- Oh dear god yes. There’s a scathingly funny (because it’s true) Tumblr devoted to architectural criticism of McMansions. If you’ve ever been nauseated by a relative’s house in the suburbs and not-quite been able to put your finger on the reasons why, this blog outlines it all from mis-matched porticos to ill-proportioned secondary masses and garages that look like they’re eating a plantation. [McMansion Hell]
- Alexandra Lange would like us to stop calling the “Lowline” a park. It’s really just an underground room with plants in it. But hey, in the event of nuclear fallout, it sure beats the Highline. [Curbed]
- Just how racist, corrupt, and utterly ineffectual at investigating rapes is the Baltimore Police Department? Graphic designers Post Typography illustrate the findings of the Justice Department’s damning report. It’s especially infuriating when one takes into account that “public safety” is where so much of the city’s residents’ tax dollars are going. [Baltimore Brew]
- Two men were killed and another wounded when a gunman opened fire following an argument at Prime Development, an art gallery in Oakland, California. [New York Daily News]
- Art Basel surveyed participating gallerists about what other careers they would pursue if they weren’t selling art. Most said none, but some would be curators, and one would be an astronaut. [Art Basel]
- Miami’s Wynwood arts district is luring back visitors amidst its Zika outbreak by offering bug repellent, free parking, and drink specials during the Second Saturdays art walk. Can we please keep the half-price margaritas going after the virus has been eliminated? [Miami Herald]
- And in other overrated-street-art-moneymaking-schemes news, drunks tried to steal a fake Banksy. [artnet News]
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