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Koen Vanmechelen
by Paddy Johnson on October 27, 2016
- More art chicken news. Belgian artist Koen Vanmechelen is taking his Cosmopolitan Chicken Project to Detroit. Vanmechelen has spent the last 20 years breeding chickens with other chickens to create a super breed. Now that he’s in Detroit, which is plagued by poverty, he’s breeding his 20th-generation cosmopolitan chicken with an industrial hen so it can produce eggs at Avenue Urban Farm. [The New York Times]
- Museum of Modern Art announced yesterday that designer Shigetaka Kurita’s original 176 emojis will be added to its collection. [Hyperallergic]
- An interview with David Kordansky of David Kordansky Gallery. TL;DR version: Loves his job. Conceptual art was a hangover. Collectors are less willing to take risks. L.A. is special, though, because the people are more open. [artnet News]
- Josh Baer sure thinks highly of the TEFAF fair. From his latest newsletter, “How about the ambience of TEFAF at the Park Avenue Armory – if the ADAA doesnt step up their game this winter before TEFAF’s cont/modern fair in the spring they may look a bit silly?” [Baer Faxt]
- In honor of Halloween Michael Jackson in a dance rehearsal for Thriller is making the rounds on Facebook and YouTube. [YouTube]
- James Franco has endorsed Hillary Clinton. Taylor Swift’s endorsement, however, remains illusive. [LAist]
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by Paddy Johnson on September 15, 2016
- I’ll be on Radio Free Brooklyn talking to Dr. Lisa today between 2-3. Phone in and talk to us! (718) 928-9732 [Radio Free Brooklyn]
- George W. Bush is releasing a book of his paintings February 28, 2017. He’s only a marginally better painter than he was president, which is to say he’s terrible. Don’t buy the book. [Time]
- Koen Vanmechelen has been breeding chickens for the last 20 years as part of an art piece called “Cosmopolitan Chicken Project”. In order to illustrate metaphorical ideas about diversity and multiculturalism, he created a super breed of chicken by using a diverse breeding pool. This chicken is healthier, lives longer, and adapts more easily to change. And it’s art, which means these chickens are available to collectors for purchase. [Smithsonian]
- “Contemporary art at its worst is rarely so naive as contemporary architecture at its best,” begins a review of the Venice Biennale by Ian Volner. He claims this is because architects sometimes confuse design with power and that architecture is politics—a misunderstanding he sees as afflicting the Biennale. [ArtForum]
- Vessel (a temporary name) by British designer Thomas Heatherwick is a 100 million public art work that will adorn the Hudson Yards. The design has been unveiled and it looks like giant glassware. [Gothamist]
- Artist Jon Rafman is keeping a dream journal and illustrating those dreams with low resolution animations. [Facebook]
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