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This Week’s Must-See Art Events: Reading is Fundamental

by Michael Anthony Farley on May 8, 2017

Start your week off with a dose of Civil Rights history Monday at IFC, where fierce pussy is screening The Black Power Mixtape and Wednesday at ICP, where Hettie Jones will be talking about what Making America Great really looks like. Thursday, we’re looking forward to two book launches. Andrea McGinty will be releasing her Ah Yes Bad Things at Printed Matter and Leslie-Lohman Museum of Gay and Lesbian Art is throwing a party to celebrate the catalog for their current exhibition Queer Threads. Friday night there are mysterious but promising exhibitions opening all over Brooklyn. Then it’s DUMBO open studios all weekend. End the week with a day trip to New Haven (seriously, it’s a painless train ride) where Bortolami’s ARTIST/CITY program has paired Tom Burr with a Marcel Breuer masterpiece that now finds itself surrounded by an IKEA parking lot.

The world is a strange and wondrous place. We’ll see you out in it.

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This Week’s Must-See Art Events: Use Your Sick Days Wisely

by Michael Anthony Farley on March 27, 2017

There’s plenty of good stuff to do this week, starting with a Felix Gonzalez-Torres book launch reception at the Whitney Monday night. Carla Gannis has a book launch of her own Tuesday night at the Pratt library, including augmented-reality elements. The rest of the week is dominated by painting and digital art—exemplified by Michael William’s solo show of digitally-produced paintings at Gladstone and Jason Lahr’s digitally-informed paintings at the Painting Center, both of which open Thursday night. For digital purists, check out Low Res: Spatial Politics in the Cloud at NARS Foundation’s Sunset Park digs Friday night. For painting purists, catch Rebecca Leveille’s brushy portraits at Site:Brooklyn. Fans of both media will be relieved to note they’re but a few subway stops away. End the week with FIN’s ICE PIX album release party on Sunday in Bushwick, which features performances from rising stars such as FlucT and Raul de Nieves. Your Monday hangover will be so worth it.

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ICP Enters the 21st Century with a Bunch of Mirrors

by Rhett Jones on July 1, 2016

For a prime example of ambitious curating standing in the way of excellent artwork, look no further than the convoluted mess of a show at the International Center for Photography’s brand new Bowery location. While I’m always up for seeing art that takes advantage of technology and addresses our weird wired world, this show is filled with wrong-headed assertions, painful hanging choices, and eyeball-straining design.

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Tuesday Links: ICP Gets Obliterated and Post-Brexit Auction is Sluggish

by Paddy Johnson and Rhett Jones on June 28, 2016

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Phillips ran their 20th-Century and Contemporary Art auction yesterday with lackluster results. The sale totaled 11.9 million GBP, a 34.6 percent drop from last year. The sell-through rate was only 68 percent. Could the Brexit have contributed to the mood? Josh Baer seems to think the effect will be minimal with the market being global. But doesn’t globalism mean that we’re all connected so we’re more not less sensitive to shifts in the economies of others? [The Art Newspaper and Baer Faxt]
Another day, another huge museum gift at work. The Philadelphia Museum is showcasing the collection of Keith and Katherine Sachs—a collection that, according to Newsworks, is expected to transform the museum into a powerhouse of contemporary art. [Newsworks]
That universally mocked, live action Tetris movie trilogy really is happening. Its producer says that it has to be a trilogy because the story they are telling is just TOO BIG. He added, “We’re not going to have blocks with feet running around the movie. But it’s great that people think so. It sets the bar rather low!” [The Guardian]
In the latest effort to teach kids the principles of coding from an early age, Google has made a set of electric toy blocks. When the blocks are snapped together they can create real computer programs like a musical instrument or a messaging app. They’re also pretty great to look at. [Wired]
Wow, Jason Farago haaaates the inaugural selfie exhibition at the ICP’s new space on the Bowery. He complains that they set aside no space for their permanent collection of 150,000 photographs (the space isn’t large enough for that, though) and that the current show is little more than an aggregation of artworks, reproductions, considered pieces and throw-away snaps. “This is an exhibition that should have remained a Pinterest board”, Farago concludes. Ouch. [The Guardian]
Hyperallergic’s Elyssa Goodman seems to get a lot more out of the exhibition but we’re a bit confused about the message. In one passage she discusses photographing herself in a mirror used to display Warhol Polaroids, purposefully obscuring her face with the Warhol so that “self-identification and public visibility” actually overlap. What does this mean? [Hyperallergic]
A new investigation has concluded that Nazi-looted art was sold to high-ranking Nazis at a deflated price rather than being given to victims families. The art was originally recovered by the Monuments Men and was turned over to the Bavarian government on the condition of it being used as restitution. [artnet News]
A 5000-year-old pay stub now in the possession of the British Museum shows that ancient workers were paid in beer. At the time beer was a hearty, starchy brew that could double as a meal. [ars technica]

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Wednesday Links: Bob Ross, the “Godfather” of ASMR

by Paddy Johnson Whitney Kimball and Corinna Kirsch on January 28, 2015

OMG lipsuction cups, a timely release with yesterday’s IMG MGMT “Cosmetic Masochism,” (Faith Holland and Seth Watter on torture porn and cosmetic tutorials). You have to hand it to the lip suction cup inventors. These things really work. [Jezebel]
Gentrification moves Eastward in Brooklyn, what else is new. If this story makes you mad, then go to the Brooklyn Independent Media public forum and panel tonight with Scott Stringer, urban planners, a city council members, and others. [New York Magazine]
20×200 is holding their annual RIDONK sale. Yesterday and this morning 40 of their prints are available at 40 percent off. There’s a new deal every day this week. These are great prices, so take advantage while you can. And while you’re on the site, try to buy some art at regular prices too, while you’re on the site. Support artists! [20×200]
Expect to hear a lot more about the International Center of Photography, now that New Museum visitors (and press) will have no excuse not to stop by. The museum is moving just across the street from the New Museum on Bowery. The $23 million space will “increase the sense of institutional stability and help attract additional major support,” the organization says. [Bowery Boogie]
Happy Birthday Jackson Pollock. [Wikipedia]
How Google celebrated Jackson Pollock’s birthday, in 2009. [Google]
“Leviathan” is up for Best Foreign Picture—lauded abroad and scorn from Russia—despite the fact that most Russians have not seen the film. This write up made me want to see the film. [The New York Times]
The engineering behind the deep-ridged potato chip, from the chip’s deep-ridged design to the development of new blade technology to create such deep ridges. This story is ridiculous and bizarrely captivating. [Daily Beast]
Income inequality, with googly eyes! [Twitter]
Not everyone is pleased with the Guggenheim’s architecture competition in Helsinki. After the Helsinki council shot down the Guggenheim foundation’s proposal to build a museum within city limits in 2012, they decided to hold an architecture competition anyway, and show the best museum designs in Helsinki. Now, the foundation hopes that by showing the finalists —in Helsinki, proper—the Finnish will be more willing to build a museum. Architect and writer Michael Sorkin has devised a rival competition to the Guggenheim’s, The Next Helsinki, which encourages ideas that aren’t just another big museum. [ArchDaily]
Bob Ross was apparently “the godfather” of ASMR triggers. Now I know what it feels like not to be able to do magic eye. [Mashable]
More strikes over the proposed privatisation of the National Gallery, which union secretary Mark Serwotka has called “reckless and risks damaging the worldwide reputation of what is one of the UK’s greatest cultural assets.” They’re serious. This time, it’s a five-day walkout. [BBC]

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This Week’s Must-See Art Events: Last Chance Retrospectives and Holiday Parties

by Whitney Kimball on December 15, 2014

The art world has mostly checked out for the holidays, and so have we. Time for holiday parties!

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This Week’s Must-See Art Events: Throw Your Art Career in MoMA’s Dumpster

by Whitney Kimball on October 20, 2014

You won’t hear us bitching about Chelsea this week, which, given the last month, is probably a relief for all our readers. We’ll be more than occupied with protests, generative artworks, Bushwick Expo, video blowouts, and televisual operas. You can also expect to hear no end of promo for our auction, which ends —->THURSDAY, Thursday, Thursday!<—–

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This Week’s Must See Events: The Biennials Are Upon Us

by Paddy Johnson on March 4, 2014

If fair overload doesn’t kill you this week, the events will. Get ready for the Whitney Biennial, the Last Brucennial, and a throwdown show by Anthony Antonellis at Transfer this weekend. Don’t count on sleeping this week.

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Museums Are Cool, Too: 16 Shows to See This Summer

by Julia Wolkoff on July 18, 2013

Summer is here, and it’s hot. If going to the beach sounds painful, we’ve got a suggestion: museums. Thankfully, the air conditioned galleries of New York’s museums have plenty of worthwhile shows to check out. (Just don’t try to go to the rooftop gallery at the Met; they’ve closed that today due to the heat.) Below, we’ve rounded up a whopping list of 16 fantastic museum shows we’re going to check out.

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Wednesday Links: Running Up an Escalator

by Paddy Johnson on May 29, 2013

"Intercourses" still from Jesper Just's installation at Danish Pavilion. Image via: The New York Times

Canadian artist Shary Boyle had the National Gallery’s help this year in fundraising for her pavilion, which cost 1.5 Million. That’s pretty cheap—the United States would not even disclose how much was spent on their Pavilion in 2011—and that’s evidenced by their opening, which will host…a cash bar? Canadian culture does not yet understand the power of philanthropy. [The Globe and Mail]
After 20 years, Paul McCarthy’s goat finally got tired of being dry-humped. The sculpture’s motor died two weeks ago. [In The Air]
Andrew Russeth may see more art than Jerry Saltz. He’s recommending the ICP’s Triennial, therefore I will go see it. [Gallerist]
Artist Rirkrit Tiravanjia on Art Basel Hong Kong. “When bankers get together they talk about art,” he said. “When artists get together, they talk about money.” So, this is the state of the blue chip art world; removed from reality. [Bloomberg]
Andrew Goldstein interviews Jesper Just on his new multi-channel film installation at the Danish Pavilion. Just uses a replica city of Paris, located just outside the Chinese city of Hangzhou as his subject. We gave Just’s show at Nicolai Wallner a mixed review when we visited Copenhagen last year, so we’re looking forward to seeing what he does in Venice. Interestingly, the artist collaborated with the New York-based design firm Project Projects to produce an accompanying graphic campaign for “Intercourses” that will run online and as posters in the cities of New York, Hong Kong, Copenhagen, Paris and Shanghai [ArtSpace]
A brilliant metaphor: Running up that escalator. [The Medium]

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