Plasmaslug in Str8 from Brooklyn at the Tiny Cup Cafe in Bed-Stuy, Brooklyn, through Feb. 10. Photo by Jake Dobkin.
- For any gallery owner who wants to bellyache about life being so hard in NYC: Try Baghdad.
- Art School Quote of the Day: “I was in art school trying to figure out what that was about. I didn’t know what that was about. I still don’t know what it’s about. But I was trying to figure out how these people can magically make something and then earn [a living]. It seemed like more of the art than the actual art.” Barry McGee, aka Twist, in Swindle. (Via Ekosystem.)
- Looking Around has a really interesting series of posts—in one, two, three parts—on the Murakami show at L.A.’s MoCA.
- ¡¡Artworld Smackdown!! C.A.R.E. gives the Boston Foundation the finger. See related news here.
- The Guardian to people that hype British contemporary art: “I knew the Renaissance. The Renaissance was a friend of mine. And you’re no Renaissance.”
- In related news: Jake and Dinos Chapman deface art and call it art. How original.
- Photo Essay: Secret spots by photographer Taryn Simon.
- Philippe de Montebello blah blah blah. In related news: blah and blah.
- A good day at LACMA: The museum unveils the Lazarof collection. In related news, an L.A. museum preview.
- 8 Schieles=1 Klimt.
- Oh, those lucky hedge fund managers: Another NY SoHo loft delivers an art surprise: A mural by Keith Haring.
- Interesting post: Winkleman on Sooreh Herah, the ex-pat Iranian photographer now in hiding.
- The blood puddle pillow. (Via WMNA.)
- Video: Louise Bourgeois looks like the kind of bad-ass bitch I’d want to hang out with. (Via Art21.)
- The Day in High-Brow Magazine Contests: There’s a Eustace Tilley drawing contest over at the New Yorker. (Via Coudal.)
- In L.A.: The L.A. Weekly Biennial at Bergamot Station. (Via MAN.)
- In NYC: We Are Friends in Williamsburg, this week.
- In Miami: Promises of Paradise: Staging Mid-Century Miami at the Bass Museum.
- In Detroit: Eero Saarinen at the Cranbrook Art Museum. (Via MAN.)
- In Paris: Bêtes et hommes at La Villette.
- Your moment of buffalo.
C-Monster.
i caught that taryn simon exhibit at the mmk in frankfurt last fall. one of the better photo shows i’ve seen in a long time.
pslugs fokused blackader same ol thang str8 from brooklyn kill them rumors when u don’t know the half…
I’d take the 8 schieles anytime