A random passerby molesting Jim Hodges’ fake flower sculpture No Betweens (1996) at SFMOMA. (Photo by C-M.)
- The 50 Most Loathsome People in America. And you are on the list.
- The Cisneros family is undertaking a strategic plan to decide the fate of their priceless Latin American art collection. Let the jockeying begin!
- The Old Gold talks to Harry Shearer about his video exhibit, Silent Echo Chamber, at Connecticut’s Aldrich Museum of Art.
- The New York Observer profiles the Brooklyn Museum’s “chief geek” Shelley Bernstein. (Art Fag City.)
- Outrage continues to brew over Brandeis University’s plan to have a garage sale with its art. On the line-up today: Boston Globe, NY Times, NPR, Culture Grrl, Edward Winkleman, Modern Art Notes, Looking Around, Jen Graves and Sebastian Smee. Plus: A Q&A with the museum’s director, Michael Rush.
- As part of “a deeper commitment to the arts,” the BBC will put images of every publicly-owned oil painting in Britain online.
- Things great at Art L.A. — except for the sales.
- Google is all Jackson Pollock today.
- Remix Martha Graham.
- The other day I linked to a list of porn stars who are on Twitter. Well, as my colleague Mlle. Connasse so helpfully pointed out to me, it was a totally gay-free list. So, to make up for the oversight (and avoid a kerfuffle with the C-Monster.net human resources department), here is a rundown of some hot gay porn Twitter feeds: Starrfucker, Queer Me Now, Rod Barry, and Pierre Fitch (who is currently looking for models for his website).
- A visualization of Obama Wikipedia page edits. (jennydeluxe.)
- A Q&A with Adrian Tomine. His advice to artists just starting out: “Shut the fuck up.” (NotCot.)
- Neil Gaiman wins the Newbery Medal.
- Today’s Graff: Saber in L.A.
- The American Institute of Architects wants in on the stimulus package.
- Paul Goldberger leads a tour of the revamped Alice Tully Hall, which he describes as “a radical reconstruction.” I’d be curious to know the source of that wall of Brazilian wood. (Unbeige.)
- Visuals from the winning proposal for the P.S. 1 architectural courtyard installation for this summer.
- Your moment of the Three Degrees — because it’s about three degrees outside. (Love the chiffon!) (Mercy, Mlle. Connasse.)
in the face of flagging art sales i can’t help but remember reading this bit of hubris regarding colin de land; would that he could be around to eat his hat now: “De Land wore a trucker’s hat that read “don’t bother me unless you’re buying.” sentences like this appeared in various wordings over the years of art fairs until his death.