March 2009
47 posts
UPDATE: Kehinde cancelled.
Fucking diva.
I'm going to see Kehinde Wiley give a lecture... →
And I’ll probably spend $75 on his book that I don’t really even want.
“I worked very hard to get you time with Damien. He postponed dinner with...”
– Gagosian publicist whining to Paul H-O after he turned down an interview with Hirst.
Paul Hasegawa-Overacker’s film, Guest of Cindy Sherman, is opening in the US today. Imdb has the trailer and artinfo has this.
(via shashin-etc) (via sympathyfortheartgallery)
“High production value trickster plying low-grade Vic Muniz illusions to...”
– William Powhida, on Dan Colen. From his painting Post Boom Odds.
You may be fat, but they have a book deal. →
Richard Blakeley and his ladyfriend Jessica Amason, the Larry and Althea Flynt of junk-food porn, have a book deal! HarperStudio has purchased publishing rights to Tumblr This Is Why You’re Fat.
Who the fuck does Patti Smith think she is?
“Somebody like Jeff Koons I think is just litter upon the earth, I look at his stuff and I’m appalled, I can’t access where these people are coming from.”
— Patti Smith in an interview with The Art Newspaper about her (snicker) art and photography. (via hydeordie)
You are not in the minority. The tragedy of Dorothy Parker’s career is that the recognition for her poems, plays and short stories was lost in the cultural ether, but her reputation as a formidable wit remained. As a result, one of the greatest writers in American history is mostly famous for the vitriolic remarks she made while having lunch.
stillicide:
And just so that you don’t think...
“I was told to my face that modern art can only be loved… by Jews.”
– Peggy Guggenheim, on America.
WatchPhotographer Clayton Cubitt has single-handedly restored my faith in heterosexual men. He and Debauchette have restored my faith in sexuality.
claytoncubitt:
My Mardi Gras Birthday 2009
Friends were asked to record themselves in my video confessional booth. Chaos ensued. (and this is just the NC17 version!)
Jenny Holzer's PROTECT PROTECT, on view at the... →
“Who can trust an artist who isn’t starving?”
– Gawker commenter.
WatchGang Gang Dance @ MOMA on the Fader (via britticisms)
“Today bohemian libertinism exists largely as a myth, albeit a useful one when it...”
– Frieze Magazine | Archive | A Serious Business (via sympathyfortheartgallery)
Freedom. →
Freedom is an application that disables networking on an Apple computer for up to eight hours at a time. Freedom will free you from the distractions of the internet, allowing you time to code, write, or create. At the end of your selected offline period, Freedom re-enables your network, restoring everything as normal.
Freedom enforces freedom; a reboot is the only circumvention of the Freedom...
Larry Gagosian involved in a Ponzi scheme? →
This can’t be a good thing.
“And in another delicious twist to the Stanford saga, it turns out that the most powerful art dealer in the world, Larry Gagosian, decided to use Stanford Coins & Bullion when he needed $3 million of gold blocks for a Beverly Hills art installation. Naturally, he now has neither the money nor the gold.”
(via hydeordie)
