Banana Protectors - Featured on BuzzFeed
"There are an overwhelming number of products devoted to the protection and transportation of bananas." Somehow the buzzfeed editorial staff managed to post this without observing that the product looks like it belongs at Babes in Toyland
Steve Jobs: Steve Jobs’s Obituary, As Run By Bloomberg
“The Bloomberg financial newswire decided to update its 17-page Steve Jobs obituary today — and inadvertently published it in the process.” He’s not actually dead. The accompanying notes for Bloomberg reporters are also interesting.
ArtCal - Soho - Artists Space - Amanda Coogan, Yellow
Recommended: "A durational performance curated by Marina Abramovic Panel Discussion: Differences in Attitudes about Performance from the 1970s to Today with Marina Abramovic, Amanda Coogan, and Chrissie Iles"
Obama Secures Historic Nomination - NYTimes.com
"The moment concluded one the quickest rises in American political history. In just four years…" the full paragraph is used twice in the same article, which is the second time I've noticed this happen on a developing front page story.
ArtCal - Chelsea - Roebling Hall (Chelsea) - All Cut Up
Pre-opening impression: The show concept of "turning subject matter and aesthetics on its head by working in collage" asks a lot from practice. Includes a few good artists, a few not so good artists.
ArtCal - Midtown - Last Rites Gallery - Dark Pop
The first art alien of the Fall season! A multieyed, bare breasted, hairless wood creature. Oooh subversive!
rabble columns - The Road to Neo-Con Ruin
"I'm trying to summon up some human compassion for Canada's health minister, Tony Clement, in the sense that I acknowledge him as an actual human." It only gets worse from there
Fashion Week Daily - Chic Report » Why Your Fishing Boat is Not Cool…
Guilty is 114 foot yacht designed by artist Jeff Koons, and owned by collector Dakis Joannou. Apparently he invited art dealers Jeffrey Deitch, Larry Gagosian and Marian Goodman to the christening of this boat. Yea, I know. Fascinating.
Twitter / Clay Shirky: My 4 y.o., pointing @ Twitter
"Is that the internet?" My 7 y.o., older and wiser: "Yes. Everything that isn't a movie is the internet."
Chinese Interrogators To Pro-Tibet Activists: “Who Is Earth Mouse?” | News | Animal
One of the most pressing questions the interrogators repeatedly asked [activists] was "who is Earth Mouse?" Apparently, 'Earth Mouse' was a "guy NOT inside China" who was helping coordinate and organize the Students for A Free Tibet's actions via Twitter
paintings + drawings: Jeff Koons interviewed by David Byrne, 1975.
An early interview with Jeff Koons. He hasn't discovered "the sense of self" rhetoric he's become so famous for and generally speaking seems not nearly so weird.
greg.org: the making of: An Artist In The Medium Of Fake Fireworks
A great write up on Cai Guo-Qiang's CGI footshaped fireworks in Bejing shown on NBC. Allen contrasts this with the non-CGI piece as viewed from Tianenmen Square. It's alright.
New Yorkers Claim Mistreatment at Hands of Chinese - August 26, 2008 - The New York Sun
Days without potable water, hours of interrogation, sleep deprivation, and the theft of more than $20,000 in cash and equipment are among the hardships two New Yorkers say they endured as prisoners of the Chinese government during the Beijing Olympics.
As relevant as Eric Fischl. New York art news, reviews and gossip.
Art Fag City is Paddy Johnson.
this is sort of funny, but really fucked up. Can’t we just enjoy a fruit without some kind of wasteful plastic product?