by Paddy Johnson Whitney Kimball and Corinna Kirsch on March 11, 2014
- Today at noon! Bill de Blasio will announce new members of his administration. We are hoping he has finally chosen the New York City Cultural Commissioner; the city has been without one since January 1, 2014, when Kate Levin left with the Bloomberg administration. [City Room]
- The President is interviewed by comedian Zach Galifianakis on his show Between Two Ferns. It’s six minutes and torturous to watch. We recommend skipping it. [Funny or Die]
- Bitforms Gallery founder Steven Sacks chews the fat on new media art—and why he prefers that term to digital art. He also discusses why you should have an art TV separate from your other TV: “Once you devote a screen to something and it becomes a destination in your home where you know there’s art versus the NFL, it’s a psychological issue.” [Artspace]
- What Dogecoin looks like in person. [Reddit]
- The Whitney Houston Biennial is magical. (Elizabeth Bick’s photography, pictured above, was included in this show.) [Hyperallergic]
- Is this Bill Viola piece part of the Times’ new native advertising venture, where people can pay to have advertisements masked as articles? Because it sounds a lot like a press release. [The New York Times]
- If you can’t get Bill Viola to film you giving birth in slow-motion HD then you can still hire a childbirth photographer. [The Guardian]
- Childbirth photography slideshow here. [International Association of Professional Birth Photographers]
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