I took this picture on my iphone while visiting the Waiwera Thermal Springs in New Zealand last week. Could this photo be a sign photography is dying or does someone have some copy to file?
- Are camera phones destroying photography? Some people say yes and that’s enough to make a headline. Some people say no and they are given the last word. Says photographer Magda Rakita, “Just because you’ve got a microprocessor in your computer doesn’t make you a writer. And just because you’ve got an Instagram app on your phone you aren’t a great photographer.” [The Guardian]
- Luke O’Neil writes about 25 pieces a week. The viral schlock does the best. His rant about why that’s not a great recipe for truth in news reporting. [Esquire via: Carolina Miranda]
- Open Engagement takes place at the Queens Museum this year and their call for submissions closes January 3rd. Get on this. [Open Engagement]
- ArtInfo Canada interviewed a bunch of Canadian critics over the year and collected the best quotes. I’m included! [BLOUIN ARTINFO]
- Instagram commenters don’t like Kim Kardashian’s hand painted George Condo bag. And they have a point; that bag, a Hermes Birkin, was better before Condo got his hands on it. It was a gift from Kanye West, whose 2010 album pictures a commissioned Condo painting. [Animal New York]
- Sotheby’s is being sued by an unnamed plaintiff who claims the auction house lost several key stamps in her collection. [In the Air]
- James Panero sat down with Sheikha Mayassa, the woman who runs the museum operations of Qatar. Qatar has spent over 1 billion on art. Panero seems to think this kind of spending on art could lead to a more liberalized state, though he also offers up the idea that it might just provide a foil for repressive practices. [The New Criterion]
