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03/01/13
Okay, who's getting ready for the Armory next week and who's going to SXSW? We're doing both, because we're crazy. 

In other news, MoMA's got some grand plans in the works—rebuilding the Rockaways—and I saw an opera last week with a blow job scene and still didn't like it. What is wrong with me?
 

MoMA To Rebuild the Rockaways, Hopefully

Holy shit! MoMA and PS1 are putting their mammoth development machine to the task of rebuilding the Rockaways.

Powder Her Face: An Opera without Empathy or Soul

When blow jobs aren’t enough. “Powder Her Face” gives us all the salaciousness we could ask for, but ultimately leaves us with little to remember.

KYUR8: Photo Zines Made Easy

Wouldn’t it be good to bundle up all the photos you took on your trip to the Venice Biennale into something a little nicer than a photo album? Something like a zine? Yes, yes it would! I’d also like a service like Instagram that allows me shoot live events without spamming my followers with ten shots from the same place. And if someone could magically allow my friends to add to the zine, that’d be awesome too.

I just downloaded KYUR8, a zine app that allows me to do all of that.

Knoedler & Company Keeps Getting Sued

Add Canadian theatre magnate David Mirvish to the list of former clients suing the once blue chip giant Knoedler & Company. According to The New York Times reporter Patricia Cohen, this is the fifth lawsuit filed against Knoedler since the gallery closed in November 2011, amidst allegations of selling forged art works.

1993: Experimental Jet Set, Trash, and No Star at the New Museum

Those looking for a brief reprieve from contemporary culture may find solace in the New Museum’s “1993: Experimental Jet Set, Trash, No Star.” The show surveys the New York art world in 1993, which as this show tells it, may not be much better than what we’ve got now, but was at least more open about its displeasure with the status quo. It is a raw, imperfect exhibition whose narrative is unusually informed by the route one takes through the museum, and it is worth every minute you can spend on it.

Ai Weiwei Gets a Stageplay with a Hashtag in the Title

Ai Weiwei’s life’s story is worth a lot, and there are a growing number of projects to prove it. First there was the movie. Then, our personal favorite, the “Free Ai Weiwei” jewelry case. Now, we’ve heard news that a play, “#aiww: The Arrest of Ai Weiwei”, will launch this April.

Despite Ongoing Investigation, MoMA Accepts Artwork from Steven A. Cohen

MoMA announced that it will acquire works of contemporary art from billionaire Steven A. Cohen whose hedge fund company SAC Capital Advisors is currently under investigation. The promised works by the longtime collector include paintings by Martin Kippenberger, Ed Ruscha, and a sculpture by Cy Twombly.

Art Gets Better: Performa13 Goes International

The world’s best performance biennial is about to make some friends.

The Armory Show: 1913 vs. 2013

In honor of The Armory’s 100th anniversary, I do a short comparison of the Armory Fair, then and now. I won’t spoil the results, but it probably won’t come as any surprise that I think the current version of the fair could do better.

This Week’s Must-See Art Events

Between tonight’s sex talk at The Kitchen and this weekend’s hack-a-thon in Bushwick, we’re marking our calendars for every single art event this week. We know. We’re surprised, too.

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