December 2009
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An Englishman in New York →
Tonight on ITV 1: “More than 30 years after the success of The Naked Civil Servant, John Hurt reprises his role as the flamboyant English eccentric Quentin Crisp. Quentin sets off on the journey of a lifetime to New York, which is to become his home for the remainder of his long life. The Big Apple immediately embraces him and his witty waspish ways, and before long he is being wined and...
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Artforum Best of 2009 →
“Artforum invites a broad spectrum of artists, critics, and curators to revisit the year in art. In the current issue, thirteen contributors choose their top ten highlights, while five others zoom in for close-ups of exhibitions or projects that, for them, stood out in 2009. The number one picks from each of this year’s contributors have been reproduced…”
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WatchEL CAMINOxEXIST 1981xTOCAYO from EXIST1981 on Vimeo, Cuban-born illustrator (Tocayo) collaborates with San Diego street artist (Exist 1981) on El Camino restaurant in Little Italy, SD.
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Art Forum Best Books 2009 →
Rachel Kushner, Rosalind Krauss, Primary Information, and Banu Cennetoğlu’s selections
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Streams of Content, Limited Attention: The Flow of... →
“Consider what it means to be “in flow” in an information landscape defined by networked media and you will see where Web2.0 is taking us. The goal is not to be a passive consumer of information or to simply tune in when the time is right, but rather to live in a world where information is everywhere. To be peripherally aware of information as it flows by, grabbing it at the...
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Italian Palace Fresco May Hide Leonardo da Vinci... →
“An Italian art expert says he is on the verge of discovering a long-lost Leonardo da Vinci masterpiece hidden in a secret cavity behind a palace wall. Maurizio Seracini, a university professor, claims a cryptic message in a huge artwork in Florence’s historic Palazzo Vecchio suggests Leonardo’s The Battle of Anghiari is hidden behind.”
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I.D. Magazine R.I.P. →
After 55 years in publication, I.D. Magazine, America’s foremost design publication, has folded.
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The Art World vs. The World of Art →
“Art,” Andy Warhol once observed, “is what you can get away with.” Was he right? Much that happens in the art world—which is not necessarily coterminous with what happens in the world of art—would seem to suggest that Warhol was on to something. Certainly, he dedicated his own career to proving the proposition. And since Warhol’s death in 1987, dealers and a credulous art-buying public have been...
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WatchMetal on Metal “BASTARD” by The Glue Society.
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Suits By David R. Slavitt →
Each morning, as I confront my closet’s array, I have to admit again that the life I lead is hardly good enough: I have not been named ambassador to Malta; I am not on the board of any college or large corporation; I shall not receive a major prize today and pose for photographers. Those suits, the shirts, the ties are ready, but I am not, and the shoes are shined as they wait for different...
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My Mother's Lesbian Jewish Wiccan Wedding →
One of the best titles I’ve heard in a very long time…AND totally plausible.
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What David Sedaris Read This Year →
“I love audiobooks, in part because I’m lazy and in part because I’m not. Rather than sitting still and moving my eyes over a page, I like to roam around and do stuff—iron, say, or defrost my freezer. I take walks, I soak in the tub, I turn up the volume and vacuum. The problem with audiobooks is that they’re so often imbalanced. This is to say that the narrator is better than his material....
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“I had been mistaken in thinking that I could see clearly into my own heart. But...”
– { Marcel Proust, Albertine Disparue, 1925 | Continue reading | Poursuivez la lecture | Wikipedia } via The New Shelton Wet/Dry.
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