Beyza Çoruhlu, on view at Istanbul’s Mamut 5 survey show.
- South Dakota, one of the nation’s reddest states, receives the fifth-highest amount of NEA funding per capita. Michael Cooper tours the state, and looks at where that money is going. [The New York Times]
- Are Turkish artists moving away from politically-charged subject matter? It seems so. As the right-wing government clamps down on freedoms, artists are retreating to labor intensive studio practices, if the works selected for the sprawling survey Mamut 5 are any indication. [The Art Newspaper]
- Filipino art collector and developer Robbie Antonio is launching a line of prefabricated museums (seriously) that aspiring governments, nonprofits, or collectors can buy for less than $1 million. What’s up with all the masonry walls here? [artnet News]
- An interview with artist Christopher Kline, on why he’s using musical theater to tell the story of his small New York hometown at the Tate Liverpool. [Art in Liverpool]
- OMG. John Waters is leading a camp for grown ups in Connecticut this Summer. I want to go! [ARTnews]
- This is such a good idea. To combat the affordable housing crisis, there’s a London scheme to produce and sell totally no-frills, “unfinished” homes for a fraction of the cost. Considering how frequently people want to replace tacky cabinets or laminate flooring anyway, I for one would actually prefer to live in one of these. [The Guardian]
- Headline of the day: “Stick-Wielding Woman On The Loose Near Asian Art Museum”. Watch out, San Francisco! [SFist]
