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Register for Fall Classes at the New-ish BHQFU, New York’s Free School

by Corinna Kirsch on August 10, 2015

New Classes! A Student Council! Student curators! The Bruce High Quality Foundation University has launched a whole bunch of fresh happenings at the BHQFU this fall semester—registration begins today, and runs through August 24.

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e-flux and DeviantArt Lose .ART Bid to Russian Venture Capitalist

by Paddy Johnson and Rea McNamara on August 6, 2015

.ART, the widely-contested Top Level Domain bid, was finally settled in a private ICANN auction, with both e-flux and DeviantArt losing out to UK Creative Arts Limited.

The news come as a blow to the two art organizations, who joined forces last year in the hopes of ensuring that the administration of the new .ART Domain would be an authentic Internet address for the arts community. Of the total 10 applicants, e-flux and DeviantArt were the only two who had applied for “community designation”, as there was expressed concern regarding the potential for the domain to be exploited by commercial interests.

Despite a widely distributed online campaign —including e-flux’s letter of endorsement from curators and artists worldwide as well as support from DeviantArt’s 31 million+ users — there had been internal debate in the art world with e-flux running the campaign at all.

More after the jump.

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Celebrating Amazon Prime Day

by The AFC Staff on July 15, 2015

It’s Amazon Prime Day, a new shopping holiday that promises “more deals than Black Friday.” We care because if you click on our affiliate links, then we receive something like 20 cents per transaction. Also you can get a Kindle for only 49 bucks today—regularly $79—so guess what we’re getting?

Anyway, we found some art-related deals, and a few WTFs. Here’s our shopping list.

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Tuesday Links: Artists Under Arrest

by Paddy Johnson Michael Anthony Farley Corinna Kirsch on July 14, 2015

Oh, my!

Shepard Fairey is going to turn himself in to the Detroit police today. There is a warrant out for his arrest over accusations that the artist caused $9,000 worth of graffiti damage to properties in the city while visiting in May to paint a mural. The artist is flying from Los Angeles today and faces a maximum sentence of five years and up to $10,000 in fines. [USA Today]
Joe Gibbons, who robbed a bank in the name of performance art, has been sentenced to one year in prison. [The New York Times]
From the Frieze archives: Jonathan Jones considers “extraordinary” faces in art history—from da Vinci’s studies of the deformed, back to ancient Egyptian caricatures, up to Warhol’s nose-job paintings. [Frieze]
More on the Smithsonian/Bill Cosby debacle: the museum failed to disclose a $716,000 gift from the Cosbys—a sum that essentially covered the cost of exhibiting their collection. [ARTnews]
Jillian Steinhauer tracks the various protests from the Bronx community against No Longer Empty’s exhibition at the Old Bronx Borough Courthouse. We’ll give our take on the exhibition later this week, but it’s difficult to talk about the art when a sign like this hangs outside the entrance, positioning art as transitional. [Hyperallergic]
Filmmaker Laura Poitras is suing the U.S. government! [The Hill]
The Cuban government finally returned artist Tania Bruguera’s passport to her on July 10. [The Art Newspaper]
Perfect timing for Tania Bruguera’s stint as the first-ever artist in residence at the New York Office of Immigrant Affairs. [The New York Times]
A very, very thorough interview with Molly Crabapple that tracks her career as an artist and journalist. A must -ead. [The Great Discontent]
Peter Schjeldahl on the antics of the high-end art market: “Sensing that people will one day look back on this era as a freakish episode in cultural history, why not get a head start on viewing it that way? Detach and marvel. Meanwhile, art goes on making meaning for those who are rich only in the desire and leisure to engage with it.” [The New Yorker]
Artsy asks if deep budget cuts will stifle Britain’s next generation of artists. Short answer: Yes. [Artsy]
In Chicago, a sculpture by Ti-Rock More of Michael Brown’s body on the ground is generating controversy. Some claim the depiction of Brown “revictimizes” the 18-year-old who was slain by police last summer. [The Root]
In an interview, Michael Brown’s father calls the piece “disgusting.” [WGN-TV]

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This Week’s Must-See Art Events: Punk for Cyberpunks

by Michael Anthony Farley and Corinna Kirsch on July 6, 2015

This is one of those New York City weeks that gets off to a slow start and then builds up to a Friday night of frantically running around to see it all. It’s also one of those great weeks that reminds you the city is still full of people doing awesome, cheap projects with a DIY ethos.

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This Week’s Must-See Art Events: Brooklyn Is America Too

by Michael Anthony Farley and Corinna Kirsch on June 29, 2015

This weekend, take some time for America. Go to the beach. Or a mountain. Or a cornfield or something. Eat gross food and watch fireworks. But before you do all that, get your cultural fill during the week. From Shakespeare on the Bowery, queer film screenings, a “virtual fashion show,” and two simultaneous exhibitions at 1329 Willoughby Avenue on Friday night—there are plenty of non-pyrotechnic activities leading up to the nation’s birthday.

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Everyone Is a Hacker: NEW INC x Deep Lab

by Corinna Kirsch on May 29, 2015

Live-blogging Friday’s workshops at NEW INC, part of the New Museum’s IDEAS CITY festival.

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Tuesday Links: Ready, Aim, Fire Klaus Biesenbach?

by Paddy Johnson and Corinna Kirsch on March 24, 2015

Mmmm. Robot soup.

Luxury communism means robots who’ll take care of everything we need so that we can all just chill out because, you know, “the only utopian demand can be for the full automation of everything and common ownership of that which is automated.” [The Guardian]
Christian Viveros-Fauné, the critic of the people, points out why Klaus Biesenbach’s days as a “free-floating” curator at MoMA are numbered. Board members are angry, and there’s no bureaucratic—or academic—oversight to his celebrity-ridden shows. [artnet News]
On that note, it’s #MuseumWeek. Celebrate your fave museum moments on Twitter! [Deutsche Welle]
The kids still love Robin Williams so much. Here’s a pic of “The Genie” from a high-school art competition. [Imgur]
Contemporary photography could be having a “capitalist realism” moment—you know, like “social realism,” but more about money. Or, IMO, it’s just a single photographer who’s charmed by sleek, shiny architecture, and not really a powerful trend. For instance: Seidel brings up the woman with her back to the camera, a moment in Capitalist-Realist-Romanticism. Carrie Mae Weems has been doing the same thing for years, but to an entirely different, critical effect. [Hyperallergic]
Angelina Jolie offers a follow up on her preventive double mastectomy and ovary removal. Her family history of the disease was strong, and after her ovary removal last week, at age 39, they found a benign tumor. [New York Times]
A thorough review of Hito Steyerl’s films and PowerPoint lectures anchored to Walter Benjamin’s quote “There’s no document of civilization which is not at the same time a document of barbarism.” [ArtInfo]
On indecisive chickens and the Dharavi Food Project. [Frieze]
#business #art [Daily Serving]

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Friday Links: Reasons to Be Happy, or Confused

by Corinna Kirsch on March 20, 2015

Amazon has received Federal Aviation Administration approval to test drones outdoors. The Wall Street Journal reports that Amazon wants to test out delivery drones, available for 30-minute runs. [<re/code>]
Maple the dog listens to sad-boy acoustic guitar covers of pop songs. [Vine]
Sotheby’s is launching an auction of contemporary art by black artists, and will team up with Rapper Drake. Apparently, he draws a lot of inspiration from visual art. Drake’s contribution will be “choosing music to preview some of the art.” Yes, really. [The New York Times via @andrewrusseth]
“Kant is a moron.” [The Telegraph]
It’s Marcaron Day. Here is a map of all the places giving away free marcarons. [Grub Street]
Word nerds, get ready to shake your ink across and down. You have less than a week to prep for the 38th Annual American Crossword Puzzle Tournament, held in Stamford, Connecticut. [American Crossword Puzzle Tournament]
“I received this very original tissue dispenser as a gift for my birthday (it happens), but sadly I am not into erotic art at all. It is an art piece, I’m selling it because I’m sure someone will appreciate it more than I do.” The statue dispenses tissues out of its asshole. [Craigslist]
A smart and informative article by Hrag Vartanian that looks at how Kuwait history and cultural production has influenced Gulf Cooperation Council countries. Read about Kuwait’s Golden Age, Arab Modernism and Art Dubai’s Global Art Forum, which took place earlier this week. [Hyperallergic]
In case you were wondering, you can track real-time emoji use on Twitter. [Emoji Tracker]
BitchCoin compared to historical models of patronage: “Will BitchCoin work, as a model of patronage? It doesn’t really matter. At this point in art where the dominant discussion tends to focus on art as a game for the rich, we’re willing to try anything else.” [VICE]
Twitter’s current punching bag: the New York Times real-estate article, “When New York Kids Help Find the Family Home.” [New York Times via @shaneferro]

This is just more evidence that the person running the NYT real estate section is attempting to foment the working-class revolution

— Shane (@shaneferro) March 20, 2015

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