- I’m not entirely comfortable with Melvin Sokolsky’s photographs even if the women look entirely glamorous. Placing women inside a bubble for adoration is the definition of woman as object. [The New York Times]
- “Painting is particularly ill-suited to the critical thinking that has become ubiquitous on college syllabi and de facto mandated by outcomes-assessment mavens who demand that all professors, even art professors, articulate “desired outcomes” from specific “goals and objectives.” writes Laurie Fendrich. From our point of view that depends on the type of painting, though we agree that prescriptive approaches to art are often not helpful. [Two Coats of Paint]
- From Julia Halperin, “US museums spent nearly $5bn on expansions between 2007 and 2014, according to research by The Art Newspaper. During the worst US recession since the Great Depression, $4.95bn was spent or pledged by 26 museums on projects such as the $305m Snøhetta-designed extension of the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art (SFMoMA), which is due to open on 14 May.” [The Art Newspaper]
- This profile of artist Ragnar Kjartansson makes him seem like the kind of person everyone should want to know. Morally principled, creative, and funny. [The New Yorker]
- Pressure is mounting for cultural institutions to abandon their BP’s sponsorships. Now that the Tate has dropped their sponsorship, over 100 cultural names have signed a petition urging the British Museum to drop their long standing relationship with the company. [Artnet news]
- The creativity unleashed by 3D printers seems boundless: behold, a 3D printed Scarlett Johansson. Production alone cost artist/Graphic Designer Ricky Ma $50,000. [Mirror]
- Curbed has assembled a list of 26 places in New York City to visit. Those of us who live here will have likely been to all of these places, but it’s a good reminder of how many incredibly buildings and institutions there are to see in this city. [Curbed]
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