James Franco, Seth Rogen and Kim Jong Un in “The Interview”
- Carol Vogel, the Times lead art reporter is leaving her position. She took a voluntary buyout. Vogel had been the source of some negative press recently—a report she wrote this summer borrowed liberally from a wikipedia entry—but most reporters who leave won’t have that background. Artnews can barely contain their glee about Vogel’s departure. (No link.) Meanwhile, The Times shrinking paper should be a cause of concern. [The Baer Faxt]
- Last night, New Yorkers took to the streets again to protest the police officer who killed Eric Garner. The horrifying video couldn’t make the crime clearer. [Animal New York, @RhettJones, @kainazamaria, @dianabhaktul, New York Times, the whole Internet]
- Eric Holder announced that the Justice Department will go ahead with its civil rights investigation of Eric Garner’s death. [NPR]
- Private jet pilots picket Art Basel, Hyperallergic reports. [Hyperallergic]
- Minutes after Art Basel opened, a tweeter claimed that protesters shut down Art Basel. Wishful thinking. [@okamax]
- Thanks to Jeffrey Deitch, Miley Cyrus performed last night at the Raleigh Hotel in South Beach. Cyrus wore a silver metallic Cleopatra wig and bright turquoise eye-shadow, sang duet of Super Freak with a topless woman, and a bunch of covers. [AP]
- Deborah Solomon’s Rockwell biography makes the New York Times’s notable book list. It appears to be the only art book. [New York Times]
- “The Interview”, a movie about James Franco and Seth Rogen partying with Kim Jong Un, looks like the most tone-deaf bullshit ever. People are starving. [LA Times]
