by Michael Anthony Farley and Rea McNamara on March 2, 2016
- Sans context, arguably the day’s creepiest-sounding headline: “Cave Art Hands Made by Reptile, Not Human”. [Discovery News]
- When it’s cold, I like to compare airline tickets on Flight Scanner — somewhere, anywhere, warm. Right now, I’m looking at the Bahamas, solely because I want to visit Pig Beach! It’s actually called Big Major Cay, and is a mysterious island where dozens of feral pigs live. Wouldn’t it be fun to swim with pigs? They’re highly social and smarter than dogs, dolphins and three year olds. They like to play and relax in the sun—I’ll take hanging with a pig over a parrothead at a surf bar any day. [National Geographic]
- Hrag Vartanian was at yesterday’s Met Breuer press preview, and wasn’t impressed, especially by its main exhibition of the so-called “unfinished”, “an almost exclusively Eurocentric stroll through Western art history.” Ouch. [Hyperallergic]
- Phillips CEO Ed Dolman says the art market is in a period of consolidation. Apparently only 51% of lots at their “New Now” auction of emerging art on Monday reached buyers. [Bloomberg]
- On the mainstreaming of selfie feminism, it’s uncomplicated relationship with narcissism (largely shaped by the baggage of “basic bitch” white feminism), and how artists — specifically, black women, femmes, and gender-nonconforming — can potentially “demolish the gaze”. [The New Inquiry]
- Miri Regev is Israel’s new Minister for culture and sport and she sounds horrible. She’s threatened to defund “disloyal” artists, punish theater troupes who refuse to perform in the occupied territories, and banned a book about an Israeli-Palestinian couple from schools. [The Guardian]
- OK, this is pretty great: a UK firm has created an official “period policy” for female staffers. [The Guardian]
- Instagram of the Day: Veteranas and Rucas, an archive of photos from the 1990s Chicano underground. [KCET]
- Silvia Killingsworth, currently managing editor of the New Yorker, has become the editor of The Awl and The Hairpin. She starts in April, and will be overseeing a revival of both sites. [The Awl]
Read the full article →
