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Calendar. 12.04.08.

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Miss Van in Barcelona. (Photo by Nuno Coehlo.)

In S.F.: Miss Van, Still a Little Magic, at Fifty24SF, opens today.
In Riverside, Ca.: Jeff Soto, Turning in Circles, at the Riverside Art Museum, through Feb. 21.
In Boston: Rachel Whiteread at the Boston Museum of Fine Arts, through Jan. 25, 2009.
In NYC: Broken Glass, photographs of the South Bronx in the ‘80s by Ray Mortenson, at the Museum of the City of New York, through March 8.
In NYC: Ai Kijima at Franklin Parrasch, through Jan. 10.
In Miami Beach: The Basel Frazzle, through the weekend.
In Miami Beach: Scion Art Tour, with AJ Fosik, David Choe, Lisa Alisa, Blek Le Rat and many others, at the Raleigh’s penthouse, opens Friday at 7 p.m. (Juxtapoz.)
In Edinburgh: Charles Avery, The Islanders: An Introduction at the Modern Art Galleries of the Scottish National Galleries, through Feb. 15.

The Digest. 12.04.08.

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Welcome to Miami: This year, I couldn’t make it to Art Basel. But I can still channel its spirit. Party like it’s the end of the world, you crazy muthas. Because it is. (Photo by C-M.)

Andrew Sullivan: Why I Blog.
The Basel Frazzle: Fun facts about how our crap-ass economy and Art Basel intersect. Plus, news flash: the art at this year’s Basel is a lot less blingy. More on the whole mess here.
I want, I need, I have to have…Takashi Murakami’s flower outfit from Art Basel.
A profile of Miami gallerist-about-town, Fred Snitzer. Best quote: “My dad wept the day I went off to art school.”
Eli Broad says that his offer to L.A.’s MOCA comes with no strings attached. Okay trustees…any day now. More on the museum’s (lack of) health.
Lehman Bros. (what’s left of it) to divest itself of its $8 million art collection.
The Official Museum of Bad Art.
Francesco Vezzoli to do a spoof perfume ad with Natalie Portman. Like, that’s so 1980s SNL.
Coffee art. (Link courtesy of Big Papi G.)
NPR reports on Sol Lewitt’s Mass MOCA wall drawings.
Captured on Film: The legacy of the murder of civil rights activist James Chaney.
Thinking about Obama’s arts and humanities appointments.
A forest on wheels.
Retired subway cars as artist studios in London. Digging that Insa one at bottom. (Thanks, Deirdre!)
Today’s Graff: Saner in Mexico City.
Pritzker Prize-winning architect Thom Mayne is a guest DJ on L.A.’s KCRW, and he is funk-i-fied: Dr. John and Prince appear on his play list.
But will there be a centerfold? Brad Pitt on the January cover of Architectural Digest.
Give yourself a lower back ache: The step-by-step on building various types of Eames shell chairs. (The music on this is priceless.)
California Modern 1950. Love the television sunken into the coffee table. (Thanks, Yvonne!)
Paddy Johnson on Frank Gehry’s Art Gallery of Ontario in Frieze Magazine.
Skatedeck stairs.
Your moment of Prop 8, the Musical.

On the road…

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on December 3, 2008

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Lllama rides. (Photo by quiiver.)

Hey Folks:

I’m on the road today, so there will be no Digest. I’ll be back at the keyboard tomorrow. See you then!

xox, C.

Calendar. 12.02.08.

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Dario Escobar, Untitled, 2000-2007, in Objects of Value at the Miami Art Museum. (Image courtesy of MAM.)

In Miami: Objects of Value at the Miami Art Museum, through March 29.
In Miami: Anri Sala, Purchase Not by Moonlight, at MoCA North Miami, opens tomorrow.
In Miami: Death by Basel at Fredric Snitzer, opens today.
In Miami: Kaiju Monster Invasion: Miami Beach at Art Center South Florida on Lincoln Road, opens today.
In Winston-Salem: Psychedelic, at the Southeastern Center for Contemporary Art, through Jan. 4.
In NYC: Eko, Paris and Mudwig, Smoking Jackets for Jerry, at the Brooklynite Gallery, through Dec. 20.
In NYC: Drawing Review: 37 Years of Works on Paper, at Ronald Feldman, through Dec. 23rd.
In NYC: Peter Sutherland, Blame it on the Dog, at ATM Gallery, through Jan. 10.
In Boston: Tara Donovan at the Boston Institute of Contemporary Art, through Jan. 4.
In Boston: Joanne Mattera at the Arden Gallery, opens today.
In Palm Springs: Against All Odds: Keith Haring in the Rubell Family Collection at the Palm Springs Art Museum, through Jan. 18. And while you’re there, don’t miss Enrique Chagoya’s Borderlandia.
In S.F.: Martin Puryear at SFMOMA, through Jan. 25.
In Melbourne: Andreas Gursky at the National Gallery of Victoria, through Feb. 22.

The Digest. 12.02.08.

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Because my brain seems to be operating in a NyQuil dimension: yesterday I missed the fact that it was World AIDS Day/A Day Without Art. But I figure, better late than never. So, no art in the Digest today.
Me! Me! Me!…on the subject of L.A.’s new architecture deans in Fast Company.
Oh, yes! Monty Python now has its own YouTube channel! (Eyeteeth.)
Cinema-inspired artist Mark Leckey wins Turner Prize. (And Adrian Searle doesn’t like it.) Video here. I have to be honest: Finding out the winner of the Turner Prize is kinda like finding out who Deep Throat was. Interesting for a second. But then I go right back to my Cheetos.
Related: Leckey is no fan of the YBAs. (Arts Journal.)
Carole Feuerman’s sculpture, Survival of Serena, is destroyed en route to Miami for Art Miami. Some grim photos accompany the story.
Photographing the part of Miami’s Wynwood District that outsiders rarely see: the locals.
Women artists earn less than men. (Culture Monster.)
The Art Industrial Average continues its southerly plunge: Works by Degas and Renoir fail to sell at Paris auction (AJ). Related: Prospects for Art Basel Miami Beach, grim.
Speaking of which: we are in the middle of a sexual recession. (Thanks, Big Papi!)
We Make Money Not Art reports on the São Paulo Biennial, which apparently is deficient in art. But check out those pink women’s bathrooms. Sublime.
Gallery talk: Mary Boone and Edward Winkleman talk about the gallery trade in separate interviews. (Set aside some time for these, they’re both quite long, but worthwhile. If you’re an artist trying to break into a gallery, Winkleman’s interview provides some solid advice.)
Nara’s giant dog and the world’s oldest LOL cat. (Coudal.)
Stop signs, remixed.
Kick ass!! Decorated trains in Japan. I love the Doraemon ones.
Today’s Street Art: Elbow Toe in NYC.
A Q&A with Evan Roth of Graffiti Research Lab. His greatest ambition? To have Kanye West post on his blog.
Not sure what to make of this one: Libeskind’s new condo plan for NYC will include a mid-building cut-out for gardens. I wonder what those gardens will look like in January. Nothing like the rendering, I’m sure…
Love how Japanese architects do so much with so little: The C1 House.
Own a piece of NYC’s Storefront of Art & Architecture. (Hrag Vartanian.)
Sounds like a short story: The man who lived in a crane.
Your moment of Big Mac in one bite.

Jeff Koons had the raddest porn star ’stache back in ‘75.

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Via ArtForum via Art Fag City.

Not sure how I missed this video of Jeff Koons being interviewed by David Byrne when AFC linked to it back in August. My favorite part: the sound of the toilet flushing in the background at the 4:55 mark. Now that is art!

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