- Above cheeto via: [Gawker]
- Bitcoin has sparked an alternative-currency revolution. The Lakota Nation tribe in South Dakota has adopted MazaCoin as the tribe’s official currency. [Al Jazeera America]
- The Armory Show is so full of our contemporary art, reports Sarah Douglas for Gallerist, that the artworks that get noticed tend to be the older ones. For instance, Sean Kelly Gallery brought a reproduction of Marcel Duchamp’s “L.H.O.O.Q.” to the Armory Show, and that garnered a bunch of attention. [Gallerist]
- The Basquiat Estate has filed a complaint regarding the authenticity of works presented at a Christie’s auction this week. [Hyperallergic]
- Benjamin Sutton rounds up the humorous work at The Armory, most which, can be found in the “Focus” section of the fair. This year, the section casts its sights on China. Our favorite work highlighted is Andrew Ohanesian’s, “Dollar Bill Acceptor,” 2014. Gimme one of these. [Artnet]
- “Over the years, the New York Times has introduced the world to many dubious trends,” writes Margaret Hartmann for New York Magazine. Today, the Times claims that monocles are trending all over the world. [Daily Intelligencer]
- Proposed arts funding increases appear limited to where policy makers will benefit from it: Washington. [The Los Angeles Times]
Thursday Links: Dubious Trends and Cheetos
by Paddy Johnson and Corinna Kirsch on March 6, 2014 Massive Links
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