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No Fear: Macon Reed at ICA Baltimore

by Michael Anthony Farley on December 15, 2016

In her new show Who’s Afraid of Magic? Macon Reed present a playful DIY-meets-high-femme body of work about witch hunts, misogyny, and violence.

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Friday Links: Goodbye, Gawker

by Michael Anthony Farley and Corinna Kirsch on August 19, 2016

Gender Baby

Eyebeam announces the five recipients of its 2016–2017 artist research residency. Those lucky, talented artists are…Morehshin Allahyari, Nora N. Khan, Mimi Onuoha, Macon Reed, and Karolina Sobecka. Residencies start in October. [Eyebeam]
Ask the Internet, and the winner of the “worst opening credit sequence on Netflix” goes to Orange Is the New Black. More than being annoyed by the jumpy Regina Spektor, writer Christine Elliot argues that the images of incarcerated women belong to a long line of “repressive portrait photography.” Recommended. [Dilettante Army]
On the thriving sales market for exhibition catalogs. [Los Angeles Times]
Trivia: What did Hitler describe as the “most beautiful village in the world”? Why, the 1935 Olympic Village outside Berlin. The site, the first permanent Olympic village, now serves as a museum, but local authorities plan to build 1,000 apartments there. Berlin currently faces a housing shortage, making housing issues a priority for civic officials. [Deutsche Welle]
Gawker, you will be missed. We will miss you so much. [Gawker]
The Ukranian ministry of culture is calling for an international boycott of Russian museums and other institutions that have taken art from Crimea. [The Art Newspaper]
Greenpoint is losing local icon Palace Cafe. After 83 years of hospitality, the family that owns the neighborhood dive bar has announced that it’s closing. No word on the reason why yet. [Gothamist]
As if any of us needed further proof of the decline of Western Civilization, we can now watch the Kardashians argue over a coffee table book about “Le Courvoisier, which is an architect. It’s so weird and boring, but I’m obsessed…it has words, big words.” Very tempted to find a tasteful building designed for easy access to its flat roof so I can throw myself off of it. [Dezeen]
Art dealer Fabrizio Moretti (not to be confused with Fabrizio Moretti, drummer for the Strokes), is suing David Zwirner over an editioned Jeff Koons sculpture that he claims is not number two of three, but rather numbered three in a seemingly endless edition. Yawn. Can’t rich people find something juicier to fight over? When I saw the headline I was totally hoping an art handler broke off Jeff’s dick in a “Made in Heaven” statue or something. Can you even imagine being the Manhattan judge who has to deal with shit like this all day? [artnet News]
Lisa Kuivinen, a 20-year-old School of the Art Institute of Chicago student, was killed when a truck crossed into a bike lane and collided with her. This is really tragic, and based on the photo provided, indicative of everyone’s biggest complaint about most American bike lanes: they’re painted between parked cars and the lanes for vehicle traffic. For the love of god, transportation planners, please just put the parking between a curb-adjacent bike lane and the street. We’re all so tired of people dying from bad design. [The Chicago Tribune]
Cara Ober also recalls her time at the amazing artist retreat organized by the Contemporary. We all miss the goats! [BmoreArt]
Mayor Bill de Blasio makes a convincing argument as to why City Council member Ydanis Rodriguez should’ve supported rezoning a parcel in Inwood district. Basically, the plan offered developers the option to build taller buildings if they include affordable housing. Now, Inwood is just getting stumpy luxury condos with no affordable housing. It seems like another case of knee-jerk NIMBYism getting in the way of productive compromise. [Observer]

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Yes, Pulse is Totally Worth a Visit

by Michael Anthony Farley on March 5, 2016

Pulse continues its trend of refining itself into a better and better fair. With both well-executed booths from dealers and commissioned projects, it’s getting easier to overlook all the mediocre fair fare.

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The Art F City Survival Guide to the 2016 Armory Week Fairs

by Michael Anthony Farley and Rea McNamara on February 29, 2016

Do you like art fairs? If yes, you are in luck! If not, get the hell out of New York City this week. Art fairs are multiplying like Gremlins, and mutating as they spawn. We now have specific art fairs for everything: paper, video art, solo projects, Asian art, curator-driven booths, independent artists, dykes, shiny things, boring shows… there’s something for everyone.

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This Week’s Must-See Art Events: Hacking Dystopias

by Michael Anthony Farley on February 22, 2016

This weekend’s must-see events include a lot of AFC’s friends and favs, from Friday’s discussion on hacktivism as part of Joyce Yu-Jean Lee’s project FIREWALL Internet Cafe to fundraiser events featuring the work of AFC’s own Matthew Leifheit and F.A.G. Bar artist Macon Reed on Saturday and Sunday, respectively. But during the week, do check out solo shows from Leanne Shapton (Tuesday) and Sherrie Levine (Wednesday). Thursday’s all about dystopia, with sci-fi cityscapes by Romain Erkiletlian and found hyper-generic product packaging from Maryam Jafri. Hack on, New York.

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This Week’s Must-See Events: Butch Queens and Dykes in Brooklyn, Regular Queens has Everything Else

by Paddy Johnson and Michael Anthony Farley on September 21, 2015

Summer is drawing to a close, so mark its passing with Andrea McGinty’s Life’s a Beach!!! at Beverly’s tomorrow night. And although the Rockaways won’t be in season for much longer, the rest of Queens is heating up. Witness the comedienne Adrienne Truscott taking off her pants to take on rape culture in Long Island City on Wednesday night. Thursday, thingNY’s apocalyptic opera opens at the Knockdown Center in Maspeth, along with the exhibition Surface Matters, though we recommend saving the performance for Sunday, when there’s less stuff happening. The borough’s New York Hall of Science is also hosting the World Maker Faire (which actually has programming all week). It seems like there’s virtually no reason to ever leave Queens. It does suggest, though, that art loving New Yorkers may soon need to invest in a car to get to all these places. For anyone in the market, we hear the 2010 Jeff Koons BMW art car doesn’t suck.

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Macon Reed

Explain Me: The New Museum Triennial—Two Critics Perform Their Own Acts of Sabotage

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