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We Went to Gabriel Orozco’s OXXO

by Michael Anthony Farley Whitney Kimball on March 15, 2017

Gabriel Orozco has built a fully-functional Mexican convenience store chain inside the gallery Kurimanzutto. Almost everything is free.

Whitney: This triggered a Supermarket Sweep fantasy I didn’t realize I have been actively repressing every time I go shopping.

Michael: …with the aspect of monetary value removed, yet another set of limitations imposed, an almost-mania set in as we tried to adjust to a new value system.

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Friday Links: How Much Are You Willing to Compromise?

by Paddy Johnson on March 10, 2017

Inside the Guggenheim. Image via: The New York Times

Arts organizations brace for the possible elimination of the NEA. [The New York Times]
Manhattan’s cheapest rentals in priciest neighborhoods. We might as well just call this feature “How Much Are You Willing to Compromise? New York’s Shittiest Soho Apartments.” [Curbed]
The Guggenheim’s permanent collection is on view in the rotunda—a rarity. Holland Cotter is happy. Looks like there’s some great canonical modernist masterpieces on view. [The New York Times]
Since 2008 DOT Art has been diligently working to beautify tunnels, bridges and streets with art. Projects on average take between four and six months to implement, and are supported by $200,000 in annual funding through the city’s OneNYC plan. The article’s mostly an overview on what they do, but it’s worth noting that this is not a lot of money for what they do. They are looking for more permanent streams of funding, as they should be because a lot of money is going to dry up under Trump. [AM New York]
Speaking of politics, here’s a terrifying tweet storm courtesy of David Frum, who appears to be the country’s expert on envisioning the most horrifying and likely dystopic future under Trump. In this thread he predicts that the failure of health care might actually help Trump by discrediting Paul Ryan and the remains of the old plutocratic GOP. Trump could “then introduce a deficits-shmeficits tax cut, shrug off entitlements problem, focus on immigration & trade. Popular!” [@davidfrum]
Wow. Devon Van Houten Maldonado really doesn’t like the Gabriel Orozco installation cum convenience store in Mexico City. “I wanted to be convinced of a deeper meaning hiding beneath the shallow analogy between art and disposable commodities, but I left sure that Orozco has given up making art for pretending to be a philistine.” [Hyperallergic]
Oh God. St. Patrick’s Day is a week away. Everybody hide. A map of places to avoid next Friday. [Curbed]

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Your Mexico City Weekend Guide

by Michael Anthony Farley on February 4, 2016

After a week jam-packed with openings, art fairs, lectures and performances, the weekend brings more of the same. And a lot of weird.

Saturday’s numerous openings are more or less located in an arc of neighborhoods surrounding Bosque de Chapultepec, so factor in some time to let yourself get lost in the park (really, one of the most beautiful in the world). End the night at a tres.cero.tres, a new DIY space in Roma Norte where I’ll be DJing a dance party alongside some of DF’s most fun punx and performance artists.

Sunday, head back to the area around Expo Reforma, where Material will be wrapping up with all-day “club” programming at Beverly’s. Then walk over to a mysterious pop-up from Public Art Projects and check out Uno Caña’s open studios around the corner.

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