Public Art Fund

Me n Kendall got roped into an Elmo themed runway show but at least we got to choose our own hairstyles LOL! Kendall went with “Beyoncé Lemonade” and I went with “The Coolio” ALSO snapped a quick pic of Kendall but she wouldn’t let me post it (I’m def gunna post it)!!! #StayTuned #ElmoFashion #justBeatAngryBirds

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• A man who goes by “Kirby Jenner” (god, I hope that’s his real name!) has been flawlessly photoshopping himself into all of Kendall Jenner’s Instagram posts and the results are glorious. [Instagram]
• Congress voted away the healthcare of 24 million people yesterday afternoon, which has resulted in tears and endless posts written in frustration. It needs to pass the Senate, but there’s no filibuster any more. Be afraid. [The internet]
• The nation’s tallest public artwork will soon grace San Francisco’s soon-to-be-tallest skyscraper. The Salesforce Tower will be topped by an LED screen from Jim Campbell that slowly changes imagery. The images will be photos of the daytime cityscape as viewed from the tower, which will only be visible at night. This sounds like it might be a little cheesy, but could also be really beautiful and cool. Warhol’s Empire for the Blade Runner age? [SF Gate]
• Anya Brjevskaia won a prize package for being the Perez Art Museum Miami’s 1 millionth visitor. That’s a pretty impressive attendance figure for a museum that’s only been open for 3 years in a city with less than half a million residents. Anyway, lucky Anya Brjevskaia got showered with balloons, confetti, a yearlong membership, and gift cards. [Miami Herald]
• It turns out big companies aren’t interested in all the new office space developers have been ruining Brooklyn with. So far only one non-government employer has signed a lease for more than 100,000 square feet since 2015, all while supply is increasing and the Manhattan market is easing up. Maybe in a generation all of this will go back to light manufacturing use and warehouse spaces? One can dream… [Curbed]
• Barack and Michelle were in Chicago to unveil the first conceptual images and models of the Obama Presidential Library, which will be built in a park in that city. Tod Williams Billie Tsien Architects’ design is much better than I was expecting. It’s a little evocative of OMA’s glorious Casa de Musica in Porto, but massed to a taller, more regal orientation with a town-square-esque plaza. [Dezeen]
• This is the 40th anniversary of New York’s Public Art Fund, and as the weather gets nicer, there’s plenty of excuses for art lovers to spend some time outdoors. The Art Newspaper has a list of highlights, and it seems concrete casts of domestic spaces transposed to the public realm are trending on 5th Avenue. Liz Glynn’s “Open House” at 60th street recalls a formal living room and Adrián Villar Rojas’s “The Theatre of Disappearance” on the roof of The Met imagines figures from the museum’s collection at a series of trippy dining tables. Are artists responding to some collective subconscious Upper East Side house envy? The Surreal Housewives of New York City? [The Art Newspaper]
• Satellite programming for the Venice Biennale has basically taken over any and all space in the tiny sinking city. Here’s Alyssa Buffenstein & Caroline Elbaor’s recommendations for what to see apart from the main event. [artnet News]
• Ah, so that’s what this was all about! All day yesterday, I kept noticing a weird caveman dude and a pilot roaming Frieze. It turns out they were two of three Leonardo DiCaprio impersonators planted by artist Dora Budor (the other was his Wolf of Wall Street character, who blended right in, sadly). [ARTnews]