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Tuesday Links: Your Full-Time Art Links With a CVS Soundtrack

by Paddy Johnson Whitney Kimball and Corinna Kirsch on May 21, 2013

After Time Out Chicago axed their full-time art critic, a flurry of criticism arose about how many full-time art critics are actually out there, and whether freelance critics count. Gallerist NY adds to this debate just by simply stating what critic Deborah Solomon stated on WNYC this week, that there are fewer than ten full-time art critics writing for newspapers. Yes, we know this, but many freelancers out there are upset that “full-time art critic” doesn’t refer to online publications or those who write for several. It’s an issue of legitimacy in the eyes of changing media. For that debate, just take a look at the comments section to this piece. [Gallerist NY]
Greg Allen is no fan of Architecture Firm Diller Scofidio + Renfro’s Hirschhorn design, “The Bubble”. Liz Diller wonders if the museum could be an agent for cultural diplomacy and proceeds to present a structure designed to house expensive events like TED, the WEF, and CFR fora. Why ask the question, if the purpose of the venue won’t ever answer the question. [Greg.org]
E-book revenue increased by 42% last year. Art publications are still harder to find for my Kindle than your fill-in-the blank bestseller. [The Los Angeles Times]
Fewer couples are having kids in the states, but they’re making way for more puppies. U-S-A! [The Atlantic]
Bushwick Open Studios starts next week, and runs from May 31st through June 2nd. Here’s the map of the 587 studios listed so far. [Arts in Bushwick]
Hennessy Youngman has come out with his second lo-fi mix this year, CVS Bangers Vol. 2. Listen to the mellow 80s tracks you’d hear while filling your cart up with Mac ‘n’ Cheez Whiz, interrupted by a blaring airhorn, then Hennessy-designed ads, then someone saying “Obama”. Just Obama. [Soundcloud via Twitter]
The Asia Society has hired a new President, Josette Sheeran, vice chair of the World Economic Forum. [The Wall Street Journal]
The Met just appointed a new curator to its Department of Medieval Art and the Cloisters, C. Griffith Mann, since the Cleveland Museum of Art’s chief curator. He’ll be bumping up current curator Peter Barnet to senior curator of that department. [Cleveland.com]

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Intro to The Art World: A Beginners Reading List

by Paddy Johnson on May 17, 2013

You like art. You know nothing about it. Where to start?

How about our beginners art reading list! This list is for all the friends over the years who have asked me what they should read to learn about art and the art world. No one wants to flip through a text book to learn about art. You won’t have to, with these books.

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STUFF: Ten Things Ross Bleckner Owns and Loves

by Ross Bleckner on May 16, 2013

Are you having trouble understanding artists through their art? Understand them through their STUFF instead.

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Tuesday Links: Chelsea, Croissants, and a Chicken

by Paddy Johnson Whitney Kimball and Corinna Kirsch on April 23, 2013

Complex lists Chelsea as the best art neighborhood in the world, for its diversity. They write of Hurricane Sandy that “even the little guys managed to find a way to stay afloat, a testament to the resilience and strength of the community.” Among most notable galleries is Postmasters, which leaves next week to escape the skyrocketing rent. [Complex]
Thanks to Andrew Russeth for pointing out this jewel on billionaires Joe Nahmad from 2007. He’s rich, but notoriously difficult to deal with. It’s hard to get the Nahmads to pay. They don’t stick to the terms of the deal. Nahmad never tips waiters and once ate 14 croissants for breakfast. [Forbes]
An art student chopped off a live chicken’s head in the Alberta College of Art and Design cafeteria; it was all part of the student’s loose interpretation on a class assignment to film a protest. Police will not press charges. [Maclean’s, via @CAA]
Those hoping ArtPrize’s new Executive Director Christian Gaines will curb the amount of kitsch the citywide event has become known for should prepare to have their hopes dashed. Gaines, a former film festival manager, says he has no plans to alter the voting process that’s come to define the event. [Hyperallergic]
Some architects like the former Folk Art Museum building! More than 30 architects and board members of the Architectural League of New York signed a letter that asks MoMA not to tear it down. The building was designed by Tod Williams and Billie Tsien Architects. [Architect Magazine]
Move over, 1988. Hans-Ulrich Obrist and Simon Castets are leading a study of artists born after 1989, called 89plus; the project has just selected 22-year-old Alex Mackin Dolan for a residency at the Armory. [ANIMAL]

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Weekend #longreads: Making Connections

by Corinna Kirsch on April 20, 2013

This weekend we’re reading Malcolm Harris’ “So You Want to Be a #Longreads Superstar,” Caitlin Jones’ “Conceptual Blind Spots”, and B. Wurtz’s “History Works”.

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Thursday Links: Museums, Mostly

by Paddy Johnson and Corinna Kirsch on April 11, 2013

So much good stuff in this slideshow. Look for the hips surrounding the woman in blue. It kills me. [Lens Blog]
Today’s big news: MoMA will demolish the old Folk Art Museum. It was an unattractive building some bemoaned as responsible for the financial ruin of of the museum; it communicated nothing about folk art. The decision isn’t a huge surprise. [The New York Times ]
A profile on the Indianapolis Museum of Art Director Charles Venable, who recently cut the museum’s staff by 11%, gets called out by Indianapolis’ NUVO as “cagey and opaque”. Yikes. This follows Tyler Green’s damning article on the director’s decision to make cuts in March. [NUVO]
The Brooklyn Museum is planning an exhibition of cat gods, “Divine Felines: Cats of Ancient Egypt.” It won’t be cute, and we fully expect cat mummies like this one to inspire some nightmares. [In The Air]
With Anthony Wiener’s mayoral run, we’re covering our ears just thinking of how many bad puns we’ll be hearing. Prime examples of the worst puns ever, found here. [Politicker]
Hoping that smaller is better, Microsoft is coming out with a 7-inch tablet. They already have plenty of competition in the tiny screen market. [The Daily Beast]
Even as an idea, this fictional museum freaks the fuck out of me: The Guantanamo Bay Museum of Art and History. Naturally, they have residency program. [In The Air]