Detail of Abuela, 2006, oil on cedar, by Eugenia Martínez. (Image courtesy of Eugenia Martínez.)
- I want, I need, I have to have…a hammer and sickle armchair.
- Another threat to Spiral Jetty? (Modern Art Notes.)
- A housewife kicks off Antony Gormely’s Fourth Plinth project in London and is visited by a protestor. (The oh-so-intriguing video feed of the project.)
- 800 pages from the world’s oldest bible (written in Greek) are put on display at the British library. You can see it here.
- Report finds abundance of fake Russian paintings.
- OCMA still in hot water for selling paintings under the table.
- Of centerfolds and dildoes.
- Photo Essay: Sex and New York City.
- All the economic news that’s fit to paint — in one and two parts.
- The Arbitrary Art Grant – dance category.
- Here is Where…
- The art monkey visits the Brooklyn Museum.
- Clementine with child.
- Awesome fireworks.
- Photo Essay: Indian movie posters.
- Some sweet shots by Tod Seelie of Swoon’s floating junkpile making its way through the canals of Venice at night.
- Today’s Street Art: Diego Miedo in Naples, Italy. More here.
- Blade Runner-style solutions to halt climate warming: “It’s scary because it actually could be done,” he says. “And it’s like taking aspirin for cancer.” (ackackack.)
- Saarinen chairs for the ankle-biters and rugrats.
- Your moment of time suck. (AFC.)