Anti-Mass, 2005 by Cornelia Parker a the DeYoung Museum of Art in 2008. (Photo by C-M.)
Today is Art Yoga with C-Mon Day at Ed Winkleman. You can participate via the live web stream at the official #CLASS website, starting at 2pm ET.
- A history of blackouts.
- Roberta Smith tears the New Museum’s Skin Fruit a new one. In the lead graf: “The project did not sound like a good idea when it was announced last fall. Seeing it up close does not change that.”
- Me me me, on my three favorite pieces at the Armory Show over at WNYC. Leave a comment and you’ll be entered to win a Jen Bekman art fair survival kit, which includes this print by William Powhida.)
- Art21 explores the ethics of using live animals in art.
- The Smithsonian rejects O.J. Simpson’s acquittal suit. (World’s Best Ever.)
- Artwork from Michael Crichton’s collection, including pieces by Robert Rauschenberg and Jasper Johns, is going on sale.
- Snow art censored in Jersey. Hilarious.
- The trippy sculptures of Andrea Myers.
- Hrag Vartanian is looking for art industry secrets.
- Ostrich egg shell fragments reveal 60,000 year old graphic design tradition. (Hyperallergic.)
- Marina Abramovic and her big ass homes.
- Customized Eames chairs.
- Will it be truly possible to have wild bison repopulate the American plains?
- The Big Picture: Chile, three days after the quake.
- The Art of Graffiti Beefs: Banksy versus Robbo versus Banksy versus Robbo versus… (Arts Journal.)
- Today’s Street Art: Lister in Brooklyn.
- Slideshow: Contemplating the Void at the Guggenheim. My favorite here. On a totally unrelated note, thinking about the Gugg’s void for some reason gets me thinking about the Pizza Cone.)
- The police stations of Georgia, as in the former Soviet republic. (@thornburgh.)
- Herzog & de Meuron do a parking structure in Miami Beach.
- Asian carp threaten Chicago architecture tours.
- In case somebody wants to build me a writing studio, here’s some inspiration.
