Nam Wah Tea Parlor. (Photo by niznoz.)
- Fuck With Corporate America on Twitter: A group of artists, headed up by An Xiao, will be twittering fictional corporate sponsorships starting May 3. And I’m gonna be among them. [Evil laugh.]
- Human landscapes from above. (Eyeteeth.)
- I heart mordant Latin American humor. Plus: A gallery of stylin’ Japanese surgical masks. (Gracias, Gary.)
- Robert Capa’s Mexican suitcase. Doesn’t solve the mystery of the falling soldier photo, but the images are all pretty darn incredible.
- Photo Essay: Felt in art.
- William Kentridge makes it to the list of Time’s 100 Most Influential People — along with Zac Efron (???) and Werner Herzog. Richard Lacayo explains the why of the Kentridge choice. Tyler Green woulda preferred Andrea Zittel. Diller and Scofidio also make the list for their “fearless” architecture.
- AFC is rounding up 33 Outstanding Emerging Artists, in one and two parts. (One more part to follow.)
- The Art Industrial Average continues its never-ending descent: Brooklyn Museum is implementing staff furloughs and more on the money troubles at the Getty. (AFC.)
- The Art Newspaper takes an expansive look at the future of arts journalism.
- An interesting piece by Hrag Vartanian on the Saltz-master’s lecture on the over-fed, over-monied art world titled, “This is the end…”
- Nam June Paik archive goes to the Smithsonian.
- Five reasons the art world won’t change. Um, ‘cuz it’s corrupt?
- LOL: Graffiti-cleaning volunteers accidentally buff a Banksy. (Arts Journal.)
- Today’s Street Art: Unknown artist in Santiago, Chile.
- Architecture.mnp links to a highly interesting Scientific American report on how architecture affects mood. Interesting fact: higher ceilings may encourage us to think more abstractly.
- Architecture, Simpsons edition. Plus: Architecture in movies. (@salvocheque)
- Just in time for the recession: The Norman Foster super yacht.
- The house Steve Jobs hates. (Unbeige.)
- Your moment of monkey washing a cat.
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