Nature of Commodity, 2010, by Jud Turner. On display as part of the group show Objectophilia, at Capsule Temporary Space, in Denver, through July 25. (Image courtesy of Jud Turner.)
- Must-Read: Young Manhattanite‘s “This is Divorce Blogging” Series.
- Crisis in the Gulf, for Xbox.
- Sorta related: Create an oil spill on your website. (Eyeteeth.)
- NEA study shows that artsy internerdz types are super engaged. In other words: sponsor my blog.
- Deitch, at work in L.A. In case you were wondering: Yes, he broke down and got a car. A grey Lexus.
- Photographer Zoe Strauss is doin’ some fundraising so that she can shoot the oil spill. Help her out here.
- Are those really Caravaggio’s bones? Some aren’t so sure.
- Gallery Beat caught Jaclyn Santos at the Work of Art tryouts, in which she discusses how her hotness has affected her career. (To be fair: She seems perfectly normal, if not very interesting.)
- Jeff Koons’ BMW art car fails to finish at Le Mans.
- Louis Vuitton cracks down on Japanese sculptor who uses Louis Vuitton fakes in his sculpture. Lame.
- The making of Chicago’s giant eyeball, which is being officially unveiled on Wednesday.
- Art as a Village Voice Ad: 16 Miles on Adrian Piper. Now on view at MoMA.
- America, a series of photo slideshows curated by Tema Stauffer at Culturehall. Worth getting lost in.
- A Q&A with Chuck Close: “I’ve been around long enough to have painting be dead four or five, six times.” Related: Radiolab on face blindness, which includes a discussion with Close. (MW Capacity.)
- A coupla worthwhile Studio 360 interviews: William Kentridge and Laurie Anderson.
- These jelly shoes are the shizzle.
- Banksy fakers in England sentenced to 240 hours of community service.
- Today’s Graff: Faif in Barcelona. Oh so yellow.
- The Day in Awesome Real Estate: A torpedo testing outside of London is up for sale. The kitchen is all kinds of awesome.
- The Death Star Cookie.