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John Criscitello
by Paddy Johnson and Michael Anthony Farley on August 27, 2015
- Artist John Criscitello (whose work is pictured above) got into a pretty heated discussion with the tech industry over gentrification during Seattle’s Smoke Farm Symposium. Thankfully, it’s all preserved for posterity on video. [The Stranger]
- And in an ironic twist, techies have created mapping software that assesses the risk of different Bay Area neighborhoods for gentrification. The verdict: it’s not looking good for low income people anywhere near San Francisco. [Next City]
- The Feds are calling the gay escort service Rentboy.com a prostitution ring, and have arrested its chief executive and several employees. This has prompted some activists to renew their calls to decriminalize prostitution, and sparked criticism from others who believe the authorities are needless cracking down on a site that connects consensual partners. [The New York Times]
- Looking at art makes you smarter. (I knew that.) [Observer]
- Palestinian artist Shadi Alzaqzouq was kicked out of Banksy’s Dismaland after protesting the inclusion of Israeli artists in one of the park’s exhibitions alongside his own paintings. Apparently Alzaqzouq’s actions were deemed too “ugly” for Dismaland, which is odd considering the park’s mission of bleakness. [Artforum]
- Norwegian collector Erling Kagge has published A Poor Collector’s Guide to Buying Great Art. It has tips for amassing an art collection on a budget, such as: “Be obsessed” and “Be nice about money”. Other pearls of wisdom pretty much just instruct the aspiring collector to want to buy art really badly. Mostly, Kagge might need to adjust his Scandinavia-tinted idea of what “poor” means… he’s a lawyer and publisher and it doesn’t seem like he actually knows what having a very limited disposable income is like. [artnet News]
- Megumi Igarashi, the Japanese artist arrested for making and distributing 3D scans of her own vagina, discusses her work and gender inequality with Christie Chu. [artnet News]
- Artes Amant is opening a new 14,250-square-foot gallery in Brooklyn. The new building is being designed by architecture firm SO – IL as a series of sloping concrete boxes. It’s expected to open in 2017. [Dezeen]
- Wow. Of the 36.5 million users on Ashley Madison, a dating site for those seeking extra-marital affairs, only 12,000 were active female users. 5.5 million were supposedly women, but when the data was mined, it turns out most of those accounts were robots or maybe admin staff? “When you look at the evidence, it’s hard to deny that the overwhelming majority of men using Ashley Madison weren’t having affairs. They were paying for a fantasy.” [Gizmodo]
- The Broad Museum, which is located in across the street from the Museum of Contemporary Art (MoCA) in downtown Los Angeles, will open to the public September 20th. Hoping to capitalize on some of the momentum of that opening MoCA is offering a free one-year membership to anyone who shows up with a Broad admission ticket during the first two weeks that the new museum is open. The Broad Museum will be free to visit, so this is a very good deal! [The New York Times]
- Artist Brad Maltby has found himself in hot water after making Hurricane Katrina snowglobes featuring submerged New Orleans houses. He conceived of the souvenirs as a fundraiser and as a reminder of the storm now that the city is mostly rebuilt and tourist-friendly again. Many still think it’s in poor taste—reactions have escalated to death threats. [WWLTV]
- Let’s use this banana dolphin garnish in all our summer drinks! [Lucky Peach]
- A public artwork by Julita Wojcik has been removed from Warsaw’s Saviour Square after years of controversy. “The Rainbow” had drawn criticism (and even arson attempts) from Catholic right-wing groups who disapproved of gay iconography in the capital. [CTV]
- But cheer up, gays, New Now Next has compiled the listicle we never knew we wanted: The 10 Hottest “Star Trek: Voyager” Guest Stars. [New Now Next]
- In related television nerdom news, the all-around awesome cyberpunk thriller Mr. Robot postponed its latest episode by one week out of concern that graphic footage in the episode that was supposed to air last night might be offensive following the on-camera shooting of two journalists in Virginia yesterday. [CNN]
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