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Tuesday Links: Dana Schutz Painting Removed, Brooklyn Gets an Art Fair, Melania Gets a Portrait

by Michael Anthony Farley on April 4, 2017

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Those calling for the censorship of Dana Schutz’s “Open Casket” will be happy to know that the painting has been removed from view. They’ll likely be disappointed to know it’s for a logistical reason as boring as a water leak. The real story here seems to be that the museum’s brand-spanking-new downtown digs is taking on water. Cue the Titanic/iceberg jokes. [Hyperallergic]
Melania Trump’s official White House portrait is here, and it kinda looks like she’s an out-of-focus hologram. The internet is having lots of fun with this one. [New York Magazine]
A cast believed by some to be from a long-lost Degas mold will go on view in London. Meanwhile in Hong Kong, Sotheby’s just proved Basquiats are hot commodities no matter the continent. Expect to see more of his work heading to Asian private collections. [The Telegraph]
Artist and blogger Greg Allen has started a Kickstarter project, OurGuernica, After Our Picasso. The purpose of this initiative: raising funds to commission an anonymous Chinese artist to paint Angela Merkel giving Ivanka Trump side-eye (photo above) in the style of former-president-now-painter George W. Bush. That’s a lot of layers to unpack for what is essentially a meme. [Artspace]
This sounds like so much fun. The Museum of Sex has opened a fully-functional pop-up disco bar for their exhibition of Bill Bernstein’s New York nightlife photos. [The New York Times]
According to Mark Hudson, the Tate Britain’s Queer British Art 1861-1967 “begs the question of whether we’re in for art that tells the story of homosexuality in Britain over the 150 years leading up to the legal landmark, or art by artists who just happen to be gay. Judging by the first room, devoted to the late 19th century Aesthetic Movement, the exhibition might have been better titled Screamingly Camp Art.” Sounds like a missed opportunity all-around. [The Telegraph]
Bad news (for those of us prone to soul-crushing fair fatigue): Brooklyn is getting a Frieze Week art fair. The good news: it will be an off-shoot of SPRING/BREAK, focused on large-scale public installations and environments. SPRING/BREAK is one of the only fairs we can can handle more of. [artnet News]
Snøhetta’s Lascaux IV Caves Museum in southern France is open and looks (as expected) like an anthropology museum from the future. Their treatment of the cave painting reproductions is a really interesting display strategy. For preservation reasons, you can’t visit the real thing, but the museum has managed hyper-accurate reproductions that never try to trick you into thinking they’re the originals. [Dezeen]

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Thursday Links: Some Dreams are Stupid

by Paddy Johnson on March 30, 2017

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Joseph Keckler will be chatting with Lisa Levy between 2-3 pm on Radio Free Brooklyn about his work as an opera singer and the AFC Goth Opera benefit. Tune in. [Radio Free Brooklyn]
The Artist Studio Affordability Project has spent years promoting the Small Business Jobs Survival Act, and New York’s City Council still can’t manage to pass a bill that is unilaterally in the interest of New York City residents. Kirsten Theodos helpfully breaks down all the bullshit arguments against this bill, and explains why it should be passed. [The Villager]
The impossibility of managing entry into foreign countries aside, let’s see cities come up with zoning for Clouds Architecture Office latest proposal—a high rise suspended by an asteroid that circles the earth. Large drones could help people get in and out of the building, the firm says—or simply parachuting down. Um, sure. This is less a dream than it is a PR stunt, (which we have dutifully linked to). [Curbed]
Contemporary art is more popular than ever in US Museums. Now, more than 50 percent of temporary exhibitions launched showcase contemporary art. That’s a significant shift—20 years ago, Impressionist shows ruled the land. [The Art Newspaper]
An interview with Whitney Biennial curator Christopher Lew about the Dana Schutz controversy and the Biennial as a whole. [artnet News]
More on the debate over the Fearless Girl sculpture that is placed facing a bull in the financial district. Critics, including Hyperallergic’s Jillian Steinhauer, think the sculpture makes a disingenuous statement. “If you’re talking about a financial company that has a history of fraud and screwing people over, a lot of those people are going to be women…If you think of feminism as a larger project of empowering women across all classes, not just women on Wall Street, it’s kind of bullshit for them to be putting up this front of, ‘Oh, we love women. We want women leaders.’” I guess, but I’d say this is better than what the alternative this criticism would seem to suggest—a sculpture depicting the exploitation of women by financial companies. No one is going to rubber stamp that, so they might as well lead by example. [Campaign Live]
On Kawara’s One Million Years (Reading) will launch at the Venice Biennial this year. The piece involves a pair of people reading from a two-volume book by the late artist that lists, in chronological order, one million years into the future and one million years into the past. They need volunteers. [ARTnews]

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Tuesday Links: Patrick Stewart in Drag, Coco Fusco on the Whitney Drama, Canada’s #Lacgate

by Paddy Johnson and Michael Anthony Farley on March 28, 2017

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AHHH! Patrick Stewart in drag looks so much like Kellyanne Conway it’s freaking me out. Please tell me there’s an SNL appearance planned. [22 Words]
I keep thinking we have to be done with the Dana Schutz Open Casket controversy and then something else comes out on the subject. Coco Fusco, hands down, pens the piece of authority on the subject. If you read anything today, make it this piece. [Hyperallergic]
Those interested in applying for a residency at New INC can attend an info session tomorrow and Tuesday April 18th at NEW INC. You’ll want to go tomorrow, because on April 18th, you’ll be at our Goth Opera benefit! [Facebook]
A performing arts center slated for development at Ground Zero could face a $100 million shortfall if federal officials retract the unspent funds the city received after Sept. 11. Basically, this nonsense is the result of government agencies fighting with each other. The Port Authority, which says it is owed $68 million by the Lower Manhattan Development Council (LMDC). The LMDC says it owes $45 million. Port Authority is refusing to hand over control for the site until they are paid. [Crains]
Related: one of many lawsuits by the City Club of New York may have finally succeeded in derailing the Thomas-Heatherwick-designed Pier 55. This is kind of a bummer. Of all the architect’s upcoming controversial projects, this one was by far the best and least offensive, especially in a part of the city that could use some non-High-Line green space. One of the arguments against the park was that it would obscure the natural beauty of the waterfront… Manhattan’s obviously man-made waterfront, where it would be straddling the ruins of two man-made piers. What a ridiculous group of crotchety fun-spoilers. [Dezeen]
One of the NEA’s most important functions is supplying insurance coverage to museum exhibitions. Without the Arts and Artifacts Indemnity Program, many cross-institutional exhibitions simply couldn’t happen. It’s saved museums an estimated $450 million but has only resulted in $4,700 in payouts from the federal government in the past 42 years. (For those curious, that’s less than one Melania Trump Hour, by our metrics). [Los Angeles Times]
Apply for the 2017 Summer studio residency at Ortega y Gasset Projects. [Ortega y Gasset Projects]
Cristo and Jeanne Claude aren’t the only ones who can bring fences into New York City for public art. Chinese activist and artist Ai Weiwei will build over 100 fences around the city for his installation project, “Good Fences Make Good Neighbors” this fall, thanks to a commission by the Public Art Fund. The work is inspired by the international migration crisis. [Gothamist]
The first trailer has arrived for Burden, the upcoming documentary about Chris Burden. [Artspace]
While the US has been plunged into a political drama out of a particularly boring episode of Game of Thrones, we have been neglecting Canadian political/news media scandals. Namely: #lacgate. Yesterday I clicked on the article “The Five Signs You’ve Written a Bad Column”, hoping for some journalism advice. Instead, I was introduced to the saga of columnist Leah McLaren, who wrote about her experience attempting to secretly breastfeed Conservative MP Michael Chong’s baby at a houseparty. This is so much weirder (probably) than whatever the fuck Devin Nunes was doing during his inexplicable missing time. [VICE]

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Friday Links: Bloody Sanitary Pad on G-String Unwelcome at Art Basel Hong Kong

by Paddy Johnson and Michael Anthony Farley on March 24, 2017

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We can’t even keep up with all the Schutz controversy. A fake letter by Schutz saying piece should be taken down was circulated and then debunked. Now there are complaints that Hannah Black, the artist who wrote the letter demanding that the painting be removed and destroyed, isn’t black enough to have signed the protest letter, in which she removed the white signatures after critique, (thanks Facebook). Kara Walker, artist and a former professor of Schutz has weighed in on the controversy over Instagram and says the artwork should be seen. Howard Halle at Time Out shares that view. [The Internet]
This is cute. Gillian Anderson and the Tate Modern have donated a trip to the museum with the actress/activist as a prize in a charity raffle. This is literally my dream friend-crush play date. [Givergy]
Here’s one way to get a consolation prize from gentrification. When Paul Cocksedge was evicted from his long-time London studio to make way for a development, he excavated chunks of the concrete floor to make furniture. [Dezeen]
Artist Corrina Mehiel, 34, has been found murdered in her temporary apartment in Washington, DC. She was living in the capital to work with Mel Chin on his current exhibition at The Corcoran. [The Washington Post]
This is a must-have accessory for electronic music nerds. Avant garde musician Surachai is selling enamel pins with the electrical schematic symbol for “resistance” to raise money for the ACLU. [Bandcamp]
The crowdfunding campaign to build a public sculpture honoring David Bowie has come to an end, way short of its £1 million goal. Honestly, though, London might’ve just dodged a bullet: designs for this never looked good. [Pitchfork]
Here’s an interactive map of the New York City housing lotteries you can enter now for an affordable apartment. [Curbed]
Or if you’re tired of renting, be my (Michael’s) forever neighbor. The Bromo Arts District in Baltimore is offering artists/collectives assistance with applications in response to an RFP for dilapidated buildings. If you’ve ever dreamed of owning your own live/work space, gallery, etc… this is a great opportunity. Those applications are due April 10th. [Bromo Arts District]
Healthcare update: The bill failed to pass after the White House caved to the Freedom Caucus demands to that health care providers not need to support basic services like emergency room care, maternity care, and substance abuse, and “moderate’ GOPs peeled off. Now Trump is threatening the GOP that will be stuck with Obamacare (yay!) if they don’t pass the bill. But isn’t that obvious? [The New York Times]
Art Basel Hong Kong sounds like it was interesting: “Better than that was earlier in the afternoon when a man wearing a purple mask and a G-string attached to a bloodied sanitary pad was encircled by a human lasso of suited security guards and then strong-armed out the door. According to Art Basel’s official statement, the fair takes no responsibility.” [ARTnews]

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Thursday Links: He Will Not Divide Us

by Paddy Johnson and Michael Anthony Farley on March 23, 2017

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The GOP house is set to vote on the new health insurance bill. Hardliners are pressing for the elimination federal requirements that health care companies provide basic benefits like maternity care, emergency services and wellness clinics. When I woke up this morning and read that I nearly cried. [The New York Times]
Tom Finkelpearl writes about the negative impact eliminating the NEA and the NEH would have on New York. [ARTnews]
More bad, related news for cities: Trump’s proposed budget is terrible for urban areas, particularly in the realm of transit. There goes any hope that the silver lining of a Trump presidency would be long-overdue infrastructure improvement (as was promised during the campaign). [The Transport Politic]
The controversy around Dana Schutz’s “Open Casket” has been explosive. I responded yesterday, and Schutz given comments to a number of outlets. Artnet has a short interview with her worth a read. I particularly appreciate this sentiment, “I do think that it is better to try to engage something extremely uncomfortable, maybe impossible, and fail, than to not respond at all.” [artnet News]
Tiger Strikes Asteroid has an open call for their Philadelphia location’s three-person show. Submissions are due May 1. [Tiger Strikes Asteroid]
Franklin Sirmans argues that NEA funding is about more than a little direct financial support from the government—when the infamously cash-strapped agency vets and funds a program, it signals a level of validity that encourages others to support it. [PAMM mailer]
As in anytime JJ Abrams decides to lend his vision to a cultural icon, we’re not sure how to feel about this one. He’s rebooting making a series about the life of RuPaul. Should we expect lots of CGI explosions and classic rock? Will RuPaul’s biting wit and word of wisdom be given the dumbing-down Star Trek’s dialogue received? [Rolling Stone]
Shia LaBeouf, Nastja Säde Rönkkö, and Luke Turner’s livestream “He Will Not Divide Us” has been moved…overseas. Pro-Trump trolls from 4chan have tracked the piece all over the US and violently forced its removal. Now it will be shown at FACT (Foundation for Art and Creative Technology) in Liverpool. Let’s hope the Brits have more common sense about this. [The Verge]

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The Whitney Biennial: Visual Screen Burn Courtesy of America’s Finest

by Paddy Johnson on March 16, 2017

Out of the ten Whitney Biennials I’ve seen, this is the first one that could have used a vomit warning. But here we are, in Trump’s America, a future many of us never wanted to imagine, let alone live through. What is the purpose of art in this New America? This year’s Biennial bears no answers. Art doesn’t exist to defend its purpose and even if it did this exhibition was organized prior to the election. Nevertheless, it does bring then-simmering themes to a boil. So, while almost none of the work is Trump themed, as a whole the exhibition reads as a responsive to the challenges the country faces—increasing income inequality across the board, failing institutions, and the rise of hate-fueled violence. If art is a mirror, then this year’s Biennial should scare the shit out of you.

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This Week’s Must-See Art Events: Winter is Coming

by Michael Anthony Farley on March 13, 2017

The week is of course dominated by two news items: The Whitney Biennial and The Wintery Downfall.

After the blizzard, Wednesday is a great opportunity to get yourself in the snowy mood, art-wise. Enjoy doses of culture from freezing, windswept regions, including Marsden Hartley’s Maine at The Met Breuer (if you’re missing the Whitney’s old digs) and Berlin-based Danish/Norwegian duo Elmgreen & Dragset in conversation with Dan Cameron at The Flag Art Foundation. Later, catch the Icelandic thriller Hevn at Scandinavia House’s New Nordic Cinema screening series.

Other highlights include Fort Gansevoort’s female-perspective sports show March Madness Thursday night and TRANSFER’s four year birthday party, which will feature affordable editions from some of our favorite digital artists.

Oh yeah, and make time to check out the Biennial. I’m told it’s good, but “traumatic”. An appropriately bleak show to match our physical and political climate?

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This Weeks Must-See Art Events: The Art World Mobilizes for 2017

by Paddy Johnson and Michael Anthony Farley on January 3, 2017

For everyone who has complained that the art world is too apolitical in the past month or so, take note of how 2017 is kicking off. We have a week of feminist exhibitions, the start of a month-long project about Trump’s America Saturday at Petzel Gallery, and shows that tackle topics from water contamination to the holocaust and the attack on the Pulse nightclub in Orlando.

Welcome to the art world in the Trump era. If the list of participants at Petzel’s event is any indication, the big guns are coming out.

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This Week’s Must-See Art Events: Nightmares Before Christmas

by Michael Anthony Farley on December 12, 2016

This week there’s not a lot of art stuff happening beyond holiday parties and craft fairs. One could say NYC’s taken an unexpectedly Middle-American turn in that regard, were it not for how morbid so much of the week’s happenings are. Tuesday night, scholars Sam Tanenhaus and Richard Wolin perform a post-election autopsy on the American Republic and speculate about its afterlife (hint: It’s not looking good) at CUNY. For a slightly less depressing evening, head to Ubu Gallery where German artist Heide Hatry is opening a new series of drawings made with the ashes of human remains. If that’s not enough mortuary holiday cheer for you, Con Artist Collective is throwing a fake memorial art show for the comedian Bill Murray (one of the few national treasures that hasn’t died in 2016). Thursday night we’re looking forward to a subversive holiday group show at Kate Werble Gallery, and a six-hour night of discussions about Art After Trump at Housing Works.

Friday night, things get a little less bleak city-wide. P! and Beverly’s are hosting events for a Bard CSS project that sprawls across Chinatown and continues with satellite events all weekend. At Brooklyn’s Orgy Park, a group show invites painters to make something collaborative, and in Queens, MoMA PS1 is throwing a holiday party for artists that looks totally bonkers. Have some spiked hot chocolate. After a week of thinking about Trump and death, you’re going to need it.

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