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by Corinna Kirsch and Whitney Kimball on December 19, 2014
- Get into the spirit of the season with creepy, overly capitalistic Christmas commercials from the 1980s. “Taste all the ways butter helps your holidays throughout the year!” [YouTube]
- On the history of classical Roman torture in Hollywood film. [The Awl]
- Adrian Chen follows Swedish journalist Robert Aschberg, whose TV show Troll Hunter confronts Internet trolls IRL. The point, according to Aschberg: “The agenda is to raise hell about all the hate on the Net.” [Technology Review]
- Sound art 101: Know what a “gremlin” is. [Leonardo Music Journal]
- Good news for the ICA: Political activist Barbara Lee has gifted the museum with over 40 artworks, many by female, international, and politically active artists. [Institute of Contemporary Art/Boston]
- Mo’ money for the Indianapolis Museum of Art, which has decided to start charging admission. [Hyperallergic]
- A little history lesson on the Shanghai art scene in the 1980s: “[a]rt from the end of the Cultural Revolution through to the mid-1990s was insufficiently modern, fashionable, and avant-garde, and was at best expressing rebellion against a restrictive social environment.” [LEAP]
- David Carr goes on WBUR to discuss the massive blow visited upon American freedom because, following terrorist threats, movie theaters unanimously decided not to show The Interview. Barely mentioned is the fact that trailers present the film as a buddy movie about a dictator who is STARVING PEOPLE, sending them to labor camps, and killing all who try to escape. Or the fact that this was not a case of government censorship but decisions made by private theaters who chose not to sell this product. But we as a nation suffer, because our comedies have been jeopardized. If the premise weren’t so ignorant, I’d put it on par with hate speech. We are a nation of assholes. [WBUR]
- Jerry Saltz complains about not getting paid. This, from the man who just weeks ago, told artists to “[g]row up. Stop feeling deprived. You will never have enough money. You will never get enough love.” [Twitter]
- A history of the candy cane reveals that they are not a “J” for Jesus, but the result of a fortuitous manufacturing malfunction. [The Smithsonian, via Metafilter]
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by Paddy Johnson and Corinna Kirsch on December 18, 2014
- There’s so much non-art news today, it’s a little crazy: U.S. relations with Cuba thaw. New York state bans fracking. Vladimir Putin gives his annual address, and it is completely delusional. Just read The Times. [The New York Times]
- “A Pessimist’s Guide to the World in 2015.” [Bloomberg]
- We’re fans of the “1987” series on Comic Book Resources; columnist Matt Derman reviews comics from 1987 just because that’s the year he was born. P.S. Would like to do an art version of this. [Comic Book Resources]
- THE LAST EPISODE OF SERIAL DROPS TODAY, NERDS. [Serial]
- One notable topic to bring out from an interview with Toshio Hara, director of the Hara Museum, is that Japanese collectors are more inclined to “keep a low profile” than ones in the States. [Japan Times]
- Incredibly timely reporting: Alanna Martinez asks El Museo del Barrio’s Executive Director Jorge Daniel Veneciano what renewed U.S.-Cuban relations might mean for the museum. Veneciano didn’t seem too excited; he told Martinez “that essentially not much would change for U.S. museums.” [New York Observer]
- Giving in to hacker pressure, Sony has now announced that there are no further plans to release The Interview, not even on DVD. [Vanity Fair via Variety]
- And for those who don’t think North Korea’s terrorism is real, read this account of a former North Korean spy. [The Globe and Mail]
- Jason Kottke aggregates links to four of the best 2014 book-cover lists. Of the four he chose, The Casual Optimist’s list wins with us. Of all the covers listed, our favorite is The Silent History. [Kottke]
- Christie’s Fine Art Storage Services asked AFC’s Corinna Kirsch what art worlders really “need” for Christmas. Hint: You need some sleep. [Tumblr]
- The Hammer Museum announces that Chicago’s Hamza Walker will co-curate the 2016 Made in L.A. biennial with Hammer staff. Yay for Chicago! [Los Angeles Times]
- An interview with Hal Foster. When asks what he regrets, he recounts a cutting line that he later learned devastated an artist. Most critics have a regret like that. Occupational hazard, I guess. [Interview]
- Frieze Editor Dan Fox puts together his year end review. Topping the list is W.A.G.E. and CITIZENFOUR. [Frieze]
- Are we all in agreement that “Santa Baby” is the most annoying Christmas song? If not, you will be after watching this animated cat-robot toy’s karaoke version. [YouTube]
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