Jay DeFeo (1929-89) retrospective opened at SFMOMA today, travels to Whitney next year. One of the greats! Saint Jay worked on her masterpiece 'The Rose" for 8 years; it weighed a ton and then was lost. Made paintings of her own false teeth.
Via artdaily.com: http://tinyurl.com/cbc4myf
John Perreault on DeFeo's The Rose: http://tinyurl.com/cok7nk3
Penguin Books and Random House to merge. The end is at hand! Sinking ships sink faster if they are chained together.
Story via Wall Street Journal: http://tinyurl.com/8gmveg2
Although one sees very few solo viewers in NYC museum, new study says your heart beats faster when you look at art alone. And knowledge has no effect. Questions: Is the increased heart rate a flight response? And how do you measure the effect of a new idea?
NY Times: http://tinyurl.com/9qlbdq3
Ever the champion of the new, John Yau trashes Wade Guyton at the Whitney. Is Guyton a closet case?
Essay via hyperallergic.com: http://tinyurl.com/8zna3no
Deborah Kass retrospective now open at the Andy Warhol Museum, Pittsburgh. Did Andy ever do Streisand portraits? No. But Kass did. Including one of Barbra in "Yentl" in male drag.
Huffingtonpost interview: http://tinyurl.com/8pt4esy
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