Cumbia Piura, by Carlos Díaz. (Image courtesy of Ojjo.)
- I want, I need, I have to have…a gold-encrusted pistol grip and a De la Cour watch with marijuana leaf motif. Read the full story. (Gracias so very much, Big Papi G.)
- “A clichéed death for the prince of hipsters.” (Hrag Vartanian.)
- MAN reports that industrial plans for fertilizer evaporation pools could make Robert Smithson’s Spiral Jetty unrecognizable. Plus: conservation talk on land art (including Spiral Jetty) at Art21.
- RISD shuts down museum for the month of August; lays off staff.
- Attendance is booming at Boston’s ICA.
- The National Gallery in London is putting on a show of the fakes and mistakes in its collection. Photos here.
- Recycle LACMA.
- A course on art crime.
- It’s National Art Hate Week. I’m gonna go hate on some art right now!
- 61 Essential Post Modern Reads, an annotated list. (Buildings and Food.)
- Painter Rosson Crow guest DJs at KCRW. Loving the Dwight Yoakam.
- New Book: Photographing America: Henri Cartier-Bresson/Walker Evans.
- On that artsy fartsy reality show: A very entertaining photo essay by Sarah Douglas of the hopefuls. A round-up on Marshall Astor. Plus: some mild scoop on the judges.
- On the James Ensor show at MoMA.
- Todays’ street art: Jok and Guidobobo in Reims, France.
- Miami Beach Commission votes to remove Frank Gehry from New World Symphony project.
- Tom Ngo’s Architectural Absurdities.
- With best wishes to MCA of the Beastie Boys for a speedy recovery.
- A coat of many Kermits. (Thank you, Kerry G.)
- Your moment of drunk people yoga. (Eyeteeth.)