Should Koolhaas' CCTV monster be preserved? After four years it is already corroded by Beijing air. Koolhaas himself says preservation laws get in the way of new architecture...Not in HIS way; historic district was demolished to make way for his mega building.
Preservation history in NY Review of Books via AJ.com: http://tinyurl.com/9dsurdl
Wright house still threatened! Bad for a state to withdraw from the
Union, but it might be a good thing to kick out Arizona. Now we have another reason.
NYTimes story: http://tinyurl.com/8qzk6qd
Author chickens out on NYT opinion page. Very amusing at first but then he caves in. Sorry buddy, your restrictive art definitions don't hold water. Food IS art. Where have you been the last 30 years?
"A Matter of Taste?": http://tinyurl.com/9yljbvh
Should Museums Exhibit Bad Art? Artopiaanswer: They already do.
But we agree with hyperallergic otherwise. Let's look at what's in storage. Mistakes? Donor suck-up acquisitions? A history of so-called taste?
Link: http://hyperallergic.com/59354/should-museums-exhibit-bad-art/
Trockel at New Museum trashed in depth by Hyperallergic critic, but more politely than previous Artopianews post.
Link: http://tinyurl.com/9qnyh4t
Chakaia Booker tire sculptures in DC on NY Ave., extended until March 2014.
Txt and pix via inhabitat.com: http://tinyurl.com/9mcvana
Judith Bernstein is famous for her gigantic screw drawings but is now getting even more famous for making fun of fame --- at the New Museum.
Press release and video via New Museum:http://tinyurl.com/d5vavde
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