Stephen Frailey is a photographer, chair of SVA’s photography BFA program, and editor-in-chief of Dear Dave, an independent magazine that brings together any and all types of photography.
Last week, the online auction site The Auction Room crashed during the last half hour of bidding during a sale of works from the Middle East; these works included several from Charles Saatchi’s private collection. The close of the auction was postponed for nearly a week, until today. [The Telegraph]
In an attempt to improve journalists’ productivity, Newsweek introduces a dress code. No t-shirts, jeans, or sandals allowed. [New York Magazine]
China will introduce a plot of land where you can access some of the Internet. [Quartz]
Peter Eleey got a promotion: he is now Curator and Associate Director at MoMa PS1. [Gallerist]
Giving new meaning to the phrase “Live with art,” companies and institutions are moving into museums in Madrid as part of a sponsorship program designed to solicit support for the arts. This recent turn has occurred thanks to a reduction in government spending on the arts in Spain. [The New York Times]
Elmgreen and Dragset’s Prada Marfa art installation has been deemed “an illegal roadside advertisement” by Texas state officials. No word yet on whether the art installation will need to be removed. [The Guardian]
A new way to buy a painting of money! bidding started yesterday for Conrad Bakker’s paintings depicting images of cowrie money shells auctioned on eBay. The paintings are priced according to the original asking price of the shells. [Tumblr via Cabinet Magazine]
Bad at Sports rounds up all the critical coverage of EXPO Chicago 2013. [Bad at Sports]
Tumblr and Phillips have changed the opening date of their digital auction, Paddles On, from September 23rd to October 1st. [Paddle8]
This is real: for $200 per family, the new DJ school for babies in Crown Heights will help your 0-3 year-old create “fun and funky samples”, and that’s not referring to diaper contents. Maybe they should partner with whoever taught this baby to shake it. [F’d In Park Slope and YouTube]
It’s Truffaut (with a little bit of Godard), it’s Wes Anderson, and it’s a Prada commercial. [@gregorg, Twitter]
So, with that Prada commercial it looks like nothing’s changed about the world since the 1960s. The art world, according to William Powhida, does change. In a recent lecture (with notes published online) Powhida compares our lives in the art world to being a MOCA microcosm: we’re beholden to moneyed backers, not like we like it, and “[h]ow well these policies work is entirely dependent on how you think the world is doing, and not just our society”. He also has some good things to say about the gallery model and dealers who, while putting on the guise of success, often aren’t, and only keep going out of “a condition of need (or likely desperation).” MOCA only looks like it’s floundering because we have some insight into what’s happening on the board; we’d probably think the same if we knew what was up inside Chelsea’s backrooms. [@Powhida, Twitter]
Update: George Lucas, we reported in early April, wanted to open up a museum. Now he’s submitted a proposal to city officials to make it happen. From the proposal, we know the museum’s name (Lucas Cultural Arts Museum), and it’s devoted to all the “storytelling” arts (comics, illustration, and animation). If you have any questions, feel free to email the museum’s sole contact: museum@skywalkerranch.com. [The Drawn Blog]
Ew. State Senator Malcolm A. Smith, a Democrat, and City Councilman Daniel J. Halloran III, a Republican, were arrested early Tuesday on charges of trying to fix this year’s mayoral race in New York City. [NYTimes]
Mary Louise Schumacher complains that the Tow Center report on journalism marginalizes culture coverage, and deeming it unimportant relative to “true stories that can change society”. The study itself is very strange, describing itself as part survey, part manifesto. I’m not sure it’s the best starting point for a conversation about arts journalism in mainstream publications. [JS Online]
Brooklyn artist KAWS’ “COMPANION (PASSING THROUGH),” his anime-style cartoon character crying, which has been touring over the past few years from Hong Kong to various US cities, will stop next at Philly’s 30th Street Station. [Hypebeast]
Ho.lee.mo.lee. The Telegraph lists not one, but ten, luxury hotels that have artist residency programs. [Telegraph] No surprise, they tend to favor fashion illustration. [Vogue/Telegraph]
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