- Balenciaga has released a “knockoff” of those blue IKEA shopping bags… which costs £1,705. The peculiar logic of late capitalism keeps the LOLs coming. [Dezeen]
- Peter Garritano photographs New Yorkers he meets through Craigslist’s “Strictly Platonic” friend-seeking section. These are surprisingly less sad than one would expect. But some of the ads are really, really strange. And borderline not platonic at all. [The New Yorker]
- The DOT is seeking proposals for a new public artwork/design object for the Canal Street Triangle for a project called “Gateways to Chinatown”. The selected proposal will receive a $900,000 budget. [Curbed]
- Happy 4/20. Why is today Marijuana Appreciation Day? Like most stoner stories, it’s murky and complicated. [WJLA]
- Hmmm. Alex Jones now considers himself a “performance artist” (in defense of the craziest of his rants, while in court during a nasty divorce). I’ve long suspected this of Ann Coulter, but always suspected Jones was just legitimately out of his mind. [The Huffington Post]
- Here’s news that should make most city dwellers laugh: residents of a luxury highrise in London are suing the Tate Modern because visitors to the museum’s outdoor spaces have views into the floor-to-ceiling glass apartments. Apparently the condo owners didn’t understand the whole “glass houses” adage? Following this logic, does the museum have the right to sue the apartment owners for their views? [artnet News]
- Wow, I had no idea Charlie’s Angels star Farrah Fawcett was an artist! Hopefully the exhibition Mentoring a Muse: Charles Umlauf & Farrah Fawcett at Austin’s Umlauf Sculpture Garden & Museum can disabuse us all of that oversight. [ARTnews]
