Miscellany. 01.18.13.

Bunker Hill, The Castle, 1965, by William Reagh. See many more pics of this L.A. photographer’s work at KCET Artbound.
- A good friend likes to joke that one day a room full of hedge fund managers are going to be sitting around drinking single malts, and one of them will talk about some painting he’s just bought, and another will say, “Oh, you’re still collecting art?” And at that moment the entire art market will simply evaporate. This essay about Steve Cohen in n+1 isn’t that story. But it’s close.
- Very related: Ben Davis makes three points about the intersection of art and money.
- All the GIFs on Wikipedia. (Hyperallergic.)
- Photos of Tweet locations. (taylorlorenz.)
- Alex Smith over at Flaming Pablum has been putting up his photos of New York, in one, two and three parts — with lots dating back to the early 1990s. Somebody please give this guy a show.
- A photographic series on the border monuments that mark the U.S./Mexico boundary.
- Jonathan Jones is extra cranky these days. He says art criticism has become too fawning.
- A truly excellent artist’s statement generator. Here’s mine. (Hyperallergic.)
- KCRW looks at guns, from a design perspective. This piece is worth every last of its 24 minutes.
- Like a 1970s time capsule: The wondrous William Raiser/Arthur Elrod-designed interiors for the Ebony/Jet building in Chicago.
- Pussy Riot matryoshka dolls.
- I think I have social jet lag.
- How to speak hipster, 1959 edition: “Paranoia is the hipster’s disease.”
- Plus: Cab Calloway’s Hepster Dictionary, which dates back to 1938. A good round-up of the slang of the era.
- Escaping Michel Foucault, the video game.

Dan Burley (an unknown hero) wrote the Harlem Book of Jive. See HERE (and more) Jim http://vintagesleaze.blogspot.com/2011/08/black-pin-ups-10-dan-burley-duke.html#.UPl3MeimBEI
Here’s my 500 word bio and my new artist persona– kiki lakiki:
http://500letters.org/form_15.php?naam=lakiki_kiki
“Her works sometimes radiate a cold and latent violence. At times, disconcerting beauty emerges. The inherent visual seductiveness, along with the conciseness of the exhibitions, further complicates the reception of their manifold layers of meaning.” LOVE.