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Thursday Links: A Billionaire Art Center and Elite Sex Parties

by Paddy Johnson and Rhett Jones on June 30, 2016

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Ron Perelman is donating $75m to a new performance arts center that is planned for the World Trade Center site. It will be named after the billionaire. The center was originally planned to be designed by Frank Gehry, but when the project stalled, his designs were shelved. Good. Too much Gehry. A new architect hasn’t been chosen yet, but Perelman says that he’s considering designs by Joshua Prince-Ramus. [New York Times]
Pulse has put out an open call for video artists to be part of its Miami edition this year. Selected artists will not need to be working with a participating gallery to be featured. Those who are interested in submitting work for consideration have until August 31st. [artnet News]
The Rauschenberg Foundation has announced the winners of its annual Artists as Activist Fellowship. 10 winners will split $775,000 that will be distributed over two years. One project, by the performance group Los Angeles Poverty Department, will attempt to devise “informal community policing vehicles that maintain respect for the well-being” of the residents on Skid Row. [L.A. Times]
Following the massive viral success of its Bob Ross stream, the live video platform, Twitch, is launching another art-related program: watching people eat. Warhol would be proud. [Polygon]
Holland Cotter loves PS1’s Vito Acconci retrospective. He likes it so much that there’s pretty much nothing negative here. That means he gets to spend the entire review just talking about the work. It’s a good read. [New York Times]
Speaking of good reads, Hilton Als has an excellent, long profile of Nan Goldin. We recently were surprised to find that critics were able to say something new about her “Ballad of Sexual Dependence.” It’s almost as surprising to find new nuggets from her well-worn biography. This is a must. [New Yorker]
We’ve seen post-Brexit results from Phillips and Sotheby’s so far this week, now it’s Christie’s turn. Following the surprise withdrawal of a 1994 Abstraktes Bild that was expected to sell for about £14m, the overall night exceeded the low-estimate with a £33.7m take and 92% sell-through rate. As for why the Richter was withdrawn, the owner reportedly did not want to reduce the reserve price. Collector Alain Servais said “There is no direct relation to Brexit except—as for the whole art market—we are living in more uncertain times.” [The Art Newspaper]
Josh Baer reminds us that currency issues have little to do with prices paid at auction, “A weak pound lets buyers in other currency bid 10% higher, which works out roughly the same. The only time it “saves” money is if there is just one bidder”. [The Baer Faxt]
Just in time for Summer beach season, go inside an elite Hamptons sex party. Or don’t. [Marie Claire]
Prosperity Dumpling, the dumpling house patroned by many art lovers and beloved for its insanely cheap dumplings is moving. Apparently, news of its back alley and roach infestation sunk the business. Still, sad news that they weren’t able to clean up their act. They are now moving all the way out to Bensonhurst in Brooklyn. We had to look that up to figure out where it is (way out by Dyker Heights). [Bowery Boogie]

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Adventures In Selling Experimental Video Art: An Interview With Undervolt & Co.

by Marina Galperina on November 25, 2014

“We are very open to the fact that we do not know how distribution will work in our post-internet age.” Johnny Woods, co-founder of the video art label Undervolt & Co., reflects on (almost) a year of selling experimental artworks online.

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A Lost Cause? Alfredo Jaar’s “A Logo for America”

by Corinna Kirsch on July 28, 2014

In 1987: It was played every six minutes. In 2014: It will be played between 11:57 p.m. and 12:00 a.m.

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What We Can Learn From Leo Castelli: Art Belongs in Universities, Museums, Even Montana

by Corinna Kirsch on May 22, 2014

A lesson in selling art that doesn’t involve relying on traditional art collectors.

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Looking Back at Dream Exhibitions Version 1.0

by Corinna Kirsch on March 18, 2014

Looking back at the first edition of Dream Exhibitions, several trends ended up popping up like persistent gophers.

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Friday Links: Good Boy Bad Boy

by Paddy Johnson and Corinna Kirsch on February 21, 2014

Longtime Team Gallery Director Miriam Katzeff departs to focus on Primary Information, a non-profit art publisher she’s been running with James Hoff since 2006. A big move! [Gallerist]
Anyone interested in the historical pricing of video art should take a look at this Rhizome interview between artist Jason Simon and curator Jacob King. One little nugget of info comes from the skyrocketing price of editions for Bruce Nauman’s “Good Boy Bad Boy.” In 1985 it was selling for $1,000 and now it’s priced at a quarter-million. [Rhizome]
Kriston Capps reports on the University of Maryland’s reaction to the Corcoran Gallery of Art’s dissolution. Just two weeks ago, University of Maryland President Wallace Loh was in talks with the Corcoran to pursue a 99-year-long partnership. [City Paper]
Canadian curator John Davies won $10,000 for the Emerging Curator of Contemporary Canadian Art Award. [ArtInfo Canada]
This year’s Brucennial will be the last. The Bruce High Quality Foundation wants to turn their focus to the Bruce High Quality Foundation University. And ***supposedly*** the last Brucennial will feature only women. [Animal]
Detroit’s bankruptcy case could be on its way to the U.S. Supreme Court. [Detroit Free Press]
Trending: Art metaphors to describe the violent uprisings in Ukraine. [Politico]
Erin Mee’s “Pool Play” is a play set inside a pool, at the Waterside Plaza Swim and Health Club along the East River. Swimsuits encouraged. [New York Theater]

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“XFR STN” at The New Museum: Liberate Obsolete Formats With Digital Technology

by Ian Marshall on July 2, 2013

Got some old video you want digitized? The New Museum’s got you covered. XFR STN (pronounced “transfer station”), a new initiative in collaboration with their digital media affiliate Rhizome, offers video artists the opportunity to digitize their original works. Pieces long trapped in VHS tapes or other obsolete formats like U-matic or audio tapes will forever be free! Every digitized work from XFR STN will be made available immediately after transfer for free, public download in multiple formats on archive.org.

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#longreads: Radical Software’s Sexy, Utopian Tech

by Corinna Kirsch on January 25, 2013

In this week’s #longreads, we take you to the entrance of Radical Software’s back catalog.

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Art at Home: Watch Full-Length Videos From This Year's Moving Image Fair

by Corinna Kirsch on March 16, 2012

We loved this year's Moving Image fair, but we didn't have time to watch every video from start to finish. With that in mind, we scoured the internet for full-length versions of the videos from this year's fair because, let’s face it, not even the most dedicated fairgoer watched them all—Marina Zurcow's Mesocosm (Northumberland, UK) plays on a 146 hour loop.

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