Free Gift Economy - a photoset on Flickr
Marisa Olson has compiled a collection of free gifts for facebook (and where ever else you might use these images.) One thing I like about Facebook is it literalises the idea that imagery/iconography is a gift to the viewer. Related: A flawed but interesting essay none the less: The Ecstasy of Influence: A Plagerism. By Jonathon Letham
A Kinder, Gentler Art Basel - ARTINFO.com
“But it felt almost like the old boom times, at least for a minute, at New York’s PaceWildenstein, when an American collector snapped up an Alexander Calder sterling silver necklace from 1941 for $450,000 as soon as she tried it on. “She put it on and owned it right then and there,” said the gallery’s Jennifer Joy.” Of course the gallery’s publicist is going to tell you about the quick buys.
Death to film critics! Hail to the CelebCult! - Roger Ebert’s Journal
Says Roger Ebert, “A newspaper film critic is like a canary in a coal mine. When one croaks, get the hell out.” The Associated Press imposes a 500 word limit on all of its entertainment writers - this includes reviews and interview. Via: MAN
Judy Rey Wasserman changed her twitter profile picture from Rembrandt (Psalm 22) to Vincent Van Gogh (Psalm 133) five minutes after the Wall Street stock market closed and labeled the action “Twitter’s First Post Conceptual Performance Art Event”. Personally I prefer web artists investigating mediocrity and boringness on the web to dull performance art with smart sounding titles but at least the press release is well put together. Also Wasserman is also the first artist to send me a direct twitter about an art event, so she gets points for that.
Good idea. “Art Menu seeks aspiring artists, fresh from Arts School or self-taught, to promote and help sell their works of art in restaurants, bars, clubs and boutique hotels across London.”
tom moody » New Media vs Artists with Computers
Compares two movements: “art photography” and “artists with cameras” with “New Media” vs “Artists with Computers”. A great post. Update: The above link seems to direct AFC for some unknown reason.
ArtCal - Williamsburg / Greenpoint / Bushwick - the journal Gallery - Peanut Gallery
Curated by Joe Bradley. Recommended
Miami and Miami Beach Art Fairs - December 2008
Directory of contemporary art fairs that will be in Miami and Miami Beach in December 2008. Each listing includes brief description, location, hours and admission price.
NSCAD University employment opportunities
Photographers, designers, and ceramicists who teach. This listing is for you.
Rhizome Screensaver (2008) - Mark Essen
I want to see this installed in corporate offices everywhere!
ArtCal - East Village / Lower East Side - SUNDAY - Keltie Ferris, Dear Sir or Madam
I’m basically evaluating jpgs here, but this show looks quite good.
Gallery Massacres Begin: Pace Wildenstein Cuts Workforce By 12% - BlackBook
Blackbook picks up our story on Pace Wildenstein cuts.
double happiness » Blog Archive » Fwd: Fw: Re: DANGEROUS CHOCOLATE CAKE~IN~A~MUG
Hipster art deer mug/dangerous chocolate-cake-in-a-mug email forward at Double Happiness. Via: Wizard is Hungry.
As relevant as Eric Fischl. New York art news, reviews and gossip.
Art Fag City is Paddy Johnson.
Hey, thanks for the shout-out, Paddy. I’m definitely interested in the context of these being lifted.’ I posted a link to one on a friend’s Facebook page (a link because, unlike Myspace, FB doesn’t allow the embedding of images, which is one of the major losses that concerned me here), and his response was “Nice. ;) A dollar for a JPEG? What are they smoking?” Though I kind of agree that it’s absurd, I don’t want to begrudge anyone the making of a buck. However, it’s worth pointing out that these images don’t circulate like JPGs or GIFs. I had to pull all of these in carefully-carved screen-grabs because Facebook doesn’t allow one to see and copy the code for these images. So they are not hotlinkable. Until now! :) And I love the idea of them having a life on MySpace, or other sites. Or even offline! Sharing and exchange are such a huge part of the way that I and the members of my personal “social network” (p.k.a. friends) experience the net. The economy for Facebook’s gifts didn’t reflect that, so I thought I’d facilitate it.
Facebook is really annoying that way - it’s very expensive to send a gift to your friends that anywhere else would be free. I love art I’ll get to use!