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by Paddy Johnson and Henry Kaye on July 11, 2014
- Christian Viveros-Faune gives Tom Friedman at Lurhing Augustine in Bushwick a glowing review. He explains that he was initially dismissive, but now he realizes that Tom Friedman was pointing out the small print in what we should see. “It’s not often that a top-notch artist tries to pass off a series of brilliantly executed, insanely exacting, mind-and-eye-bending sculptures as a show of run-of-the-mill canvases done in house paint.” CVF writes of Friedman’s styrofoam-carved masterpiece knock-offs and other illusory works. Kudos to CVF for making these paintings seem like some kind of feat but I’m ready for us all to quit being awed by the magic of reproduction. We’re talking about Van Gogh replicas in pantone flavor. [Artnet News]
- An incredible piece written by novelist and former professional athlete Benjamin Markovits about interviewing basketball star LeBron James in Barcelona and the crazy Nike PR reps who followed him. [Deadspin]
- London based artist Catherine Yass is throwing a piano off of a high rise. This is all in the name of exploring how “sound works,” but really, it’s always fun to test how gravity works on large objects. Locals are not as fond of the idea, however. [Time Out London]
- ARTINFO’s Instagrams of the Art World feature is pretty good this week. Faves include a pic of New Museum curators Gary Carrion-Murayari and Massimiliano Gioni wearing and doing exactly the same thing and a shot of Guggenheim’s digital marketing manager JiaJia Fei (vajiajia) jumping on a Daniel Buren sculpture at Storm King. [In the Air]
- The Theo Westenberger Estate has opened their summer photo contest. The theme of this contest is feminist vision, revision and revolution. $5000 to winner. Extra points if you like them on Facebook. [Theo Westenberger Estate]
- The ISIS has posted videos to Youtube and images to Twitter of members destroying landmarks, historical sites, and works of mostly Shia religious art. [Artnet]
- Ben Austen for The New York Times Magazine on Detroit: “Property costs have dropped to the point that barriers to ownership — to a sort of mogulhood, even — are absurdly low.” [The New York Times Magazine]
- The annual Artnews list of 200 big deal collectors is up. Who’s been added to this list? Who’s been dropped? Ah, who are we kidding; no one’s going to parse this list. [Artnews]
- Zack “Danger” Brown has raised $46,000 in his kickstarter campaign to eat a bowl of potato salad, surpassing his initial goal of $10. Currently there are 5705 backers, 359 of which are “Platinum level,” wherein members are invited to Brown’s house to watch him make and then eat the salad. One platinum level donor told Huffington Post “This [is] the Woodstock of our generation.” [The Huffington Post]
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