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Michael Janssen
by Paddy Johnson and Michael Anthony Farley on December 14, 2016
- The Condo art event is returning to London, in which galleries in the British capital each play host to a different international gallery. Two New York galleries are participating this year, but mostly I’m excited about this map—which looks like it’s advertising a fantasy rave for libertarians thrown by M.I.A. [ArtReview]
- As if any of us needed any more reasons to be upset about the current political climate, we found out yesterday that America’s sweetheart RuPaul is losing beauty sleep over the election of Donald Trump. “It feels like the death of America.” [Vulture]
- Salvaged video art collective Everything is Terrible is transforming LA’s iam8bit Gallery into a VHS rental store… which only carries thousands of copies of Jerry Maguire. It opens in January. [Consequence of Sound]
- Fred Lazarus, the former president of the Maryland Institute College of Art, discusses the need for cities such as Baltimore to cooperate with artist-run spaces to make them safer places, following the Ghost Ship fire in Oakland where at least one MICA alumn died. [The Baltimore Sun]
- NY Times critic A.O. Scott isn’t a fan of Rogue One. It sounds like Star Wars might be getting a bit too formulaic. [The New York Times]
- Net art maven Minh Nguyen on the role of social media and art in 2016: “as the year progressed… everyone went ‘You know what? Maybe the Internet is a horrible place that cements all of our biases.’ You know, fascists also make memes, the alt-right have aesthetic Tumblrs, and they’re way better and more effective at it than us… Nobody understood aesthetics better than the Nazis. You have to acknowledge that, or the optimism is really irresponsible.” She also discusses the commodification of identity politics and the legacy of Occupy. [Seattle Weekly]
- Headline of the day: ‘FRIENDS AND ENEMIES’ GATHER AMID SILENCE AND GOLD FOR MARINA ABRAMOVIC’S 70TH BIRTHDAY. Sounds like the conceit of an electroclash song. [ARTnews]
- Seriously, if New York can’t figure out how to fix its subway problems, it’s not going to remain much of a tourist destination. The MTA has announced that the 2,3 will no longer operate on weekends due to Sandy repairs. Repairs start this spring. [Curbed]
- Alan Thicke has died. Those who grew up watching Growing Pains will find this a bit sad. Thicke played Jason Seaver, a father of three kids, in the sitcom. [LAist]
- An American judge has thrown out Scott C. Mueller’s lawsuit against German gallery Michael Janssen and art advisor Marisa Newman. Mueller was suing both parties for damages related to his purchasing of Cady Noland’s “Log Cabin,” which the famously mercurial artist disavowed following unauthorized restoration work. [artnet News]
- Tracey Emin has finally abandoned her controversial plan to demolish a historic East London building in order to construct a five-story live/work studio/mansion. Preservationists are breathing a collective sigh of relief. [The Guardian]
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