with overlapping sound on different loops.

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GIF of the Day: A Birthday GIF Tribute to Grace Jones!

by Michael Anthony Farley on May 19, 2016

GRACE JONES WIGS OMG

Believe it or not, Grace Jones was born 68 years ago today, in Spanish Town, Jamaica. She’s essentially a living classical sculpture. with nearly 7 decades on this earth she’s too-good-for, she mysteriously looks better and still gives more energetic performances than pretty much anyone alive. Grace Jones is everyone’s hero. After the jump, we have a collection of artists’ GIF tributes to one of the most glamorous, innovative, and all-around awesome figures in the history of art/pop.

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Christening a Film Festival’s New Old Home With John Waters

This Week’s Must-See Art Events: Djinns Against Digital Colonialism, John Waters Action Figures, and “Werifesteria”

Wednesday Links: Guy Who Came To Met Gala Naked In Box Wins Red Carpet

Museum Punk Show in Need of A Sound Guy

GIF of the Day: John Waters’ Female Trouble

GIF of the Day: A Birthday GIF Tribute to Grace Jones!

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