
Rob Pruitt’s The Andy Monument will not be removed from Union Square on schedule. It’s sticking around due to popular demand. According to Kellie Honeycutt, representative for Public Art Fund, the sculpture will stay up through the tourist season, with the thought that millions more will see it.

- Dana Schutz on Artinfo: “What is the most “questionable” scenario you’ve thought of?” “A woman giving birth.” [Artinfo]
- Roberta Smith reviews the video projection at the opera. [Times]
- Friends make the best frauds. [New York Magazine]
- Emily Nathan’s round-up of five New York shows. [Artnet]
- Time and again, Lichtenstein shows amaze audiences as “not just being about dots”—and we suspect that the Art Institute of Chicago’s upcoming retrospective will do the same. If you missed his latest at Gagosian, it was fantastic. AIC opens May 22. [Artinfo]
- You know that old guy who feeds the ducks and plays the hurdy gurdy in Central Park for pocket change? He’s been outlawed. [Village Voice]
- That TIME magazine cover is still burned in our brains. [HuffPo/Voice].
- What happens when you graffiti a Marc Jacobs store. [Hyperallergic]
- We say this every time, but there are some *highly* desirable pieces in Performa’s benefit auction, among them work by Laurie Simmons (Performa 05) David Gilbert, and a Liz Magic Laser (Performa 11) DVD. Remember: without performing arts organizations like this, we wouldn’t have Simmons and Lasers, we’d only have Barneys and Francos. [Performa]
- NYU’s ITP program hosts its Spring Show tonight. Think science fair on acid. [NYU]

In the six months since Pinterest became one of 10 largest social network sites, we’ve heard no end to its praises. It’s been sold to us as a venue for self-expression, similar to Tumblr — but with auto-filled boards like “Products I Love,” “My Style,” and “For the Home,” it’s far less shy about its use of love-only Facebook-derivitive lifestyle branding. Unless you’re working against it, can such a place even be a venue for self-expression?

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“I wanted to make a lot of vocabulary,” choreographer Luciana Achugar told Gia Kourlas of her new dance FEELingpleasuresatisfactioncelebrationholyFORM. That’s FEEL FORM for short, and it opens tonight at Abrons Art Center.
As the playbill tells us, four women — Achugar, Rebecca Brooks, Jennifer Kjos, and Melinda Lee — will “engage in a psychedelia-inspired kaleidoscope that multiplies their experience and reflects both rigorous formalism and corporeal excess.” We’re not unbiased, but we think it’ll be great.

At Sotheby’s annual meeting, shareholders passed all but one proposal—a Teamsters-backed plan opposing “golden parachutes” for departing executives. That proposal might normally have passed, but an albatross lingered in the meeting room: the five shareholders forced into unemployment by Sotheby’s.

One line at the bottom of a press release caught my eye: “Jayson Scott Musson’s work is now available through EAI’s distribution service. For more information, please click here.” If you ever wanted the YouTube star on U-Matic or Beta, this is your chance.