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by Paddy Johnson Whitney Kimball and Corinna Kirsch on September 9, 2014
- Our new favorite single serving site turns Hugh Grant’s face different colors with the Hue/Saturation tool. Lightness and saturation have been turned off. [Hue Grant]
- Perhaps a public service, but sleazy execution: Somebody combed the porn star database and put together every demographic statistic imaginable on adult film entertainers. Here’s the opener: “I can’t recall how I first heard about the Internet Adult Film Database—the self-proclaimed ‘premier resource for information about the American porn community on the web’, but for the longest time I knew I wanted to plunder its treasure trove of juicy information.” Further findings are often relayed in cum jokes. [Jon Millward]
- Electronic shock collars stress out dogs. This should be obvious to all dog-lovers. [Washington Post]
- The history of SWAT teams from the 60s through to today. Watch the segment about the guy whose dog was shot. No spoilers from us, but it’s jaw dropping. [Retro Report]
- As is customary, The Apple Store has been taken offline in anticipation of today’s big launch of the iPhone and iWatch. The Times has been live blogging since 8:00 a.m. and the conference doesn’t start until 1:00 p.m. (EST) today. [Bits Blog]
- The British Museum is looking for a student or recent computer science grad to help them update their website for free. [Hyperallergic]
- Here’s a Google image search for “Tom Otterness.” It’s a mixed bag of work, for sure, but sometimes those cutesy figures demonstrate great inventiveness! [Google, in response to this Twitter thread]
- The New Yorker Festival events are out. Ew: Malcolm Gladwell. Stuff we actually want to see: a talk about income inequality with David Brooks, call-ins with Edward Snowden and Kim Dotcom, an interview with Laurie Anderson, and an intelligentsia-stocked debate on cats versus dogs. We feel that this last event compares apples and oranges, and both animals contain contain lovable features. [New Yorker Festival]
- The Google Cultural Institute adds more museums to its growing rosters of museums who like to put their art online with the help of Google. [Google Art]
- One (or a few) bad apples spoil the bunch. Costumed cartoon characters in Times Square are now all getting background checks and licenses. Apparently the “Spider-Man incident” was the come-to-Jesus moment. [The New York Times]
- Here is what Arnold Schwarzenegger’s gubernatorial portrait looks like. The Kindergarten Cop star paid for the portrait himself, choosing the the hyper-realistic flair of fellow Austrian, Gottfried Helnwein. [SF Gate]
- Wow. Tim Wu, a candidate for Democratic nomination for Lieutenant Governor, and the man who coined the phrase “net neutrality” is suing the New York Democratic Party for interfering in its own primary. [The Nation]
- Magic, barn-raising, meteorites: all that you missed during the Edinburgh Art Festival. [Frieze Blog]
- Two Trump casinos to file for bankruptcy. [Bloomberg]
- Note to art jurors: Never stand up during an awards ceremony and announce that none of the artists are worthy of a prize. [Yahoo! Australia]
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by Paddy Johnson and Corinna Kirsch on July 10, 2013
- William Powhida reviews the exhibition catalog It’s the Political Economy, Stupid. He calls out theorists and critics who hope for a new, post-capitalist art practice without dealing with how we get to there (the future) from here (the now). It’s great. [Hyperallergic]
- Magda Sawon did not win the High Line Art commission, but the activist Florent Morellet did. John Ahearn will sculpt his bust, which will go on view to the public in September. [High Line Art]
- Though eight weeks old, this story’s totally relevant. Kriston Capps reports that D.C.’s independent gallery scene is shifting, and possibly shrinking. [City Paper]
- Did you win this year’s apexart open call? Only if your name is Avi Lubin, Ceren Erdem, Jaime Schwartz, Martin Waldmeier, or Lisa Williams. [e-flux]
- The Guggenheim makes history with its app, or at least that’s what some PR-filled reviews would lead one to think. [Long Island Newsday]
- “Gadgets will soon be made of crabs and potatoes”. According to The Guardian, this is what we should look forward to with artfully designed tech. [The Guardian]
- The house that Ai Weiwei built for contemporary Chinese art collectors Christopher Tsai and André Stockamp has now been sold. The upstate New York “compound” includes three bedrooms and a studio. [Curbed NY]
- John Zorn turns 60. [The New York Times]
- Malcolm Gladwell wrote about Korean Air back in 2008, saying that they’ve had more plane crashes because their culture is hierarchical. Slashdot seems to think this could explain Asiana Airline’s recent crash. [Slashdot]
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