Southern California, 1985 by Henry Wessel. Part of the exhibit The View From Here at SFMOMA. (Image courtesy of SFMOMA.)
- Frozen lake sounds. (ackackack.com)
- Edward Winkleman pens an op-ed in the Art Newspaper to declare that the sky is not falling just ‘cuz MOCA appointed a gallerist as its new director.
- In related news: L.A.’s gain is New York’s loss says Jerry Saltz of the Deitch appointment.
- The first announcements are out for the Art Olympics, I mean the Venice Biennale.
- In unrelated news: The Art Handling Olympics. Looks hilarious.
- Ooh! Ooh! Ooh! Hyperallergic is on the hunt for the Worst. Press. Release. Ever. (Art Fag City.)
- ¡Blogga smackdown! Tyler Green versus Regina Hackett, the sequel.
- Andrea Zittel’s floating island. And I gotta confess, it looks ever so slightly like an upside down bidet. Plus: Zittel’s favorite books.
- Photographers to gather in London tomorrow for street photography rights.
- A tree in jars.
- Paprika Mars.
- Tire truck Buddha.
- Vintage passport photos of artists, actors, writers and poets. My favorite. (Coudal.)
- The proto-TMZ.
- A Banksy movie about trying to film Banksy. Here’s the trailer. (@SamSifton, @unurth.)
- Today’s Street Art: Aakash Nihalani.
- Deitch to close his gallery with a Shepard Fairey show.
- Part country cabin, part I-don’t-know-what: The cool looking Rennes Metropole Museum by architects Guinée et Potin.
- The personal flying suit. Want.
So, whatever happens with Deitch in LA, sink or swim, he’s already given us one gift – getting any urge to show Shepard Fairey at MOCA out of his system, and creating a potential conflict of interest if he did so.
Thank you Jeffery Deitch for not shitting where your about to eat.