January 2009
43 posts
What the hell is Gawker's beef with M.I.A.? →
Seriously, this is the second time they’ve come out against her, guns blazing, over a tiny snippet of an interview taken completely out of context. And the commenters there are just vicious! You can tell they don’t even listen to the music they’re so stridently criticizing.
Has anyone seen
the new tropicana juice cartons? the cap terrifies me. TERRIFYING. can’t even post an image, it’s too traumatic. (via designage)
Funny that you posted this, as my friend and I discussed the Tropicana redesign this morning. In addition to the cap, Michelle pointed out that they probably payed a lot of money to make their iconic logo look, essentially, like a sort of tawdry, off-brand,...
Gould's universal truths.
“As I walked to the office I’m working in right now in Dumbo this morning I thought about how I used to cherish fantasies of transcending my transient lifestyle and how I pretty much don’t anymore. I glanced idly at the antler-shaped decor items in the windows of West Elm and the signboard advertising 6am Pilates at the fancy gym and the bundled Bugaboos parading past me on the street, and...
Charles Saatchi and BBC set to launch reality tv...
British art collector, Charles Saatchi, famous for launching the now established careers of “Young British Artists” of the 1990’s such as Damien Hirst and Tracy Emin and others, is set to preside over a new reality television show on BBC2, described as the Art X Factor.
In an attempt to be the next YBA Hirst or Emin, artists over the age of 18 and residing in the UK will submit their work...
“When I see a picture of someone who’s really hugely fat, I don’t...”
– Nigella Lawson.
ironic status updates from facebook “friends”: “loves obama. hates pretentious art kids.” On Thursday (via kellykorova)
what’s wrong with pretentious art kids (via picnics) Nothing at all, I totally admit to being one. I just found it funny coming from someone who thinks she is Kehinde Wiley. (via kellykorova)
I KNOW EXACTLY WHO YOU ARE TALKING ABOUT! Does she really think she’s...
Beirut — Venice
Hailed, reviled and...
“You can only get the clap so many times before it turns into applause.”
– Finelli, on her friends’ love lives.
Max Tundra sings Mariah Carey's "Vision of Love"... →
The internet really doesn’t get any better than this. (via alexbalk) + (via perpetua)
I just have to say...
I think Marlene Dumas is totally overrated.
“As a former ballet dancer, let me tell you: For all I’ve done, she still says,...”
– Obama Chief of Staff, Rham Emanuel. Who you tellin’, buddy?
“We’ll never overwhelm the planet with brushes and clay and pencils the way we...”
– Elizabeth Wurtzel (quite possibly the dumbest person in journalism), on American Art.
Astrology is not bullshit.
Susan Miller told me (and a select few other people who read astrologyzone.com) that I could expect great things as a result of Jupiter moving into Aquarius:
Your life is changing quite dramatically for the better, dear Gemini. Jupiter, planet of happiness, expansion, and good fortune, will now move into Aquarius for the first time since 1997 on January 5. Jupiter will stay in this sign for a...
Yves Saint Laurent art auction loses $400 million...
July:
“The auction house declined to estimate how much the collection was likely to fetch until those items had been identified, but experts have put the figure between €300 million and €500 million ($472 million - $787 million).”
November:
“Labeled the ‘sale of the century’ by Christie’s, it will include over 700 lots with an estimated total value of €200...
“I don’t really care that she’s all “me, me, me,” because...”
– Me, agreeing with JC when he proclaimed Emily Gould the voice of our generation.
“You can go to Graff and buy a diamond that’s flawless. You aren’t...”
– Marc Jacobs.
Ten things I liked about 2008.
I promised myself I wouldn’t Tumble anything new until I posted some sort of ‘08 wrap-up (look at me being all resolution-y), just to kind of sign, seal and shelve the events of the last year. So here are ten things I thought were just swell.
10. Björk’s Volta Tour
Best live act, best opening acts, most ambitious stage show, outrageous costumes, confetti, oh my!
09. ...
“I loathe New Years Eve. The streets are full of the very worst type of people: ...”
– Ryan Oakley, speaking the gospel truth.