Katie Hollander

June 8, 2017

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Yep. Sharon Needles has recreated the infamous decapitated Trump Kathy Griffin photo. This is so much better than watching celebrities try to out-do each other with the ice bucket challenge. Here are our thoughts about how the “original” wasn’t very. [Instagram]

Speaking of stupid Trump-related art controversies, the hardworking journalists at FOX News have caused an upstate high schooler’s art project to be censored. A student at Shenendehowa High School invited classmates to write on black and white headshots of the president. Of course, those statements largely comprised profanities. Ever desperate for clickbait to feed the endless moral outrage machine, FOX News somehow caught wind of this nontroversy and decided to pursue it as a “story”. The school ended up taking the project down. We live in strange, dumb times. [Times Union]

Here’s some promising news out of California. In the wake of the Ghost Ship fire, state lawmakers are debating ways to guarantee safe affordable live/work spaces for artists. The proposed SB 305 would even allocate $20 million to help fix-up artists lofts. [KQED]
Former head of the FBI James Comey testifying now! [The Internet]
The Souls Grown Deep Foundation is helping museums integrate art by self-taught African American artists from the South into their collections. The foundation was established by art historian William Arnett and his sons, and once they have dispersed their own collection to institutions, will focus on education and other artist support initiatives. [The Art Newspaper]
Chinese artist and political dissident Ai Weiwei, in collaboration with architects Jacques Herzog and Pierre de Meuron has an installation up at the Park Armory that uses infrared recordings, face recognition software, and a small fleet of hovering drones. It sounds creepy. [New York Daily News]
Katie Hollander resigns from her position as Executive Director at Creative Time after only one year in the position. We can’t say we’re surprised. Hollander is a contentious figure in the non-profit world and her leadership style has often quietly raised eyebrows. [artnet News]

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February 12, 2016

teamLab, “Flowers and People – Gold,” which Pace Gallery recently exhibited and sold (sneakily) in Silicon Valley

The Grand Palais in Paris will have to close for at least two years to undergo major renovations. That’s gonna put a crimp on annual events like the Monumenta contemporary art commission and Fiac Modern and contemporary art fair. [The Art Newspaper]

Pace Gallery has finally figured out how to sell art to Silicon Valley. In their latest tech-focused exhibition, none of the works are marketed as being for sale. Rather, visitors pay a $20 entrance fee to the show. Somehow, this has resulted in techies making offers to purchase many of the works. [The Wall Street Journal]

Does anyone really want a door sensor that will play the base riff from Seinfeld every time you open the door? [Yup That Exists]

Some of us at AFC are getting into running, so this article on to prevent running injuries is of interest. A new study shows that the rare runners who have not sustained injuries land far more lightly on their feet then the rest of us. Their advice: try to run landing on your toes (yeah right) and increase your cadence. [The New York Times]

We all know co-op prices in Manhattan are going up, but how much have they increased since 2000? Here’s a handy graphic that shows of all neighborhoods the value of Soho co-ops have increased the most over the last 15 years, by a staggering 186 percent. Yikes. [Neighborhood X]

Pastel palette renderings of butt bruises caused by roller derby falls. [Hyperallergic]

The third annual Wikipedia Art + Feminism edit-a-thon is on this weekend! [Artnews]

Katie Hollander is the new Executive Director of Creative Time. For the past eight years she was the deputy head, so this may not represent a great change at Creative Time. Hollander replaces Anne Pasternak who left last year to lead the Brooklyn Museum. [The New York Times]

Artists Ritu Sarin and Tenzing Sonam have had their work censored in a Bangladeshi exhibition after the Chinese ambassador urged/threatened the organizers. The piece “Last Words” comprises photographs of handwritten letters from Tibetans who have committed suicide by burning in protest of Chinese occupation. [The Washington Post]

I’ve always wanted to visit Lagos, Nigeria. Now, one can (sort of) in Washingto, D.C. through the work of Emeka Ogboh, who has a sound installation at The National Museum of African Art. The artist records the chaotic sounds of the metropolis as a method of preserving street life increasingly threatened by development. [Smithsonian]

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