The Window, 1932, by Rufino Tamayo at SFMOMA. (Photo by C-M.)
- CEO performance declines as fame rises. (Art Fag City.)
- Evan Wright guest DJs at KCRW.
- Mass firings in the arts departments at Parsons and the New School. Eageageag has more on the story. Plus, a faculty member speaks out at Hrag Vartanian.
- Photos from the Havana Biennial.
- The day in big museum shows.
- Cool: William Kentridge video. (Modern Art Notes.)
- William Eggleston on Paris.
- The Tate Modern’s Herzog & de Meuron-designed expansion is approved by the local council. Now, all they need is the money. Related: Jonathan Glancey at the Guardian is all for it.
- ¡Art Industry Smackdown! Blogga Girl Fight Edition: Another Bouncing Ball versus CultureGrrl versus Another Bouncing Ball, on the subject of asking readers for dough.
- Hrag Vartanian does a links round-up on art and politics at Art21.
- Nick Cave’s sound suits. (NotCot.)
- Hamster power. (ackackack.)
- Today’s Street Art: Poppy van Oorde-Grainger.
- A video of the WiiSpray.
- Prince Charles designs spectacularly fugly building in Poundbury, England. (Arts Journal.)
- For the engineering geeks: all about the high-tech concrete used in the girders for I-35 bridge in Minneapolis. (The Skyline.)
- There’s concern in Miami about the future of the Modernist mosaic-covered Bacardi building now that Bacardi has moved out.
- American Institute of Architects gathering in San Francisco will have far less attendees than originally envisioned due to the economy. (Arts Journal.)
- I heart Werner Herzog.
- Your moment of Cat Shit One.
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