Hickey Fumes

Critic Dave Hickey is retiring. At last. In interview he fumes and fusses, revealing --- we think --- that he is part of the problem, as we always thought. Beauty indeed!

Gallerist interview: http://tinyurl.com/8ryl43l

Niemeyer Repurposed In Sao Paulo

Mega-modernist, Niemeyer building in downtown Sao Paulo now includes Pivo Contemporary Art Center in previously unoccupied ground floor spaces.

Story via NYTimes: http://tinyurl.com/8wdefp2

MoMA Garage Sale!

ARTOPIA: MoMA garage sale!

via NYT: http://tinyurl.com/9rozbrp

Should Koolhaas Monster Be Preserved?

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

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

Food As Art?

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

Dark Secrets of Every Museum Revealed?

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/