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Elastic Arts Foundation
by Paddy Johnson and Corinna Kirsch on April 10, 2014
- “Remember, in addition to oil and canvas, it took capitalism to put that picture on the wall.” That quote comes from our nominee for the worst article about art you’ll read this week, month, or even this year. “The Art World Tells Us Much About the Value of Wealth” talks about why it’s a good thing that the world’s richest purchase work made by only a handful of artists. It’s full of untruths like most artists don’t get rich because they’re “in the wrong place at the wrong time.” Our favorite: “What is interesting is that there isn’t a hue and cry about how ‘unfair’ this is.” I guess he’s never read Art F City! [Entrepreneur Magazine]
- Protests are happening today: Protest the Chinese government’s decision to withhold artist Ai Weiwei’s passport at the Brooklyn Public Library or protest Chelsea’s rising rents at the High Line. To each their own. [PEN American Center, City Room]
- The Judd Foundation now offers free tours for artists (on Fridays at 11:00 AM). That’s smart because everyone knows that artists don’t work real jobs and should have no problem scooting on down to Soho during the day. [The Judd Foundation]
- Random YouTube vids. [World of Random]
- My Art Invest lets you invest in art for as little as £5 per share (most artworks are divvied up into 100 shares). But we wonder, what’s the value in having 1/100 a share of a Banksy? [The Art Newspaper]
- Artist Theaster Gates and the Elastic Arts Foundation are going to open up a cafe and bar in the Logan Square neighborhood of Chicago. [Chicago Business]
- Beware of the dabbler. A Florida pastor who deals art on the side has been convicted of trying to sell five fake Damien Hirsts to an undercover police officer. [The New York Times]
- Edward Winkleman tells Artnet he’s looking for spaces on 57th and the Upper East Side in a larger piece about middle tier galleries. Winkleman worries that if blue chip galleries continue to peel off the best selling artists from middle tier and emerging galleries, and those galleries never see a return on their investment, the whole system is in jeopardy. [Artnet]
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