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Wednesday Links: Bob Ross, the “Godfather” of ASMR

OMG lipsuction cups, a timely release with yesterday’s IMG MGMT “Cosmetic Masochism,” (Faith Holland and Seth Watter on torture porn and cosmetic tutorials). You have to hand it to the lip suction cup inventors. These things really work. [Jezebel]
Gentrification moves Eastward in Brooklyn, what else is new. If this story makes you mad, then go to the Brooklyn Independent Media public forum and panel tonight with Scott Stringer, urban planners, a city council members, and others. [New York Magazine]
20×200 is holding their annual RIDONK sale. Yesterday and this morning 40 of their prints are available at 40 percent off. There’s a new deal every day this week. These are great prices, so take advantage while you can. And while you’re on the site, try to buy some art at regular prices too, while you’re on the site. Support artists! [20×200]
Expect to hear a lot more about the International Center of Photography, now that New Museum visitors (and press) will have no excuse not to stop by. The museum is moving just across the street from the New Museum on Bowery. The $23 million space will “increase the sense of institutional stability and help attract additional major support,” the organization says. [Bowery Boogie]
Happy Birthday Jackson Pollock. [Wikipedia]
How Google celebrated Jackson Pollock’s birthday, in 2009. [Google]
“Leviathan” is up for Best Foreign Picture—lauded abroad and scorn from Russia—despite the fact that most Russians have not seen the film. This write up made me want to see the film. [The New York Times]
The engineering behind the deep-ridged potato chip, from the chip’s deep-ridged design to the development of new blade technology to create such deep ridges. This story is ridiculous and bizarrely captivating. [Daily Beast]
Income inequality, with googly eyes! [Twitter]
Not everyone is pleased with the Guggenheim’s architecture competition in Helsinki. After the Helsinki council shot down the Guggenheim foundation’s proposal to build a museum within city limits in 2012, they decided to hold an architecture competition anyway, and show the best museum designs in Helsinki. Now, the foundation hopes that by showing the finalists —in Helsinki, proper—the Finnish will be more willing to build a museum. Architect and writer Michael Sorkin has devised a rival competition to the Guggenheim’s, The Next Helsinki, which encourages ideas that aren’t just another big museum. [ArchDaily]
Bob Ross was apparently “the godfather” of ASMR triggers. Now I know what it feels like not to be able to do magic eye. [Mashable]
More strikes over the proposed privatisation of the National Gallery, which union secretary Mark Serwotka has called “reckless and risks damaging the worldwide reputation of what is one of the UK’s greatest cultural assets.” They’re serious. This time, it’s a five-day walkout. [BBC]

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Tuesday Links: Who the Hell Needs Round-the-Clock Art News?

by Paddy Johnson Whitney Kimball and Corinna Kirsch on December 2, 2014

Image courtesy of the Bass Museum

Hans Ulrich Obrist: get some sleep. You’re stressing us out, and your lifestyle justifies the existence of 24/7 art news. Nobody needs 24/7 art news. [New Yorker]
But for those who want 24/7 art news, UBS is introducing the BETA version of Planet Art, an app that delivers contemporary art news. We’re one of the sources, so we’re part of the problem? [Art Fix Daily]
Artists in Moscow are being kicked out of their studio spaces by the government, despite promises their leases would be renewed through 2025. No reason has been given for why the leases aren’t being renewed, but kudos to the Art Newspaper for being able to find a single dissenting voice. Anatoly Osmolovsky, an artist, curator and the rector of the Institute of Contemporary Art Basa says the spaces should be banned because they are a relic of Stalinism. [The Art Newspaper via: @mfortki]
Ruffles, teddy bears, and leaping should give you some cheer throughout the day. [Tanzcorps Colonia Rut Wiess]
Canada has a biennial right now at the AGO. “Biennial,” however, is loosely defined here as “a selection of recent acquisitions to the National Gallery of Canada’s Canadian Contemporary, Indigenous and Photography holdings.” [Art Gallery of Ontario]
An East Hampton dealer accused of making fake Pollocks and de Koonings, “and using some of the money to buy a submarine,” has pleaded guilty to wire fraud. [New York Times]
The culture wars drag on: Jacksonville City Council labels a photo of a nude pregnant woman “pornography”, and threatens to pull funding for MoCA Jacksonville for showing the image. [@Kriston Capps]
A beachside Nazi resort, “Hitler’s Hamptons,” is filling up with condos after years of debate. People are buying them like crazy. [Vocativ]
Duncan Campbell, of Ireland, has won the Turner Prize for a video about African art and Marxism. [BBC]
And a Virginia boy wins every merit badge there is. Vocativ has rounded up his weirdest achievements which include fingerprinting and truck transportation. [Vocativ]
Girl Scout cookies are going up for sale online!!! But how will the Girl Scouts earn their prizes? [Brightest Young Things]
A Husky stuck under a fence. [@HereBeHuskies]
Meanwhile, here’s a cute baby pitbull. [@dailypitbulls]
The St. Claire names AFC’s Panda Calendar a must-have for your Christmas list. Thaaanks guyyys. [The St. Claire]
The lighting district is coming to its certain end. Another hardware store closes after rent hikes. [Bowery Boogie]
Everything you need to know about mechanical pencils. [Metafilter]
A Vogue article argues that when it comes to manipulation anything goes, because people have been manipulating photos since the medium’s inception, and then changes its mind, arguing that manipulated photos immediately become illustration. The piece overlooks issues negative body image standards for women. It also liberally makes use of random formatting decisions and is full of typos, which I think is a commentary on what should be “fixed”. [Vogue]
Paddy Johnson will be heading down to Art Basel today. Check back for updates.

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Tuesday Links: The Biggest Problem With Chelsea

by Paddy Johnson and Corinna Kirsch on September 2, 2014

Part three of Paddy Johnson’s GIF history is out and it’s a doozy. This section focuses on Tumblr alone. [Artnet]
Libertarian-leaning Grover Norquist went to Burning Man and he loves it; the Playa is like “old-fashioned, Main Street Republicanism.” [Daily Intelligencer]
If you feel like looking at pictures, you can do that with this link. Laika, the first dog sent into space by the Soviets, was also something of a pop star in her own right: portraits of the pooch featured on matchbooks, postcards, and candy tins. [The Guardian]
The block of Orchard and Houston has been bought by developers. Katz’s deli will stay, although developers have purchased “air rights” to build above the deli because yes, in New York, you can buy the air. [Bowery Boogie]
The Times of London gifted its newsroom writers with speakers blaring the “click-clack” noise of typewriters. Thanks for the present, grandad. [Edelman Editions]
After yesterday’s expensive GIF auction closed, eBay seller and artist Michael Green simply launched a new one. We don’t have high hopes for this endeavor. This sale has one watcher, down from the last auction by two. [eBay]
1,000 words on how Chelsea galleries don’t feel welcoming. The biggest issue? Gallerinas don’t say “hi” to visitors. How did this article make it to print? [The New York Times]
Discovered: the first Neanderthal rock art. [Associated Press]
I drew Spider-Man like the new Spider-Woman. [The Oatmeal]
São Paulo Biennial removes general Israeli sponsorship after receiving a letter of protest signed by 61 artists. Agence France-Presse reports that Israeli funding comprised approximately $40,000 of the Biennial’s $10.5 million budget. From the letter: “We…refuse to support the normalization of Israel’s ongoing occupation of the Palestinian people. We believe Israeli state cultural funding directly contributes to maintaining, defending and whitewashing their violation of international law and human rights.” [Hyperallergic]
Simon de Pury hasn’t been in the spotlight much since stepping down from Phillips de Pury & Company in 2012. For a comeback of sorts, he’s curating Fire!, an all-ceramics show at Venus Over Manhattan. [T Magazine]
Until September 10, you can watch Camille Henrot’s “The Strife of Love in a Dream” online; you might remember it from the New Museum’s Henrot exhibition earlier this year. [Vdrome]

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Monday Links: Code Douche

by Paddy Johnson Whitney Kimball and Corinna Kirsch on April 28, 2014

Image courtesy of freeimages.com

A stock image found using the search term, “feminism.” Worst “feminist” image ever? [Free Images]
Codebabes is a website that looks like a really dumb joke. It’s not a joke. The website promises lessons from scantily clothed women teaching courses for the “HTML Virgin,” “CSS Virgin,” “Programming Virgin,” and “PHP Virgin.” The further you get in your courses, the fewer clothes the instructor will wear. [CodeBabes]
CodeDicks, a response to codebabes, in which every course advancement takes you closer to achieving the label “douche.” Intermediate stages include “sexist” and “asshole.” [CodeDicks]
Required reading: A history of the 1990s net art scene in Berlin. [frieze d/e]
News rolls in daily about the new towers, as Lower East Side shops continue to close and relocate. [Bowery Boogie]
Kara Walker makes a mammie sphinx out of sugar she says could never be beaten into submission. [The New York Times]
Diego Rivera’s murals at the Detroit Institute of Arts have been designated national historic landmarks. Bankruptcy hearings for the city of Detroit continue. [Associated Press]
Ladies Home Journal is shutting down its print publication after 130 years. This despite having a circulation that is amongst the highest in the country. [Bloomberg]
The online market climbs slowly, surpassing $1 billion in annual sales. [The Art Newspaper]
The Fridge Art Fair’s press release notes that the fair will be held in Long Island City this year and will include an opening ceremony with American Idol’s Hunter Monroe. The move comes because the Angel Orensanz Center, their previously slated venue, was given a forced evacuation order by the New York Department of Buildings due to building violations. [Fridge Art Fair]
AFC’s one-time Roastmaster Christian Viveros-Fauné and Blake Gopnik talk about the Sigmar Polke retrospective. Gopnik nervously recounts Polke factoids and Fauné has to fight hard to get a word in. Very annoying, because he’s come prepared. [Artnet News]
A pretty shitty situation: China’s propaganda campaign to push professional women into marriage. One government article says: “As women age, they are worth less and less…by the time they get their M.A. or Pd.D., they are already old, like yellowed pearls.”[Foreign Policy]
It’s a tale of two art markets! Lower-level collectors are now being priced out of the painting market, forcing them to buy works on paper and prints. [The New York Times]

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Monday Links: Making Human Circles

by Corinna Kirsch and Whitney Kimball on December 16, 2013

The European Crystal Chandelier Store (Image courtesy of Bowery Boogie)

Woot! W.A.G.E. (Working Artists for the Greater Economy) is throwing a symposium to brainstorm and write policy for getting artists paid by non-profits. [W.A.G.E.]
Departing Mayor Michael Bloomberg will take his administration’s policies on the road with a new global consulting corporation; he’s recruited more than a dozen aides from the current administration, including Kate Levin, the Department of Cultural Affairs commissioner to advise other cities on how to be like New York [The New York Times]
Squirrels: Why are they here in our parks, staring at us, seeing right into our hardened city hearts? Escaped pets. [Gizmodo]
The Boston Globe comes out with its five-month-long report on the Boston Marathon bombings. What results is an engrossing peek into the lives of the Tsarnev brothers, though I say that with reservation; the piece frames the family’s problems as some epic tragedy, with the pressure-cooker bomb being like Chekov’s loaded gun that finally, inevitably goes off. Then there’s a problematic series of sentimental watercolor portraits based on photographs from the suspects’ lives. [Boston Globe]
Asher Penn: Curator, artist, Sex-publisher, and now entrepreneur! Available Works is the latest website for selling art over the Interwebs; artists, galleries, and “sellers of all kinds” can sell art online, and there’s a social media function to it, too. Sounds like some mix of Saatchi, ArtStack, and even eBay. [Available Works]
Real estate prices have not peaked, though the climb has officially reached the Lighting District. The Crystal Chandelier store has closed, and the landlord is now charging $18,000/month for the storefront space. What’s next? The Bowery Boogie thinks nightlife. [Bowery Boogie]
It looks like Holland Cotter got around this year. His year-end roundup spans Shanghai, Venice, Philadelphia, and New York. Detroit gets a mention, with some actual advice: “If it proves that the worst seems about to happen, the art world should get itself out to Detroit en masse and put its communal spirit to good use: Form a human circle around the building and, in one voice, just say no.” We’ll take that suggestion literally. [New York Times]
Here’s another human circle opportunity, and it’s happening in just a few hours! A group of scholars include Pulitzer Prize winner Edmund Morris, and music critic and arts editor Annalyn Swan, filed a second lawsuit against the New York Public Library to prevent it from ripping out the stacks and replacing them with Internet access. Edmund Morris’s affidavit makes an especially good case for why this is a threat to our intellectual future (he’s a historical writer, and has researched a large portion of his books there). “[I]f the current administration goes ahead with its announced intent to replace the solid stacks with the vacuousness of public space, we will sadly a depository with a greater sense of historical responsibility.” Go to cheer him on today at noon at the 42nd street library, or tomorrow at 11 AM at 60 Centre Street, Room 341. [Save NYPL, via @savenypl]

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