Untitled, 2010, by Jeff Williams, in Chilchota, Michoacán. (Image courtesy of Williams.)
- Blog posts about not posting, courtesy of Cory Arcangel.
- Help Paddy Johnson at AFC fund her record album. It’s got my heartbeat in it!
- The Economist opens up the can of whoop-ass on Dinesh D’Souza. Righteous. (Mark Coatney.)
- 21st century mental states. I think I may be guilty of de-selfing.
- The artifacts of Christian hipsterhood. (It Really Makes You Think.)
- John Cage’s 4’33” — as YouTube mash-up, by Dick Whyte. His reconstruction of Andy Warhol Eats a Hamburger can be found here. (16 Miles.)
- “[Paglia’s] prose style is bloody and lurid and sometimes effectively comical, like a Rob Zombie-directed horror movie; it’s hard to turn away.” In which Ann Powers dismembers Camille Paglia’s take on Lady Gaga and goes on to say some super smart stuff about women, sexuality and the music industry.
- The Tchotchke Stacks of Patrick Jackson. Whoa.
- Marie Lorenz charts some of the unusual spots she’s visited in her art boat over at the New York Times. If you haven’t seen it, check out the video piece Jenn Hsu and I did on our adventure with Lorenz over at WNYC. A truly memorable experience.
- Alberto Burri’s Grande Cretto is now on Google Streetview. (Even better: San Suzie’s 2009 report.)
- A couple of relative unknowns will be repping the U.S. at the Venice Biennale.
- Ben Davis on the “celebreadymade.” He asks: “Is this a brilliant new way to pierce the pretensions of the art world—or just star-fucking raised to sublime dimensions?” I vote for the star-fucking.
- Sorta related: The New York Times has been on an all-candy-all-the-time diet with its one-two profiles of Dan Colen and Rob Pruitt. (The latter of which fails to make mention of the totally crazy-honest Jack Early piece at Daniel Reich.) Seriously, y’all are making my teeth hurt.
- In a related story: La Smith thinks Colen needs to grow the hell up. Love her.
- Work of Art tryouts will be at the Brooklyn Museum, this Saturday, September 25.
- Plus: Me Me Me talkin’ about girls and art in NYC on the radio. Be sure to watch that kitchen video in the post. It’s pretty spectacular.
- I have an affinity for suitcases.
- A sculpture for bats. (Cool Green Science.)
- The NYPD is now seeing fit to go after watercolorists. Way to support the arts, New York.
- L.A. MoCA to do a show on the history of street art. This could be fascinating if it’s thorough and includes more than just the same ten names you tend to see in these types of shows (Swoon, Barry McGee, Steve Powers, etc.) I’d be particularly interested in seeing artists highlighted who have turned their street art into a form of architectural intervention (I’m thinking El Tono, Skewville, Darius & Downey). And, for fuck’s sake, keep the Banksy to a minimum. ‘Cuz Blek Le Rat did it first.
- Today’s Street Art: Lignes Rouge gets red-and-white in Belgium. Speaking of which, Ekosystem has a totally awesome end-of-summer round-up of some of his best shots.
- Replicating a Sol Lewitt wall drawing in the comfort of your own home.
- Marijuana, a global price index. Helpful. (Gracias, John.)
