Should Museums Rent Art to For-Profit Exhibitors?

Boston's MFA now rents art to for-profit exhibitors. In Artopia we hope they pay taxes on this! 

Story Boston Globe: http://tinyurl.com/d437acc

Christo Oil-Barrel Mastaba

Christo plans gigantic mastaba made of oil barrels for Abu Dhabi. Of course, he maintains the sculpture, which will be larger than the Great Pyramid, is only about "joy and beauty" and not about petroleum.

Story via gaurdian.co.uk> http://tinyurl.com/bonfysn

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.