Untitled, 2010, a red felt sculpture by Robert Morris, part of a solo exhibit at Sonnabend Gallery in NYC, through July. Absolutely worth checking out. (Photo by C-M.)
- Lesbians Who Look Like Justin Bieber. (@russelltrombone.)
- Every year, for 50 years, Shell Oil and other companies have spilled the equivalent of an Exxon Valdez in Nigeria. Plus: The Gulf oil spill — from space. (Cool Green Science.)
- Another sign that the world is ending? Foucault’s pendulum snaps; is damaged beyond repair. (Kottke.)
- Have I told y’all how much I dig The Rumpus? Now they have a book club.
- Thief steals Picasso, Braque, Modigliani and Léger from a Paris museum. It’s a bad one.
- Just what is post-modernism these days? Ben Davis debates: “So, where, finally, are we at? On the level of theory, you have the waning of something, but an inability to articulate anything that actually sounds like an alternative.” Sounds like hipster post-industrialism to me. (@gregorg.)
- Greg.org parses Jeff Koons C.V. and finds that not everything adds up so neatly.
- The New York Times reviews the new Leo Castelli bio (which apparently takes “forever” to get off the ground.)
- Things not to buy: C-prints from the early ’90s, which apparently fade super fast.
- NatGeo has a Tumblr featuring plenty of photography. This pic should get the urban decay types salivating. (Coudal.)
- Pix from the Os Gemeos show in Lisbon.
- Steve Powers (aka ESPO), on graffiti and painting signs in Coney Island.
- Today’s Street Art: 2501‘s unusual creatures in Berlin.
- For the Graff Nerds: A spraycan app for the iPhone, complete with spraycan rattling sound.
- Interesting how street artists roll through town and put up work when they’ve got big shows or a movie screening. One could almost call it…advertising. (Arts Journal.)
- This week woulda been André the Giant’s 64th birthday.
- Like a churning piston: The Agua Mineral Aonni building in Punta Arenas, Chile. Wow.
- Must. Get…a container studio-office.
- Because graphic design never rests: A Pantone hotel.
- Gettin’ groovy to a little Hank Jones, R.I.P. (@destinationout.)
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