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Monday Links: Ferguson Nightmare

by Henry Kaye Andrew Wagner on August 18, 2014

Ferguson: A man in a shroud of tear gas.

Things went from bad to worse in Ferguson last night. A group of protesters and police officers came into violent conflict in the hours before a curfew was to begin at midnight. Reporter Christopher Hayes, who was covering the outbreak, tweeted that a riot cop threatened him with mace if he didn’t “get back.” In the early morning hours, the Missouri governor announced that the National Guard was being deployed in response to all the unrest. Meanwhile, Amnesty International has deployed a team of its workers to Ferguson–the first time done so in the U.S. [The Independent]
An interview with NFL player David Bass, who comes from Ferguson, has powerful background on what it’s like to be black in Ferguson and deal with the police. “When I go home I get pulled over just because…When they don’t know who you are, all you are is black.” [MMQB]
In the New York Times, harrowing accounts of Michael Brown’s shooting: “Another neighbor, a woman who identified herself as a nurse, was begging the officers to let her perform CPR [on Brown]. They refused, Mr. Stone said, adding, “They didn’t even check to see if he was breathing.” [New York Times]
According to reports prepared for The New York Times by Tutela Capital S.A., and Beautiful Asset Advisors, flipping art like stock is no more common now than it was 20 years ago. So why do so many believe flipping is on the rise? The New York Times reports that increased art sales have affected our perception of the practice. Flipping is still the exception, not the rule. [The New York Times]
Leon Black buys a $50 million townhouse where Knoedler & Company was formerly located. Will any fake Jackson Pollocks come with the sale. [The Real Deal]
Israel finally lifts its international travel ban on Palestinian artist Khaled Jarrar. [The Art Newspaper]
Julian Assange has made vague plans to leave Ecuador embassy in London “soon.” This comes after two years of refuge. Assange didn’t specify any reasons, but did say his health has suffered. [BBC News]
For background on Assange, nothing beats this essay by Andrew O’Hagan, who was hired to ghost write Assange’s biography. That project was never completed, and the essay explains why, while giving readers what may be the closest look at Assange ever produced. [The London Book Review]
After all-night talks, the Metropolitan Opera and two of its largest unions reached a tentative deal, preventing a lockout. [The New York Times]
The Goldring arts journalism program at Syracuse University is looking to hire a director to replace current director Johanna Keller. This program has a history of producing successful journalists. We hope it continues to be in good hands. [Arts Journal]

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Monday Links: A Dog’s Best Friend Is a Bucket

by Paddy Johnson Whitney Kimball and Corinna Kirsch on May 19, 2014

Here’s a dog that really likes its bucket. Gotta love the soundtrack.
Miami cannot agree who has control over the Museum of Contemporary Art’s future; is it the city or the trustees? Behind door one, we have Alex Gartenfeld, interim director for Miami’s Museum of Contemporary Art. Behind another, we have Babacar M’Bow, the other interim director, appointed by the mayor. [The New York Times]
A Brooklyn spa is sending out weekly traffic and detour announcements, so that you can make it to the wet lounge on time. It’s actually the best way to know about weekend parades in the city. [Body by Brooklyn]
BIG’s proposal for a flood-proof Lower Manhattan includes a raised West Side Highway and lots of park space. [BIG]
If you left a prosthetic leg on the LIRR, it’s at the lost and found at Penn Station. [The New York Times]
The city, now accepting proposals for public art projects at 46th Street and Queens Boulevard. You’ll get 5k for the project this summer! [Department of Transportation]
A list of 100 influential women in tech. [Business Insider]
Now you won’t be able to invite people to your Gmail calendars from your email. Apparently people didn’t use the function enough, though that’s likely due to the fact that users didn’t know it existed. [Google System]
But hey! At least you can play Rubik’s Cube on Google’s front page today, right? [Google]
David Carr offers some much needed insight into the firing of New York Times editor Jill Abramson, saying that all the talk about pay inequity was a sideshow. The real issue, he speculates, was that the Times had been lagging in digital endeavors, and in response, she tried to bring in a digital expert, Janine Gibson, a senior editor at The Guardian. This proved to be an issue in terms of office management, as Abramson failed to tell Dean Baquet, the paper’s managing editor, that he would now have to share his job with someone else. Baquet was furious and threatened to quit. [The New York Times]
Yet another museum will be rolling out a Frank Gehry expansion; this time it’s the Philadelphia Museum of Art. [Philly.com via @kellycrowsj ]
Is the 9/11 museum gift shop in poor taste? The New York Post seems to think so, but their argument seems to be wrapped up in the idea that museum directors get paid too much money. [The New York Post]
Ben Davis writes about how the Yams decision to pull out of the Whitney Biennial should be a wake-up call for the museum. The biennial, he says, has a race problem. [Artnet]

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Friday Links: Roll Those Eggs

by Paddy Johnson Whitney Kimball and Corinna Kirsch on April 18, 2014

Barack and Michelle Obama and the Easter Egg Roll

People (Liam Neeson) are losing their shit over Bill de Blasio’s campaign to ban horsedrawn carriages. The anti-carriage people think that it’s inhumane to keep horses in the city; the pro-carriage people say that horse carriages are already under tons of scrutiny and don’t want the industry to die. De Blasio wants to replace the carriages with electric cars, but apparently this alternative had failed in San Francisco. [WNYC]
The New York Times Editorial Board observes that Mayor Bill de Blasio has little to show for his first four months, but has made welcome promises to deal with the lagging Sandy recovery. Of the $1.45 billion in federal funds that has been allocated for post-Sandy rebuilding, only $380 million has been spent. There is much to do. [The New York Times]
Downtown Brooklyn now has free wi-fi! [ANIMAL New York]
PETA is angry at Michelle Obama for using real eggs in the Easter Egg Roll. [The Root]
Chelsea Clinton announced she’s pregnant. USA Today weighed in saying, “It’s unclear how Chelsea’s pregnancy will affect Hillary Clinton, who is considering a race for president in 2016”, prompting rage around the web about the sexist undertones of the statement. It’s a weird comment probably stuck in as a means of attaching a small news story to a larger one. It’s horseracing and in 2016 Chelsea’s baby will be royality giving Hillary Clinton a grandma likeability boost. [USA Today via: The Li.st]
Why do people check into Facebook. It’s no longer clear, says Jenna Wortham. [The New York Times]
Glow-in-the-dark roads—such a good idea. [Ars Technica]
Olafur Eliasson’s “Subtle Nows”: A bunch of light colored falling disks paired with poetry. Perfect for an acupuncture office. [Where-You-Are.com via: @Powhida]
The Party Monster, a.k.a. Michael Alig, has been holed up in prison for 17 years, but according to this interview, he’s been able to Tweet from prison by dictating 140-character sayings over the phone to his book editor. Then she manually tweets them. [The Daily Beast]
Another ridiculous op-ed from Taki’s Magazine, the aggressively bigoted society magazine created by the wealthy Greek journalist Taki Theodoracopulos. (We heard about him four months ago from this “cage match” throwdown that never happened with Charles Saatchi). “Modern feminism has become fascism and it’s making women miserable.” I hate this magazine. [Taki’s Magazine]

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Tuesday Links: More Fair Season Cheer

by Paddy Johnson Whitney Kimball and Corinna Kirsch on March 4, 2014

The avant-garde composer Robert Ashley, who was probably best known for his television opera “Perfect Lives,” has died at age 83. [Pitchfork]
160 years later, the New York Times published corrections to its original piece on Solomon Northup, the man whose story inspired the film 12 Years a Slave. The Times misspelled Northup’s name. [The New York Times, via The Verge]
A sex tape allegedly featuring Marilyn Monroe, JFK, and RFK will not be sold at auction. Not this time. [Daily Mail]
The Guardian’s Art Critic Adrian Searle speculated over Twitter this weekend that Manifesta 10, which is slated to take place in St. Petersburg, will not take place due to Russia’s role in the civil unrest in the nearby Ukraine. Yuri Leiderman, an artist who participated in the first Manifesta and is a native of the Ukraine has written an appeal urging the international community to boycott the event and to spread his words. Leiderman’s appeal is now on e-flux founder Anton Vidokle’s Facebook page. So far, Manifesta has made no statement. Readers can harass them over Twitter. [Facebook]
The Cleveland Museum of Art has tagged unspecified millions, out of a $10 million donation, to community outreach as well as the purchase of Native American paintings. [Artforum, via the Cleveland Plain-Dealer]
Who’s up for three fair seasons! The Independent has announced that it’ll replicate its feeding frenzy in New York again in November, to coincide with the auctions. “We wanted to do something different,” fair founder Elizabeth Dee told Gallerist. Yeah, another fair in New York. That’s really different. [GalleristNY]
The Domino Sugar Factory will be turned into high rises as planned, but thanks to Bill de Blasio, those buildings will now include 700 units of affordable housing. That’s up from the originally promised 660, but short of the mayor’s original ask by approximately 20 units. [ANIMAL New York]
Student loans: Ruining the economy for everyone. [TIME]
Georgia’s Kennesaw State University opened its new museum this weekend. Two days prior to the opening, museum staff were ordered to remove an installation by artist Ruth Stanford; it featured artifacts from the home of the late Georgia writer Cora May Harris. Opponents claim that Harris, who is known for writing in defense of racism, “did not align with the celebratory atmosphere of the museum’s opening.” [CBS Atlanta]

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Wednesday Links: Polar Vortex Keeps On

by Paddy Johnson and Corinna Kirsch on January 8, 2014

Courtesy This Isn’t Happiness

According to the Times, the last time it was this cold in the city on Jan. 7th was 1896. Got that? It hasn’t been this cold in 117 years. Now for the news:

It’s time to dust off your vocal cords and try out for The Bruce High Quality Foundation University’s spring musical adaptation of “West Side Story.” Seriously you are not too old to flutter about a stage in spandex. Choreographers, lighting designers, and props managers positions will need to be filled, too, so there’s bound to be a role that suits you. [BHQFU]
In case you missed it: Angry Birds, now a perfume. [Fragrantica via Kaela Noel]
Art critic Jonathan Jones makes another half-assed argument. He got a Playstation for Christmas and he still thinks video games are not art. Why? “Electronic games offer a rich and spectacular entertainment, but why do they need to be anything more than fun? Why does everything have to be art?” Those are questions, not reasons. [The Guardian]
“So when is it time to say ‘farewell to dance’?” asks Yvonne Rainer, grande dame of conceptual dance, film, and performance. She discusses accommodating older dancers (like herself). [MIT Press]
Coco Fusco is now dressing up like Dr. Zira from Planet of the Apes; most recently she gave a lecture in full-costume at the Studio Museum for their showing of Radical Presence: Black Performance in Contemporary Art. [Daily Serving]
Marlise Munoz is brain dead and on life support, and despite her stated wishes, John Peter Smith Hospital in Austin Texas won’t end her life. She was 14 weeks pregnant and the hospital claims that taking her off they would be violating Texas law. [The New York Times]
The New York Times has redesigned! And the verdict is good. No more endless scrolling with the dim hope of navigating your way to the arts section. The website now has a header menu. [The Internet]
Happy 65th Birthday to the Contemporary Arts Museum, Houston! [CAMH]
Damien Hirst made a Mickey Mouse painting (made out of dots, of course) for an upcoming Christie’s charity auction. The painting is … underwhelming. [The Telegraph]
LUX, in Dalston, London is looking for a new Distribution Co-ordinator. Deadline for apps is Monday, January 13th. [LUX]

It’s time to dust off your vocal cords and try out for The Bruce High Quality Foundation University’s spring musical adaptation of “West Side Story.” Seriously you are not too old to flutter about a stage in spandex. Choreographers, lighting designers, and props managers positions will need to be filled, too, so there’s bound to be a role that suits you. [BHQFU]
In case you missed it: Angry Birds, now a perfume. [Fragrantica via Kaela Noel]
Art critic Jonathan Jones makes another half-assed argument. He got a Playstation for Christmas and he still thinks video games are not art. Why? “Electronic games offer a rich and spectacular entertainment, but why do they need to be anything more than fun? Why does everything have to be art?” Those are questions, not reasons. [The Guardian]
“So when is it time to say ‘farewell to dance’?” asks Yvonne Rainer, grande dame of conceptual dance, film, and performance. She discusses accommodating older dancers (like herself). [MIT Press]
Coco Fusco is now dressing up like Dr. Zira from Planet of the Apes; most recently she gave a lecture in full-costume at the Studio Museum for their showing of Radical Presence: Black Performance in Contemporary Art. [Daily Serving]
Marlise Munoz is brain dead and on life support, and despite her stated wishes, John Peter Smith Hospital in Austin Texas won’t end her life. She was 14 weeks pregnant and the hospital claims that taking her off they would be violating Texas law. [The New York Times]
The New York Times has redesigned! And the verdict is good. No more endless scrolling with the dim hope of navigating your way to the arts section. The website now has a header menu. [The Internet]
Happy 65th Birthday to the Contemporary Arts Museum, Houston! [CAMH]
Damien Hirst made a Mickey Mouse painting (made out of dots, of course) for an upcoming Christie’s charity auction. The painting is … underwhelming. [The Telegraph]
LUX, in Dalston, London is looking for a new Distribution Co-ordinator. Deadline for apps is Monday, January 13th. [LUX]

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Tuesday Links: BIG Money

by Paddy Johnson Corinna Kirsch Gabriela Vainsencher on September 17, 2013

Artist rendering of the Brooklyn Bridge Park by the Bjarke Ingels Group (Image credit:New York Times)

Prepare to be amazed, or offended. Lizzie Widdicombe profiled entrepreneur Bryan Goldberg on his latest multi-million dollar start up, Bustle, a news and culture blog written by women, for women. He seems to be an odd choice for knowing what women want: “I don’t have a lot of overlapping interests with most women my age. I’m really into history. I’m really into markets and finance.” [The New Yorker]

“The core questions around the picture have little to do with the rapid technological changes that take place … For this exhibition, I avoided using any recent technology precisely for these reasons.” Beryl Gilothwest interviews Elad Lassry on his just-opened show at 303 Gallery; it’s a good read, if a bit upsetting that he doesn’t identify technology’s place in photography today. [Art in America]

If you’ve spent any time in Chicago, you’re familiar with painter Ray Yoshida who taught at the School of the Art Institute up until 2005. His entire home collection of outsider art, comics, thrift store tchotchkes, and all other types of weird ephemera, is now on view at the John Michael Kohler Arts Center in Wisconsin. [John Michael Kohler Arts Center]

Let us once again welcome “Autumn Man” to New York. [The Onion]

Bjarke Ingels Group (BIG), has proposed building a giant triangular platform that juts out from The Brooklyn Bridge Park. All they need is the Public Design Commission’s go-ahead and $8 million in privately raised funds. This architecture firm makes great projects—let’s do this. [The New York Times]

Artist Malte Wandel has been documenting Ghanaian street style in a series titled Please Don’t Smile. [The Huffington Post]

Hard to believe that Toronto Mayor Rob Ford even has an election gear to move into post crack-smoking scandal, but read the headline and prepare for puzzlement. [The Toronto Star]

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Wednesday Links: The Pits

by Paddy Johnson and Whitney Kimball on September 11, 2013

Roberta Smith explains why selling art works from the Detroit Institute of Art’s collection is shortsighted and damaging to the city’s future. “If the United States aims to produce more and import less, it needs designers and inventors of things to be produced. Such skills require just the kind of imagination and ingenuity that are nourished by art training from an early age and by museums.” [The New York Times]
Holy shit. The New York City Opera will be cancelling its current season, and the next, unless it can raise $20 million by the end of the year. [BlouinArtinfo]
Edward Winkleman thinks artists can do more good for the world if they’re well-known, so it’s okay to be a bit selfish in the studio. It’s true, of course, but fame won’t be the path or even the goal for every artist. [Edward Winkleman]
Carla Gannis and Justin Petropoulos have asked Anthony Antonellis + Anthony Tognazzini to produce ‘Closer.mp4’ – a short story written by A.Tognazzini, animated by A. Antonellis and narrated by Daniel Rourke. No idea what this will look like, but we’re swinging by Transfer Friday night to check it out. [Facebook]
Another story about window dressing: billionaire real estate broker is turning the Chelsea gas station into luxury condos, and using a series of artworks to advertise the property. First up is “Sheep Station,” a grassy knoll to be occupied by the late Francois-Xavier Lalanne’s sheep sculptures. [BlouinArtinfo]
It’s been a while since we’ve been inside a Barnes & Noble. That trip can wait a little longer, thanks to Hyperallergic’s list of new fall reads. [Hyperallergic]
Russia still has artworks looted from WWII Germany. Angela Merkel tried to bring it up again at a press conference, but was stonewalled. [Art News]
Christopher Knight reviews the newly-discovered Van Gogh Sunset at Montmajour. Not the greatest, he says. [LA Times]

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Monday Links: From Shanghai to Hibbing, Minnesota

by Paddy Johnson Corinna Kirsch and Ian Marshall on August 19, 2013

Arthur Bispo do Rosário, "Vinte e um veleiros", courtesy of the V&A

There’s something about outsider artists that eludes insiders, postulates Sarah Boxer as she nears the end of a trend piece on outsider art rise within the art world. I’d suggest it’s something a little more simple; some of us need a break from the unending stream of contemporary art shown at fairs, biennials, and triennials. –PJ [The Atlantic]
A massive Pre-Raphaelite mural was discovered at the William Morris house in London. The mural’s briefly mysterious subject matter was revealed by an explanation offered up on Twitter. [The Guardian]
A Prezi-style map documenting the real estate changes that occurred under Bloomberg hit the front page of the Times this weekend. [The New York Times]
There’s also a bunch of two minute videos featuring notable New Yorkers weighing in on Bloomberg’s legacy. [The New York Times]
This month, n+1 debuted a new, evil-themed edition. So far, I’ve heard rave reviews about Chris Kraus’ “Kelly Lake Store,” a failed Guggenheim application for revitalizing a corner store in Hibbing, Minnesota. My issue hasn’t arrived in the mail yet, but I found an earlier, shorter version of Kraus’ application over on The Brooklyn Rail. I haven’t found the “evil” part yet. [n+1, The Brooklyn Rail]
Gregory Kloehn, a Brooklyn resident, has converted a dumpster into what amounts to a 1970s camper to serve as his apartment. [F’d in Park Slope]
73-year-old Chinese immigrant Pei-Shen Qian has been caught at the heart of an $80 billion dollar forgery scandal. The Woodhaven, Queens resident has been accused of painting fake Modernist masters, which were then sold by Long Island dealer Glafira Rosales to the Upper East Side’s Knoedler Gallery. [The New York Times]
Ever wonder why lobster remains an expensive item at restaurants when its wholesale value has been plummeting? Your answer here. [The New Yorker]

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