Rosler's Garage Sale Live Feed from MoMA

Live feed from Martha Rosler's Monumental Garage Sale at MoMA Atrium to Nov 30.

http://www.moma.org/interactives/exhibitions/2012/garagesale/

Irony Trashed by Times

No Room for Debate. NYT publishes prurient attack on irony; Hyperallergic responds without irony. Which side are you on? 

http://opinionator.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/11/17/how-to-live-without-irony/

http://hyperallergic.com/60656/why-irony-is-healthy/

Storage Lesson Taught by Sandy

Lesson taught by Sandy --- store all your digital info in the cloud. Eyebeam story and video on hyperallergic.com is a wake up call. Yuk. Salt water is not good for computers, disks, tapes and any form of physical storage.

hyperallergic.com story and Eyebeam video:http://tinyurl.com/cufpn8s

Brian O'Doherty Survives Patrick Ireland

Short interview with Artopia culture-hero, critic, writer, editor, artist Brian O'Doherty (Patrick Ireland 1972-2008) in Art in America.

Will The Real Brian O'Doherty Please Stand Up:http://tinyurl.com/blwogy4
NY Times: Patrick Ireland Dies: http://tinyurl.com/cs952ab

Chelsea Is Almost Back to Normal

Just back from Chelsea. Never fear. Almost normal, alas. The Gagosian Museum is open with a big Ed Rucha show; Matthew Marks has an unbearable Charles Ray display (stainless steel Segals); Mary Boone has slicker-than-slick Ai Weiwei floorpiece and painting. Metro Pictures almost ready. Sonnebend sealed tight. Nov. 17, 2012. 

Useless Objects

British artist Jeremy Hutchison to open December pop-up shop of "completely useless objects" which are therefore luxury items (he says). Our response: Dada bites the hand that feeds it.

More pix via dezeen.com> http://tinyurl.com/d3e26zl

Hutchison webpage: http://jeremyhutchison.com/about.html

Art and Religion?

When did Marina Abramovic, Kara Walker and Jeffrey Deitch speak at the Union Theological seminary and why? Art and religion together again?
Go to>  http://hyperallergic.com/60296/aa-bronson-interview/