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by Corinna Kirsch and Whitney Kimball on April 22, 2014
- Felix Salmon is leaving Reuters “to do exciting things on the Internet.” That is all. [New York Times]
- Just weeks after rumors began to swirl that Pearl Paint would be closing, it then closes. Several employees had worked at the red-and-white building for over 20 years. We don’t know what’ll happen next, but the building is up for sale. [Tribeca Trib]
- This happened before you were born: 50 years ago today, the 1964 World’s Fair opened in New York. [City Room]
- This May, Adrian Piper will create a corporate-themed artwork where participants’ contributions will end up being sealed for 100 years. Hm? [Elizabeth Dee]
- Here’s another reason we could use more data about artists and their pay: The Foundation for Art and Creative Technology in Liverpool has laid off staff and replaced them with volunteers who need exposure opportunities. By now it seems like this is standard practice in the art world, but humiliating nonetheless. [The Art Newspaper]
- Not totally unrelated, an upcoming Court of Appeals ruling could force stores, like Walmart, to disclose how much they get from food stamps. [Mother Jones]
- Sounds like there was some borough-to-borough infighting to make this happen, but Macy’s July 4th fireworks display will be moved back to Brooklyn. Since 2008, they’ve been held in Manhattan. [DUMBO NYC]
- Jonathan Jones takes a break from talking about why contemporary art sucks in order to talk about why performance art sucks. “Woman who pops eggs out of her vagina” is his performance art example. [The Guardian]
- The Affordable Art Fair is launching a new chapter in Toronto, but under the name “Love Art.” Based on every art fair we’ve been to, “affordable” doesn’t seem like it would be much of a draw. [New York Times]
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by Paddy Johnson and Corinna Kirsch on April 11, 2014
- Just how many art fairs are taking place this weekend? I’m counting the Dallas Art Fair, Silicon Valley Contemporary, AIPAD, and Art Cologne (featuring NADA Cologne). So nobody’s in charge of making sure there’s no overlap in scheduling? [The Internet]
- Paddy Johnson’s artnet column this week tackles the critical GIF. [artnet news]
- Looks like Pearl Paint on Canal Street could be shuttering. The building is on the market for $15 million and the store is hosting a 30% off sale. [Gothamist]
- Tomorrow is Saturday, but not just any ordinary Saturday. It is also a day for two holidays: “Slow Art Day,” where you’re recommended to spend at least 10 minutes with a work of art, and “Grilled Cheese Day,” which is self-explanatory. [Grilled Cheese Day, Slow Art Day]
- A great art-nerd piece! Jasper Johns, 83, made a rare New York appearance to testify against Brian Ramnarine, a native of Guyana charged with trying to sell a fake Johns sculpture for $11 million dollars. [The Awl]
- Kunsthalle Zürich Director Beatrix Ruf has accepted a new position. Ruf, ranked seventh on this year’s Power 100 list, will move on to direct the Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam, the largest museum of modern and contemporary art in the Netherlands. [e-flux]
- The Guggenheim Bilbao doesn’t like the mural Mike Bouchet and Paul McCarthy made for their museum. It’s a caricature of the Guggenheim as an upside-down battleship. Needless to say, Guggenheim bureaucrats don’t understand satire; they want the artists to take it down. [The Daily Beast]
- Big news for SF MOMA: The museum is going to build the largest exhibition gallery for photography. That space, the John and Lisa Pritzker Center for Photography, will open in 2016. [SFMOMA]
- Vermont wants to bring single-payer healthcare to America. [Vox]
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