by Corinna Kirsch on December 9, 2013
- Happy Holidays from your ambassador to Finland, The Hulk. [Imgur]
- The Miami art fairs have come and gone. The verdict: Unbelievably rich people bought up an unbelievable amount of art. But why now? One answer: The global population of the super rich has grown, and art is seen as a “safe asset” for investment. [The Art Newspaper]
- Or is it? Felix Salmon takes on the problems of art market reporting. First up: The “art market is like the stock market” fallacy. [Reuters]
- But maybe you’re the type who wants to think there’s at least a correlation between the two markets. Okay, so imagine the sales boom is all because of scaredy cat investors, or “an attempt by people with money to diversify after having been burned in the stock market during the Great Recession.” [CNN]
- I’m not sure how many rich people it took to create robust sales at the fairs, but maybe we can figure out a number by looking at how many took private jets in and out of Miami. There were at least 200. [Omaha]
- Thanks to the High Line, New York has a new roach problem. Roaches found living in the park’s non-native plants have “special powers.” Likely, they cannot read your mind, destroy all lands of the target player, or leap over skyscrapers, but they can withstand freezing temperatures. Watch out for these crawlies in your fridge. [The Guardian]
- Pizzabook will make Facebook look like a pizza. There is no better reason to make your screen into pizza than this: As of this moment, Facebook looks like somebody drew a website on a sheet of paper, then added some blue marker so that it wouldn’t look like a series of too-flat rows and columns. I prefer Pizzabook’s (this is the 1.6 update) green peppers, black olives, and pepperoni on my screen. And its smoke effects, spinning images, and peace sign cursors. [Pizzabook]
- Dear Kanye: Please, stop making ridiculous statements about how awesome and arty you are. But don’t worry, I will still stick up for you when necessary, like to make sure that people know you didn’t say you’re the next Nelson Mandela. That, kids, is a lie that needs to stop being passed around. Thanks, Corinna. [News One]
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