- Artists are so selfish they won’t heed anyone’s advice. This, according to the Onion. [The Onion]
- This isn’t new, but there’s a White House Biennial? [White House Biennial via Andreas Templin]
- In “I Read Bigfoot Erotica for Research,” writer Robin Hardwick goes where so few would want to go, or bother to go…to the topic of Sasquatch rape. [The Toast]
- One, two times a book! Slate music critic Carl Wilson’s much-loved book on Celine Dion and kitsch has been given a second printing. This time around, it includes some new essays by the fellows over at n + 1, Owen Pallett, and for some reason, James Franco. [Bloomsbury]
- David Joselit is complaining about Hans Ulrich Obrist’s scholarship. (It’s about time someone did.) Ulrich Obrist has organized an exhibition with art star Marina Abramović at London’s Serpentine Gallery exploring the subject of “nothing” but has not offered up a lineage of artists who have explored this topic. Specifically, Joselit thinks the work of Mary Ellen Carroll, a New York-based conceptual artist, should be credited, as she’s been working on the subject of “nothing” since the 90’s. [The Guardian]
- Mark your calendars, there’s a new art fair around. Moving Image, currently held in London and New York, will be expanding to Istanbul this fall. According to fair co-founder Ed Winkleman, the Istanbul edition might mark the first of many roving fairs to come. [The Art Newspaper]
- The 9/11 Museum removes a “never forget” cheese plate from their gift store after it was described as the tasteless item in the store. What makes this piece more distasteful than the twin tower Christmas ornaments or any other item in the store was never explained. What’s the big deal here people? The Holocaust Museum has a gift store too. I bet they sell cheese plates; most of these places do. [Gothamist]
- Museum conservators are trying out a new way to conserve paintings: light. If a Rothko, for instance, is damaged, the conservators will shine a light (from a digital projector) on the dull spot so that it matches. [The Atlantic]
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