Grundtvig Church, in Copenhagen. Built 1921-1940; designed by P.V. Jensen-Klint. Photo by SEIER + SEIER. See the full set of his really cool pics of Copenhagen architecture.
- “Bleak”: 8,000 objects missing from Baghdad Museum
- A story on art bloggers. (Via Art to Go.)
- Art profile lead of the day: “I’m staring hard at the back of Antony Gormley’s balls and wondering why he doesn’t have more of a cleft in his buttocks.” In a related story:Germaine Greer discusses the artistic state of breasts.
- Beautiful biology illustrations from the 1960s. (Via NotCot.)
- The Whitney Biennial: “…uncharismatic surfaces, complicated back stories…” according to the NYT.
- The award for best Biennial review goes to the Toronto Star: “At first, the 2008 Whitney Biennial seemed destined to be the bad mother of all major museum shows. This would be ideal, of course. Hating the Whitney – the Super Bowl of American art – is a time-honoured tradition, like dissing Darth Vader.” (Via AJ.)
- Can’t make it to the Whitney? Check out this neat-o graphic with room pans.
- Why Jeffrey Weiss left the Dia.
- Alexander Melamid: Marc Ecko’s muse.
- I in the Sky.
- Politics and the arts: Create a ministry of culture, says Grammar Police.
- Michelangelo’s birthday was last week. If you’re in New York, see his drawings at the Morgan.
- The art industrial complex arrives in China.
- Art economy now officially in the pooper. More here.
- The trippy fish sculpture at the Walker. (Via NotCot.)
- True Eye, an arts web-zine.
- Photo Essay: Frida Kahlo at the Philadelphia Museum of Art.
- A gallery of South Florida roadkill.
- Graffiti-hater Peter Vallone Jr. gets Colbert-ed.
- Martha Cooper and Henry Chalfant’s Subway Art on the Internet.
- Graff of the Day: Labrona. See a full set.
- Chiang-Mai street art.
- Banksy=Photo op.
- Got $25 million laying around? Richard Neutra’s Kaufmann house in Palm Springs is up for sale.
- Photos of Zaha Hadid’s Chanel art pod.
- Design ideas for the George W. Bush presidential library. Kinda makes ya gag, doesn’t it?
- How to fake your memoir.
- Your moment of Froot Loops.
Posted by C-Monster.
Would the irrelevance that is the Whitney Biennial please go away.
I’m so tired of shabby, ugly stuff that’s called art, constantly pumped up in the news. WE DON”T CARE !! the biennial sucks !! What kind of drugs are we supposed to be taking to actually enjoy this junk ?