by Paddy Johnson Whitney Kimball and Corinna Kirsch on January 16, 2015
- A chronological history of Lifetime movies, from the Tori Spelling classic Mother, May I Sleep With Danger? to more serious fare like Angela Basset’s celebrity biopic, Whitney. Former executives from the channel discuss when certain genres, like “teens in jeopardy,” became popular. [Washington Post]
- For those who don’t care about the Oscar snubs—here are the art nominees. Good Lord, Hyperallergic has reviewed them all. [Hyperallergic]
- OMG. Shellac lead singer and songwriter Steve Albini has a cooking blog. [Mario Batali Voice]
- Ben Davis has managed to make a convincing argument for Juan Muñoz’s Many Times at Marian Goodman, a feat I never thought possible. It’s a bunch of gray, laughing figures in resin cut off at the ankles. I always thought the work was boring, but Davis finds a little magic (a word he loathes) in the details. [artnet News]
- Kehinde Wiley, Xu Bing, Mark Bradford, Sam Gilliam, Maya Lin, Julie Mehretu, Pedro Reyes, will be honored with the 2015 U.S. Department of State Medal of Arts. The award recognizes artistic achievement as well as commitment to the government-sponsored program Art in Embassies. [ARTnews]
- A review of the Riot Grrrl exhibition Alien She from a former riot grrrl. Critic Melissa Miller ends up writing a mostly positive review, but points out a necessary issue with any historical exhibition: “The drawback to this approach, however, is that it presents Riot Grrrls with one voice, with a ‘we’re all in this together’ attitude.” [Art Practical]
- ☆♕ A Grecian Inspired Roleplay for ASMR ♕☆ [YouTube]
- Beefy Mortal Kombat monsters, but with the female victory dances, like pole dancing. Aside: holy shit, Mortal Kombat got gruesome since the 90s. [YouTube via Metafilter]
- Wow, France’s Culture Minister Fleur Pellerin has promised Charlie Hebdo €1 million in funding to keep it running. Now the Pompidou and several other arts institutions are launching Charlie Hebdo-related shows and awards. [artnet News]
- Critic Martha Schwendener reviews Tyson Reeder’s current show at CANADA (which we like), and fills her review with a total of seven textbook-friendly artists to compare Reeder: Matisse, Bonnard, Renoir, Bonnard, Isamu Noguchi, and Andreas Gursky. You can talk about art without having to namedrop; like, you could talk about the art. [New York Times]
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