Oh, the hair: Portrait of Nbuda Funkshun. From the Kriegsmann Files, a set of musician portraits discovered in an L.A. trash bin. NPR story here. (Image courtesy of sharpeworld.)
- 30 abstract satellite images of Earth. (Via VSL.)
- Sort-of related: The universe and Trevor Paglen.
- We have a very bad feeling about this. Unless, of course, we can be a judge. (Via AFC.)
- Design-conscious death, courtesy of Greg Lundgren.
- Me, me, me…on the subject of LACMA’s Edo-era art-merch.
- Picasso’s Guernica is getting worn out from its busy travel schedule. In related news: Pompeii is in dire state.
- I Don’t Have Time for Noncontroversial Art Exhibits: “No time for second-guessing or slowly soaking in the dynamic, geometric tension of the upcoming Cézanne retrospective. Not while there’s a guy in the East Village who’s going to vomit Cheerios into a piggy bank and smash it open with his penis.” (Via AFC.)
- Some lovely shots of the streets of New York City in the days before Olive Garden.
- Street art of the Day: Swoon in S.F. (Via Ekosystem.)
- Statisticians have figured out a way to sniff out forgeries by analyzing patterns left by the artist’s hand. (Via A.J.)
- Herzog & de Meuron’s proposed extension (with revision) for the Tate Modern (via architecture.mnp). A round-up on the subject here.
- Attention, Art Socialites: Art Institute of Chicago’s Modern Wing to hold its public opening on May 16, 2009. Plus: Louvre lays the first stone on new Islamic wing.
- Expect lots of juicy stories about mismanagement and overspending: Sen. Charles Grassley introduces legislation that would wipe out the Smithsonian’s exemption from the Freedom of Information Act.
- A New Yorker history of lawns. (Via architecture.mnp.)
- The ethics (and urban planning implications) of house flipping.
- Putting up those prefabs at MoMA: Not so easy. More on the show here.
- The winners of the Architectural Jelly Competition, with photos of some of the more notable entries.
- Dumpster living.
- The Decade in Government Efficiency: Eight years after the 2000 presidential debacle, ballot design still sucks.
- Your moment of What What in the Butt.
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An upside down boutique in Milan by fashion designers Viktor & Rolf. (Image courtesy of Apartment Therapy.)
Wonderworks, an amusement center, in Orlando, Fla.
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System3, at bottom, Burst*008 at MoMA. (Photos by C-M.)
I’m kinda buried under a couple of impending deadlines as well as an imminent vacation. So, no Digest. I do, however, have a photo report on the Prefab show at MoMA, which explores the history of the world of prefab housing. It’s definitely worthwhile if you’re into architecture. Among many other things, the exhibit on the 6th floor has an early model of Moshe Safdie’s Habitat ‘67. (Though, unless I missed something, I was bummed to see that Shigeru Ban’s cardboard houses were nowhere to be seen. What gives?) Of the new houses, situated in a lot by MoMA’s main entrance, I dug Burst*008 the most for, literally, doing away with the box. Plus, the daisy pattern was inspired. Rock on.
The show is up through October 20th.
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Red-eyed tree frog. Carate, Osa Peninsula, Costa Rica. (Photo by C-M.)
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Dog Playing Dead, by Mike Stilkey. (Photos by Vidalia.)
West Coast correspondent Vidalia made it to Mike Stilkey’s solo show, Slightly All the Time, at Kinsey/DesForges in L.A. this past weekend. She got some nice pix of Stilkey’s new installations, which include paintings on stacks of discarded books, as well as other, more traditional materials. The show is up through August 16th.
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An etching on enamel by Michael Genovese at White Walls, in S.F. (Image courtesy of White Walls.)
- In S.F.: Adam 5100 and Michael Genovese at White Walls, opens Saturday.
- In S.F.: Trevor Paglen: The Other Night Sky at the Berkeley Art Museum, through Sept. 14th. (Via Personism.)
- In Ojai: Beautiful/Decay at Nathan Larramendy, through August 10th.
- In L.A: Visit Rudolph Schindler’s Mackey Apartments through the MAK Center, this Saturday from 12-4 p.m.
- In L.A.: A silent art auction to support the documentary Handmade Nation, a film about the DIY art, craft and design movement, this Saturday at Poketo Headquarters. Read the L.A. Times story about the film (via Juxtapoz).
- In L.A.: Suggestion Box, a group show, at Giant Robot, opens Saturday.
- In L.A.: Glow, a night-time arts project, this Saturday, from 7pm to 7am.
- In Seattle: Michael Bray at crawlspace, through August 3rd.
- In Pittsfield, Mass.: The Boston Ten at Ferrin Gallery, opens Saturday.
- In NYC: Liset Castillo, Tamara Kostianavsky and various other artists in Black & White Gallery’s summer group show, opens today.
- In NYC: Crocodile Tears, a group show at GRNY, opens Saturday.
- In Beacon, N.Y.: A screening of Beautiful Losers at the Howland Cultural Center this Sunday.
- In Wakefield, England: Isamu Noguchi at the Yorkshire Sculpture Park, opens tomorrow.
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