teamLab, “Flowers and People – Gold,” which Pace Gallery recently exhibited and sold (sneakily) in Silicon Valley
- The Grand Palais in Paris will have to close for at least two years to undergo major renovations. That’s gonna put a crimp on annual events like the Monumenta contemporary art commission and Fiac Modern and contemporary art fair. [The Art Newspaper]
- Pace Gallery has finally figured out how to sell art to Silicon Valley. In their latest tech-focused exhibition, none of the works are marketed as being for sale. Rather, visitors pay a $20 entrance fee to the show. Somehow, this has resulted in techies making offers to purchase many of the works. [The Wall Street Journal]
- Does anyone really want a door sensor that will play the base riff from Seinfeld every time you open the door? [Yup That Exists]
- Some of us at AFC are getting into running, so this article on to prevent running injuries is of interest. A new study shows that the rare runners who have not sustained injuries land far more lightly on their feet then the rest of us. Their advice: try to run landing on your toes (yeah right) and increase your cadence. [The New York Times]
- This dog sounds like a goat. [Youtube]
- We all know co-op prices in Manhattan are going up, but how much have they increased since 2000? Here’s a handy graphic that shows of all neighborhoods the value of Soho co-ops have increased the most over the last 15 years, by a staggering 186 percent. Yikes. [Neighborhood X]
- Studio assistance. (comic) [Hyperallergic]
- Pastel palette renderings of butt bruises caused by roller derby falls. [Hyperallergic]
- The third annual Wikipedia Art + Feminism edit-a-thon is on this weekend! [Artnews]
- Katie Hollander is the new Executive Director of Creative Time. For the past eight years she was the deputy head, so this may not represent a great change at Creative Time. Hollander replaces Anne Pasternak who left last year to lead the Brooklyn Museum. [The New York Times]
- Artists Ritu Sarin and Tenzing Sonam have had their work censored in a Bangladeshi exhibition after the Chinese ambassador urged/threatened the organizers. The piece “Last Words” comprises photographs of handwritten letters from Tibetans who have committed suicide by burning in protest of Chinese occupation. [The Washington Post]
- I’ve always wanted to visit Lagos, Nigeria. Now, one can (sort of) in Washingto, D.C. through the work of Emeka Ogboh, who has a sound installation at The National Museum of African Art. The artist records the chaotic sounds of the metropolis as a method of preserving street life increasingly threatened by development. [Smithsonian]
