Cocoon, by Kate Browne, in Mexico City. Part of a series of public cocoon sculptures she has constructed in various locations around the world. See the building of the Mexico City project here. (Image courtesy of Browne.)
- The Starry Night bra.
- New York Times, busted. Though, I have to say, this guy gives pretty good soundbite. (Art Fag City.)
- Can birds fall in love?
- New species discovered in New Guinea. Complete with awesome photos. (Cool Green Science.)
- Border Bodies: Attempting to identify the remains of those who cross. Amazing piece. (Eyeteeth.)
- Nut job attacks a piece by Enrique Chagoya with a crowbar at a Colorado museum. The work will not be returned to display.
- “The exhibit is a mess, an extravagant hair ball of coughed-up references.”
- Ignoring reality at its peril: An essay by Ben Davis on art in the time of austerity and the art world’s increasingly polarized economics.
- Leather: The latest in important art collector wear. (Modern Art Notes.)
- Slate does up MoMA’s Ab-Ex show in a slideshow. Plus: Look Into My Owl has some AMAZING close-ups of the paintings. If you can’t make it to the show, definitely check these links out.
- Helpful advice to the internet generation, visual arts edition.
- St. Mark’s Place, 1967.
- The Day in Art Merch: The Yayoi Kusama Coke machine. I want, need, have to have…one of those dot cans.
- Banksy’s Simpsons opener.
- Today’s Graff: Hour and Horfe in Paris. Nice placement.
- Trespass: A History of Uncommissioned Urban Art. Definitely a worthwhile street art/intervention book to have. On a related note: Urban Interventions: Personal Projects in Public Spaces is also good in terms of the comprehensive/experimental nature of the work it features.
- Great if your stoned. Watch it full-screen. (Coudal.)
