For all the art as you’ll see in Miami, it’s worthwhile considering what isn’t here. I’ve seen even less video this year than last, very little performance, and almost no new media, (I’m not so sad to see the ipod art go away, but I wouldn’t mind viewing a few choice animated gif selections). This probably comes as a surprise to no one, but heavily conceptual art either never makes it here, or is evaluated by market values and visual presentation.
Big trouble for Big Three automakers | csmonitor.com
"Shares of General Motors are trading at prices last seen in the 1950s, their value cut in half in just eight weeks. Ford and Chrysler are in even worse shape, analysts say. The sobering implication: The Big Three may have to become the Big Two…"
Uncomfortable Answers to Questions on the Economy - NYTimes.com
An uncomfortable read. Tough times ahead.
Recommended. *SVA’s Design Criticism Reading Series: Michael Bierut, Jennifer Kabat, Paul Lukas and Phil Patton
We are living in a golden age of the pseudo-meaningful stunt. After all, the democratization of bullshit on the Internet is making it harder and harder to get noticed….This week’s delicacy comes from Sotheby’s, which delivers the news that Damien Hirst has produced a golden calf.
I Don’t Have Time For Noncontroversial Art Exhibits | The Onion - America’s Finest News Source
"These days, my schedule is pretty packed. Take this week, for example. Monday: Abu Ghraib flip books. Tuesday: a blackface reenactment of the Reagan assassination attempt. Wednesday: drive upstate to watch an amputee roast and eat his own golden retrieve
Behind Walls of Warehouses, a Trove of Artwork - NYTimes.com
At the same time that art museums and galleries have developed larger collections, they have fewer options to expand. Perhaps inevitably, an art services industry that has sprung up in the dark warehouses of New York City’s boroughs is also growing.
Zoilus: Woah, oh, oh, we’re counting to four
Carl Wilson think’s Feist remake of 1 2 3 4 for sesame street improves upon the original. A nice compilation of Sesame street counting songs including one by Phillip Glass. Via: ss
Why Do People Love to Hate The New York Times?: Entertainment & Culture: vanityfair.com
There are some good David Carr quotes in this piece.
ArtCal - East Village / Lower East Side - Canada - Journey to the Center of Uranus
Recommended. Eunice Kim, Paul Slocum, Alistair Frost, Willy LeMaitre, Ida Ekblad, Bjorn Copeland, Lizzi Bougatsos, Theo Mercier, Rob Swainston, Jessica Jackson Hutchins
Web Worker Daily Archive - What You Should Know Before you Switch from BlackBerry to iPhone
Blackberry vrs iphone. via: Bloggy
New Museum Launches Triennial - ARTINFO.com
“Younger Than Jesus”, curated by Massimiliano Gioni, Laura Hoptman, and Lauren Cornell will focus on the work of artists born around 1980. “We want to find the defining factors that shape generational change.” says Gioni, “We will try to analyze how generations emerge”
Kriston Capps: Jesse Helms: The Intimidation of Art and the Art of Intimidation
“It would take a political genius to drum up enough public outrage over obscene art to make these real-life obscenities fade..,” Steiner says. That’s surely true…but this this sort of strategy—promote a distraction, distort its significance—is the GOP’s favorite brushstroke.
As relevant as Eric Fischl. New York art news, reviews and gossip.
Art Fag City is Paddy Johnson.
[…] gone (I won’t have internet access. Damn, I need a laptop!), I leave you with this to ponder. Austin is into theater, films and music, but video and performance art don’t seem to be […]