Miscellany. 10.22.12.
Cuzco’s Plaza Mayor at sunset, with a view of the Compañía de Jesus church. (Photo by C-M.)
- Original animated GIFs wanted for Miami arts festival. You’ve got ‘til 11/7 to submit.
- Does truth reside in authorial intent, or in the naked facts? On the Media tries to sort it out in a fascinating show devoted entirely to the issue of factchecking. Set aside an hour. It’s worth it to hear the whole schmegagie.
- Must-See: Louise te Poele’s grotesquely-beautiful photos of Dutch farmers.
- Studio 360 examines Andy Warhol’s Soup Cans.
- A 1967 letter from Artforum editor Philip Leidel to writer Matthew Baigell, telling him that the mag would likely never explore the issue of electronics or computers in art.
- I can haz an exhibit? Cats, they’re in your computers and your museums.
- Bring it! Art Fag City has put together a handy round-up of the latest very negative art reviews.
- The Day in Art Merch: Richard Prince lemonade. For reals.
- The Shakespeare Machine. Dig.
- On Gary Panter’s Dal Tokyo.
- Artists Jennifer Dalton and Jennifer McCoy have opened up a new spot in Bushwick that focuses on cheap multiples (under $300) by emerging artists. Check it.
- Why do schizophrenics hear voices? It may have to do with their notion of time.
- An essay by A.A. Gill on how the Michelin Guide killed food: “Food writing is already the recidivist culprit of multiple sins against both language and digestion, but the little encomiums of the Michelin guide effortlessly lick the bottom of the descriptive swill bucket.”
- And: an absolutely fascinating interview with Chrystia Freeland, author of Plutocrats, about the rise of the superrich.