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- Big news in the academic world: artist and educator Charlie White has been appointed the head of Carnegie Mellon University’s School of Art. His currently a professor at the University of Southern California’s Roski School of Art and Design. [ArtForum]
- A Really Good Dictionary of Modern and Contemporary Art. [Amazon]
- A look at the front page of the New York Times is pretty depressing these days—it’s all news about corruption, war and political failure. But there are some bright moments. This feature by Jenna Wortham on RuPaul’s Drag Race reveals a show that’s trying to deal with the complexity of identity, prejudice and self-knowledge in an intelligent way. [The New York Times]
- A profile on collector and dealer Adam Lindemann. Nothing new here, but I guess it’s a good primer on Lindemann for those who are unaware of the guy. [The New York Times]
- Photographers talk about shots they’ve taken of people from behind. [Humble Arts via Hyperallergic]
- The southern Italian regions of Sicily, Calabria and Campania have failed to spend hundreds of millions of euros in European Union (EU) culture and tourism funding due to chronic mismanagement. How does this even happen? [The Art Newspaper]
- Play Art or Junk. It’s way tougher than you’d think. [Artorjunk]
- Get a guided tour of the Whitney Studio on 8th Street in Greenwich Village. This was the earliest iteration of the Whitney Museum, which began in the early 20th century [Curbed]
