Narita Airport, 2009, by Anthony Smith. (Image courtesy of Anthony Smith.)
Before I get down to business…I just wanted to once again thank all the folks who came out to Art Burn 2009 in Miami, as well as our sponsors: LAS TIAS (who provided the prime real estate across from the Rubell Collection), Hyperallergic, Two Coats of Paint, Brooklyn Street Art and Rosa Lowinger & Associates Art Conservation. Also many thanks to the folks who teased and/or covered the event: Paper Magazine, the Miami New Times, Art Observed, World’s Best Ever, The Art Newspaper [which mentioned it in one (on p. 15) and two (p. 11) stories!!], ArtNet, which supported us through Tweets and coverage (including two items here and here), the Miami Herald (which plugged it as “a funky Basel sideshow”) and William Powhida, who brought the New York Times in tow. (Though, for the record NYT dude: those weren’t “failed” canvases. Sheesh.) And, lastly, a very kind thanks to our buddy Hargo, who took one of the best photos of the entire event. Muchas gracias y’all! xox, C.
- Dirty pillows.
- New Orleans Museum of Art shilling for Disney.
- Find out who’s the hard-ass: A chart that documents who does the most negative art reviews at the New York Times.
- Former Met director Thomas Hoving goes to the big neo-classical museum in the sky. A few flashbacks here.
- Art Burn, O.G. edition: Long lost Caravaggio likely burned. (Arts Journal.)
- Art Basel: Offering art or home décor?
- Charles Saatchi picks up a David Ellis sculpture at Scope Miami.
- Gallery Beat does the Tracey Emin show at Lehman Maupin, with awesome ’90s flashback.
- For the conservation geeks: a fascinating interview about architectural paint analysis.
- Platon’s Portraits of Power. This is fascinating. (Buildings and Food.)
- Marshall Astor has been taking some epic photos of his food encounters in Seoul. Check out the dumplings, the odeng, the bacon-wrapped dog, a Chinese lunch, the ramen and more ramen… Dude is killing me.
- On Monsters.
- Queen’s Bohemian Rhapsody as interpreted by vintage computers. Gnarly. (Gracias, El Celso.)
- ¡Samba! A song by Carmen Miranda has been chosen by the National Recording Registry at the Library of Congress as one of 25 songs to be preserved for all time.
- One ton of CO2.
- Is Manhattan about to lose a giant Revs/Cost tag?
- Maybe all those big ass blingy museum concepts weren’t such a great idea.
- The Gugg’s new Andre Kikoski-designed restaurant: like, totally Jetsons.
- Edward Lifson riffs on Frank Gehry’s latest in Vegas.
- Things I’d like to see before I die: A Charles Bukowski commemorative stamp.
The Mexican cultural influence in Seoul: Bacon wrapped hotdogs.
Love the link to the piece on starchitect-designed megamuseums going bust. Isn’t the idea to showcase the art? Miami Art Museum, hope you’re listening….
Vidalia – I’m not so sure that the Asian Danger Dog is influenced by the Mexican one, it may be a case of parallel evolution. I’m actually trying to research this, but I’m not finding any evidence of either a linkage or of non-linkage.
Regardless, it’s obvious that the world’s great food cultures know something that America sorely needs to learn about gustatory pleasures.