Sant Jeroni, circa 1470, by Perre Garcia de Benavarri. Saint Jerome has been painted relentlessly, but this version, at the Museu Nacional D’Art de Catalunya in Barcelona is tops: he’s in this totally pimping outfit high-fiving a lion. (Photo by C-M.)
Hey Folks: I’ve got a new layout and I just got a Wordpress update, so I’m trying to figure out a bunch of things at once. Let me know how things look on your end in the comments below. And thanks for your patience with any technical glitches. xox, C.
Update: Okay, so it’s just gonna be a Wordpress update for now. There were some problems viewing the site with the Vista browser. Looks like the new layout needs a little more tinkering in the tool shed. Thanks again for your patience, C.
- Awesome art-related ticket stub.
- Fear of a Camera Planet: English law enforcement terrified of anyone wielding a camera in public, reports The Telegraph (via A.J.). Related: How to hack a security camera, super-cheap Luddite edition (via Animal).
- Documenting the Face of America, a film about the photographers of the Federal Farm Administration, will air tonight on most PBS stations. Photo essay here.
- The Damien Hirst Market Report: Butterfly paintings, medicine cabinets and dot paintings are on their way out. No word yet on how much longer he’ll be milking the formaldehyde animals.
- Part of a stained glass window by Marc Chagall at the Saint-Étienne Cathedral in Metz, France is shattered by vandals.
- The U.S. Postal Service to unveil a stamp with a painting of Yosemite by Albert Bierstadt this week.
- A profile (with pix) about Catherine Opie at the Gugg. (Via A.O.)
- Modern Art Notes reports that an oil company’s attempt to drill near Robert Smithson’s Spiral Jetty has been sidelined. For the moment.
- House Party of the Week: Photos from Matthew Barney’s Black Metal pig roast. But was there any chicharrón?
- The paintings of Dara Engler.
- The SoHo-ization of Beijing’s arts district 798.
- Is your art gallery struggling financially? Add a bar. (Via A.J.)
- Ashes to ashes, library of dust.
- NPR does a story on Steve Powers’ Waterboarding Thrill Ride in Coney Island.
- Graff of the Day: OA- in Spain.
- Swoon to participate in another flotilla, this time on the Hudson. Photo essay here.
- Ikea, purveyors of crap-ass furniture…and destroyers of noteworthy architecture.
- Paul Goldberger on Brad Cloepfil’s redo of Edward Durell Stone’s lollipop building in Manhattan: Okay on the outside, nicely organized on the inside.
- U.S. vs. China architecture/urban infrastructure symbolism smackdown. China wins.
- Your moment of Rosanne Rosannadanna’s Columbia J-School commencement address.
this will take some getting used to
lol. not that much getting used to. we’re now back to where we started….