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by Paddy Johnson and Corinna Kirsch on March 5, 2014
- Fashion designer Karl Lagerfeld created a supermarket for supermodels at the Grand Palais in Paris. The food was not for eatin’, so Karl “nobody wants curvy models” Lagerfeld can still keep his reputation intact. [Gawker]
- Sales reports from the ADAA are already coming in. So far, so good. [The Art Market Monitor]
- A job opening for an associate curator of contemporary art at the Whitney has opened up. Sweet. [The Whitney]
- This year the Whitney Biennial has one work at the site of the museum’s future home. Along the Hudson River you’ll find Tony Tasset’s shipping-container-looking monument containing the names of 392,485 artists. [Artnet]
- Kenneth Cole has created a Google Glass app for narcissistic do-gooders. The app encourages simple acts of kindness (buy a coffee for a stranger, send someone flowers) and then photographing those accomplishments with the hashtag manupformankind. [Mashable]
- The influence of John Coltrane on artist Terry Adkins was profound. Jessica Slaven interviews Adkins before his sudden death this year. [Paper Monnument]
- The Spanish artist Eugenio Merino will show a series of sculptures of dictator heads in refrigerators. The Franco Foundation is suing him for a second time for the first work in this series, which used a depiction of Generalísimo Franco’s head as a punching ball. [The Art Newspaper]
- Can someone explain what’s happening with New Inc, the New Museum’s forthcoming “shared workspace and professional development program”? Please? [A Plea]
- The Ai Weiwei art-smashing game. [Aiweiwhoops]
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