Marie Lorenz’s Tide and Current Taxi Project (Image courtesy of Frieze)
- Artist Marie Lorenz is rowing around Randall’s Island in a rowboat for Frieze projects. She will be a “punctuation mark” within the fair, making it more of a “cultural adventure,” according to Amanda Sharp. [Wall Street Journal]
- Actually, this boat ride may be an adventure. The Wall Street Journal neglects to mention that Lorenz’s first Frieze boat sank in the middle of the East River, and her rider had to swim to Randall’s Island. Another sank back in 2009, which resulted in a show at Jack Hanley. Passengers beware. [City Room]
- Art critic Ben Davis is back at Artnet after the magazine folded and relaunched as Artnet News! His first column is about the crisis in art and comes with a giant picture of his head. He says money is drowning out thought, and art is bad. [Artnet]
- A new documentary about Llyn Foulkes is showing at Film Forum through next Tuesday, but we’re not sure how much more we could learn about the man beyond what’s in the trailer. He was forgotten for a while, he makes weird shit, and he’s obsessive. “He’s actually making the most ambitious paintings at age 73,” though, says one voiceover. [Film Forum]
- Artist Sean Carney is only 35 votes away from securing a wrestling match with MoMA’s Poet Laureate Kenneth Goldsmith. Go vote—because why not? [Change.org]
- The New York Public Library is abandoning their terrible renovation plan that would turn part of their flagship fifth avenue and 42nd street location into a circulating library. Three factors contributed to this decision: A study showing that the renovation costs would exceed the original estimate of 300 million, a change in city government, and input from the public. Woo hoo! [The New York Times]
- In related New York mayoral news, Bill de Blasio unveiled his 41.1 billion dollar affordable housing plan on Tuesday, and managed to give the Teachers Union a contract with modest raises, after 7 years of Bloomberg dragging his feet on giving them a contract at all. John Cassidy takes a closer look at these policies and describes him as a moderate. [The New Yorker]
- “The scale of conspiratorial thinking in Russia is now comparable to that of the US after 9/11.” E-flux journal’s May issue takes on Russia. [e-flux]
- Following “tepid” sales at Christie’s Impressionist and Modern auction on Tuesday night, Sotheby’s Imp-Mod sale failed to sell a whopping third of their lots. Okay, Sotheby’s just cannot keep up with Christie’s tepid pace. [Reuters]
- $$$! Creative Time raised $1.3 million at their annual fundraiser gala. It was held in the Domino Sugar Factory, which currently houses Kara Walker’s Creative Time project, but will eventually be turned into condos. [Art in America]
