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Afternoon Links: What Are Your Interests?

by Paddy Johnson on May 13, 2013

Critic Michael Kimmelman discusses MoMA’s plans to demolish the former Folk Art Museum, and their stepping back from said plans. He also aptly their describes the transformation of MoMA over the last decade. “Not so long ago, [MoMA] was the art museum New Yorkers loved and identified with; it seemed familial, its scale personal. It had a special place in the city’s heart. The Met was the big pompous, bureaucratic machine. Now the tables have turned, and even while it has grown, the Met has come to seem the nimble, venturesome one, more intimately loved.” [NYTimes]
Elizabeth Spiers on the loaded question: What do you do? Only one stone left unturned in this essay: Is there proper etiquette for asking the question amongst a crowd where the question might seem garish? Sometimes you want to know, and “What are your interests?” feels a little forced. [The Medium]
Museums are starting to open their permanent collections up to photography. Nice coinage by Jorge Colberg in this piece about how constantly taking photos of ourselves is an act of “compulsive looking”. [Artnews]
I could care less about who owns the rights of use to what image, but for those following the Supreme lawsuit, it seems they only filed for a federal trademark March 6th. This is significant, because they filed a suit against Leah McSweeney in the amount of 10 million dollars for copyright infringement without the trademark, just one month later. [Animal NY]
A revised version of Space Oddity recorded by Commander Chris Hadfield on board the International Space Station. It’s ridiculously good. [youtube]
A great interactive “Then and now” piece about hip-hop in brooklyn. [NYTimes via: c-monstah]

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Thursday Links: We Are The Devil’s Children

by Paddy Johnson and Whitney Kimball on May 2, 2013

Gallerist reports that MoMA will offer free admission to the first 100 visitors to stop by on Tuesdays during the month of May, which, given the foot traffic they get is a little like hoping you get the $1 fair on the Megabus. Woo-hoo. Also, Target Free Fridays are no longer. They are now UNIQLO Free Fridays. [GalleristNY]
Cool Google Glass feature: you can now take photos with a wink. A “slow, deliberate” wink. [Verge]
Michael Miller reports on the Creative Time Benefit at the sugar factory. Dick Cavett produced quite the roast for the night’s honoree, Julian Schnabel. [Gallerist]
Twitter reports that London’s Royal Academy will stage a show of Australian art, the “first major exhibition on Australian art for 50 years.” [Royal Academy]
Huh? Sotheby’s plans to maximize the revenue from its upcoming Basquiat auction with an exhibition that demonstrates good stewardship. Alex Rotter believes this will be a stage a “much more cohesive answer to Gagosian’s retrospective. “Sometimes the good record, even though it doesn’t have the great songs, is the better listening experience..” Yeah…a show about integrity. [Gallerist]
Here’s the downside of free-er copyright regulations: Hyperallergic reports that the UK’s “Instagram Act” would make it easier for corporations to co-opt images without crediting or compensating the author, so long as they can’t find the source. Artists, beware. [Hyperallergic]
We missed the screening of David Gatten’s “Extravagant Shadows” this week, so we’re reading an interview with him in lieu of it. He says he went to public school in North Carolina, and was referred to as “The Devil’s Child” because he was left handed. He also talks about the film. [Idiom]

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LACMA Will Build A New Museum On Top of Its Old One

by Corinna Kirsch on May 1, 2013

Museums can’t buy a new Louis Vuitton bag every time they want to show off their wealth so instead, they display bling by hiring big-name architects to create new and shiny, glass-filled galleries. LACMA will be joining this popularity game with a planned $650 million expansion by the Pritzker prize-winning architect Peter Zumthor. $450 will be allotted for construction with the remaining $200 million set aside for administrative expenses and contingency.

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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]

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Monday Links: What You Missed This Weekend

by Paddy Johnson and Corinna Kirsch on March 25, 2013

Photo: Ming Chen Liao

Actress Tilda Swinton scrunched herself into a glass box at MoMA for all to see. [The Atlantic Wire]
The Chicago Headline Club announced finalists for the Peter Lisagor Awards. Now in its 36th year, the award recognizes outstanding journalism produced over the previous year. No surprise, Art F City contributor Jason Foumberg makes the cut in the “Arts Reporting and Criticism” category. [Headline Club]
Klaus Biesenbach tweeted pictures from the future home of MoMA PS1’s second-ever Volkswagen Dome in the Rockaways. So far, there’s a wooden deck. [Twitter]
Google, after announcing it will pull the plug on Google Reader, unveiled a new, Evernote-inspired app. Nice try, Google, but you can’t win your way back into our blogger hearts so easily. [Mashable]
“OkCupid Date Generator Needed” happened. [Craigslist]
The Met said “Let there be art on Monday.” Beginning July 1, the museum will be open seven days a week. Hurray! [Art Observed]
KYUR8 transformed our “Etsy’s Horse Art Trends” post into a zine. [KYUR8]
Looking into the future, we’re wondering who’s going to Open Engagement this May? It’s a conference all about social practice and it looks great. [Open Engagement]

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Despite Ongoing Investigation, MoMA Accepts Artwork from Steven A. Cohen

by Corinna Kirsch on February 27, 2013

MoMA announced that it will acquire works of contemporary art from billionaire Steven A. Cohen whose hedge fund company SAC Capital Advisors is currently under investigation. The promised works by the longtime collector include paintings by Martin Kippenberger, Ed Ruscha, and a sculpture by Cy Twombly.

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MoMA To Rebuild the Rockaways, Hopefully

by Whitney Kimball on February 26, 2013

Holy shit! MoMA and PS1 are putting their mammoth development machine to the task of rebuilding the Rockaways.

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MoMA PS1 Offers a “Discount” on Admission

by Corinna Kirsch on February 1, 2013

Every single day, Groupon and a slew of copycat companies post discounts on everything from doggy day care to mobile tanning parties. Now, Long Island City’s MoMA PS1 has joined the ranks of those peddling in low-priced commodities over on Amazon Local.

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Flamers: Schjeldahl Versus Saltz

by Corinna Kirsch on January 15, 2013

This week, we get two critics’ opinions on MoMA’s latest painting show, “Inventing Abstraction: 1910-1925″. Is it a “splendid historical survey” (Schjeldahl) or “history written by the winners” (Saltz)?

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