Nik Kosmas

Submission to Red Bull, Art of Can

Two headlines presented without comment:

• Jeffrey Deitch Will Bring Street-Art Show to Coney Island. [The New York Times]
• Jeffrey Deitch Has Sunk So Low He’s Curating for Douchebag Property Developers on Coney Island. [artnet News]

Now for the rest of the news.

• Let Red Bull be your inspiration. Now through June 15 they are accepting art that uses their can in some way. A panel of judges will select the best pieces for show at Dilworth Park in Center City Philadelphia. First prize winners in each category receive $2,500. [Red Bull]
• “Vanity Capital is the social differentiation that one gets by owning enduring luxury objects.” Marion Maneker. [Art Market Monitor]
• Own your studio and put it on wheels. [Hyperallergic]
• This is a big deal: New York’s city council approved an amendment to the municipal charter to create a comprehensive, citywide cultural plan. The goals of said plan include addressing issues of affordability—in terms of housing and studio spaces for artists living in New York—and increasing the distribution and availability of cultural events and facilities in all parts of the city. [Hyperallergic]
• Nik Kosmas of the now defunct artmaking duo AIDS 3D has given up art entirely. Now he’s weightlifting and has a business selling supplement powders. [Spike]
• This week in museum PR stunts, the Brooklyn Museum will award Miss Piggy the Sackler Center First Awards. Other awardees have included Julie Taymor and former Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O’Connor. [Associated Press]
• Architecture gossip: Word has it that Danish firm BIG is in talks to redesign the final tower at the World Trade Center site. This could oust Norman Foster’s studio—and hopefully infuse a bit of life into the project. It’s hard to imagine a duller design than the current one, which touts a slanted roof as its big selling point. [dezeen via The Wall Street Journal]