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Refugee Nation
by Michael Anthony Farley on December 23, 2016
- Crap. The Right Wing is now targeting semi legal artist-run spaces, punk houses, etc. According to 4chan threads, they plan on reporting code violations to shut down “hotbeds of liberal radicalism and degeneracy.” We need to strategize about this one. [VICE]
- Just when you thought Atlantic City couldn’t possibly be any more depressing, a group of tourist industry types is pitching the idea of a Donald Trump museum. They think it could bring visitors to the town, which is presently (ironically enough) blighted by various failed Trump enterprises. [NJ.com]
- Speaking of dystopia, the new Blade Runner movie looks like it might actually be good? That would certainly be a relief to die-hard fans of the 1982 original, including myself. [NME]
- From a flag for first-time Olympic team “Refugee Nation” to illustrators coping with David Bowie’s death, terrorist attacks, the election, and Brexit, Dezeen rounds-up the good design that came out of awful 2016. [Dezeen]
- Hili Perlson’s “Meet Kaari Upson, the Artist Whose Mom Loved Pepsi Too Much” is one of the strangest pieces of art writing I’ve read in a while. I think that’s a good thing? Truth be told, I can’t tell if Upson’s solo show at Sprüth Magers (Berlin) is any good from reading this, but the review of a truly, singularly bizarre sounding exhibition definitely makes me want to go see it. [artnet News]
- 75 year old Chi-Tien Lui is the electronics repair shop owner who worked with Andy Warhol. Bruce Nauman, and most closely with Nam Jun Paik. Now, a new generation of art conservators is hoping to learn his magic touch, as cathode ray televisions and other obsolete technology show its age and need repairs. [The New York Times]
- Wow. The past few years have been rough on NYC Galleries. Nate Freeman rounds up which ones bit the dust and which ones departed Chelsea in search of cheaper pastures. [ARTnews]
- The totally bonkers story of how Leonardo DiCaprio and Tobey Maguire basically ruined their then-friend Dale Wheatley’s life in the 1990s. The emerging actors starred in Wheatley’s black-and-white indie project Don’s Plum and then regretted it, going to great lengths to bury the film. It all sounds very petty. [Vanity Fair]
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