New York City’s been gifted with about a foot of snow, so it should come as no surprise that most of our links are about the cold, or the cold-hearted. Brrr.
- As the protests in Kiev turned violent this weekend, the National Art Museum has asked protesters to keep fires out of the building: Protesters fighting Ukraine’s pro-Russian government lit a bonfire on the museum’s steps this weekend to stay warm. [The Art Newspaper]
- It’s a sad day for the striving middle class; our favorite super-rich parody feed @NotLouiseBlouin has shut down. She/he has left us with a letter of solidarity:
You—the word-workers, the recently shitcanned, outsourced, underappreciated, under- or unpaid; the designers, publicists, programmers, salespeople who bear the real burden—deserve better than you’ve got. You deserve more than casual layoffs and a woman whose public pronouncements read like the worst of Thomas Friedman had been put into a blender, shat out by a robot, and glazed with the congealing crust of bipolar disorder. We may never be rich, but at least we’re not ridiculous. [NotLouiseBlouin on Tumblr]
- Speaking of Louise Blouin, despite her net worth of $638 million, she owes some freelancers thousands of dollars in back pay. Freelance writer Carolina Miranda has instituted a “Blouin Shaming” program on Twitter, dedicated to spreading awareness about this woman’s shady business practices. Anyone else enjoy reading this crazy-pants Blouin email a second time? I know we have. [C-monstah]
- Pussy Riot is coming to the U.S. for a fundraising concert for Amnesty International. [PleaseKillMe]
- A pretty satisfying slideshow on guts, anatomy, and medieval medicine, as represented by art. [Hyperallergic]
- The best freezer manual ever. [PBS via: @bitoclass]
- Texas police officials release the worst sketch of a robbery suspect, possibly of all time—unless, of course, a Peanuts character went out on a mugging spree. I’m sure there’s some recent art school grads who could do a better job. [Metro]
- This week in celebrity-and-art bullshit, actor Shia LaBeouf says his plagiarism, apology via Skywriter, and head-butt brawl were actually just a grand piece of performance art. LaBeouf indulges in my least favorite art cliche: “My actions are only as interesting as the conversations that come about as a result of them.” The implication here being that because people talked about it…the art must be good! [The Huffington Post]
- What you should know about the recently opened Basquiat show at Suzanne Geiss, according to Gayletter: Full-frontal Basquiat photography. [Gayletter newsletter]
- Can camp go through the mainstream and come out with something fresh? ← poop joke? That’s been up for debate with Glee and American Horror Story, but Amazon’s new Barbarella TV show should see this debate play all the way out to the end. [Vulture]
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