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by Corinna Kirsch on April 1, 2015
- Put on your common-sense hat today because it’s April Fools Day. Play it safe, read the date. [Internet]
- Google has gifted us with a Pac-Man game. Just head on over to Google Maps. [Google]
- An oldie but goodie: Slate’s archive of media hoaxes. [Slate]
- April 1 isn’t just for jokesters; it marks the beginning of National Poetry Month. To celebrate, @nypl, the New York Public Library Twitter account, is throwing a
party Twitter Poetry Contest. [The Paris Review]
- Believe it: Today Sotheby’s launches its first online auction with eBay. You’ll need to head over to the eBay/Sotheby’s landing page, which is separate from ebay.com. [Yahoo! Finance]
- Page 218 in the April issue of Artforum will go down in history as the moment when female digital artists were accepted by the art-world mainstream. (We hope.)Writer Johanna Fateman surveys the digital scene, from Amalia Ulman to Ann Hirsch, and thankfully, finds that they’re not all the same. In all honesty, you should read this to understand why there’s so much work happening exclusively online—and there’s some telling interview snippets with some very smart artists. [Artforum]
- Andrew Getty, one of the heirs to the J. Paul Getty fortune and part of the Getty trust, passed away at the age of 47. [Los Angeles Times]
- When real and imaginary cultural figures collide, we get Andy Warhol/Where’s Waldo wallpaper. “Several of the people in the image reminded Flavor Paper creative director Jon Sherman of Warhol himself and, in similar style to Andy’s plays on pop culture, he decided to add an image of Andy shot on set of Chelsea Girls where he was wearing a striped shirt similar to Waldo of Where’s Waldo fame.” For $300. [Art Markit]
- You really shouldn’t try to get pregnant in space. No, really. Don’t do it.[Motherboard]
- Back here on earth, Arizona lawmakers passed a bill stating that doctors will need to tell their patients that chemically induced abortions might be reversible. Most doctors disagree. [The New York Times]
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