The day in hyper-secure government architecture: The Presidential Viewing Stand for today’s Inauguration. (Photo courtesy of the Presidential Inaugural Committee.)
Hey folks: C-Monster.net Paris Bureau Chieftess Yvonne Connasse and myself will be Tweeting odd links, informative stories, ridiculous photos and all kinds of other madness related to Inauguration Day. Please join us for the first-day-of-school fun. You can find me here and Yvonne here. In the meantime, here’s Lifehacker’s handy guide to watching the inauguration from anywhere. xox, C.
- 8, no 7, racist words you use everyday. (schmelzenfreude.)
- Photographs of American teenagers, but Daniella Levitt.
- Paul Chan drawing being raffled for $5.
- The art of shopping carts.
- Art market may take three to five years to recover, according to ArtTactic, a research company.
- In related news: The downturn has not been good for aboriginal art. (Arts Journal.)
- All about the Getty. (Arts Journal.)
- As always, I’m running late… Last week woulda been Clement Greenberg’s 100th birthday.
- Those paintings of monkeys with Carmen Miranda-esque floral headdresses I linked to the other day? Copies! …of other paintings of monkeys with Carmen Miranda-esque floral headdresses.
- Paper art.
- Then-and-now photos of NYC in one, two and three parts. (Flaming Pablum.)
- Film footage of Moscow in 1908.
- Today’s Graff: 0331c in Russia.
- The Wreck Room’s graffiti bathrooms.
- Shepard Fairey designed yesterday’s MLK Google logo. (jennydeluxe.)
- A little bit on Henry Bacon, the architect behind the Lincoln Memorial.
- Live long and prosper: San Francisco’s role in science fiction.
- In Zurich: The anti-luxury hotel.
- Your moment of boxing kangaroos.