- What’s trending, according to London’s smartest art magazine? Feminist cyborg theory is hot, Charles Bukowski is not. I suppose this is satire. (Behind the paywall.) [Frieze]
- Why is everyone leaving the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts? Sylvia Hount will leave her position at the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts to head up the Met’s American art department. This announcement comes less than two weeks after a fellow curator at the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, Robin Nicholson, gave notice of his leave. [Art in America]
- You won’t be able to find any of the Brooklyn Paper’s articles online; they lost their website URL to “Bar & Bat: A Mitzvah Guide.” [Brooklyn Paper]
- Rick Perry describes homosexuality akin to alcoholism and the world isn’t that surprised because, really, we’re that used to him being horrible. [Gawker]
- This week’s must-read: Molly Crabapple on the lack of support and freedom dissidents like Cecily McMillan and Chelsea Manning actually receive at home. [Vanity Fair]
- Art book publishers are battling over who got to Ai Weiwei first. Taschen just released the “first comprehensive monograph on Ai Weiwei’s life and work”; this edition costs between $1,500 and $12,500, and comes wrapped in a silk scarf. Phaidon claims they came first with a 2009 tome they refer to as “the first comprehensive monograph on this key figure in China’s burgeoning art scene.” [Taschen, Phaidon]
- MOCA loans a Frank Stella to a Los Angeles gallery; Critic Christopher Knight claims this conflict of interest goes against MOCA’s own written loan policy. Petty? [Los Angeles Times]
- Grumpy Cat is set to star in a Christmas movie, airing on Lifetime. In Grumpy Cat’s Worst Christmas Ever, this furry meme can communicate with a 12-year-old girl. Grumpy Cat’s voice actor has yet to be cast. [The Wire]
- Adrian Searle compares Marina Abramovic to a cultish dominatrix in his a tongue in cheek review of her new performance, 512 hours. “I’m waiting for Mistress Marina, the relaxation-class dominatrix, to give me a good telling off. Later, she takes my hand again. “Breathe slowly. Just be in the present. It’s a good feeling.” Not: “See you round the back later, you naughty boy.” But who knows what might happen if you hang around for long enough.” Ha! [The Guardian]
I ordered a chicken and an egg from Amazon. I’ll let you know.
— Bill Murray (@BiIIMurray) June 8, 2014
