- We’re not even in L.A. and we want to ride the public transit thanks to this retro-eighties commercial promoting the metro. [Culture: High & Low]
- A list of Twitter accounts most frequently followed by New York Times staff. Not a single art personality on the list. [TMF]
- The Tom of Finland Foundation announces its 10th annual Emerging Artists Competition. Enter an erotic drawing by the November 3, 2014 deadline and you could win a numbered lithograph by Tom of Finland. [Tom of Finland Foundation]
- Last chance to see the same balloon dogs and photorealistic kitsch paintings that have been systematically circulating around Gagosian in various combinations for the past ten years. Do not miss this rare opportunity. [Whitney Museum of American Art]
- Bill O’Reilly concedes more than I thought he would in this conversation with Jon Stewart about white privilege. [Mother Jones via: The Daily Show]
- Speaking of comedy, there aren’t too many more episodes of The Colbert Report left for live viewing. For those of us who don’t have time to wait in line for tickets—everybody but tourists—here’s an app that gives you real-time notifications about ticket availability. [iTunes]
- There’s a new Studio Ghibli movie out! Vulture’s Bilge Ebiri loves it, but the endorsement kind of goes without saying. This one is all hand-drawn. [Vulture]
- Maurizio Cattelan retired after his 2011 retrospective at the Guggenheim, but Carol Vogel seems to think a show of his secondary market work split between Venus Over Manhattan and Sotheby’s represents a comeback. Huh? [The New York Times]
- Artist Jenny Drumgoole who’s performing/lecturing at Philly’s AUX performance space this Saturday night gets a feature in City Paper! The artist is known for crashing straight-people events like the Wing Bowl and Paula Deen’s cream cheese contest. Lately, she turned a series of surprise parties for her trash collectors into a campaign for a renewed union contract. Keep an eye on this woman. She is a force to be reckoned with. [City Paper]
- Don’t forge art. You go to jail. [artnet News]
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