Peter Pawlick

Aug 26

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Aug 25

Congrats to Jeremy for being featured on Thrillist and Eater yesterday. If you haven’t already, I highly recommend signing up for Dinevore. I can honestly say that it’s changing the way I decide where to eat.

Aug 10

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Aug 09

The Central Intelligence Agency, Art
CIA Original Headquarters Building
Langley, Virginia

Since the founding of the CIA in 1947, the Agency has participated in both covert and public cultural diplomacy efforts throughout the world. It is speculated that some of the CIA’s involvement in the arts was designed to counter Soviet Communism by helping to popularize what it considered pro-American thought and aesthetic sensibilities. Such involvement has raised historical questions about certain art forms or styles that may have elicited the interest of the Agency, including abstract expressionism.

Taryn Simon

via Sarah Jessee

Aug 01

Very excited about a little project I’m currently working on with William Hereford. Here’s a sneak peak, shot by Will this morning during filming.

Jul 12

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Jul 07

BLDGBLOG: A permanent state of insurrection

“A guerrilla architecture project that aims to hijack the great arch of fraternity [the Arche de la Défense].”

Love the idea of parasite spaces.

Jul 04

On the train to West Hampton on Friday, sat behind legendary conceptual artist Lawrence Weiner. Tried to muster the courage to complement his work but couldn’t figure out what to say. Started to write him a note explaining how I saw him back at Penn Station standing in front of a text-only ad for Kraft Macaroni and Cheese that said “DENIAL IS FUTILE”. Tried to explain why it was funny to see him there, but decided that you kind of had to be there. Seriously, how do you complement the man who used language to transcend subjectivity in art? Still at a loss.

Jul 01

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Jun 24

“It would end up being Sinatra who’d have the last word. As the story goes, around 2:45am he effectively shut down Capote’s Black and White Ball by announcing to his cronies that it was time to move on. Capote begged Sinatra to stay longer, knowing that his departure would lead to the place clearing out. But Frank already had his mind set on an after-party at his favorite bar, Jilly’s. There was no changing his mind.” —

TRUMAN CAPOTE’S ICONIC & BITCHY BLACK AND WHITE BALL OF 1966 « The Selvedge Yard

Click through to see Capote’s guest list. Unreal.

Jun 16

mikehudack:

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jacob:

The Flipper Bridge, via Kottke:

In Hong Kong, cars drive on the left while in the rest of China, they drive on the right. If you’re building a bridge between the two, you’ve got to come up with a clever way to switch lanes without disruption or accident.

Jun 07

“For entertainment, Abramović had imported a Montenegrin vocalist, Svetlana Spajic, who appeared in traditional dress and sang a haunting Serbian folk song a cappella to more cheers. But the most unsettling part of the evening came when the tippling Biesenbach took the podium. He didn’t thank anyone. Instead he used the moment to make public his two-decade-long unrequited love for Abramović. “Look at me, Marina,” he began. “Listen to me, Marina,” he went on. “Why don’t you look at me? You know,” he then said to the guests, tossing aside his prepared remarks, “she can’t see anyone without her glasses,” thereby negating the experience of all those sitters who thought she was paying special attention to them. This brought loud murmurs. “Will you stop talking and listen to me?” he said. “OK, don’t listen. I don’t care. Marina? Are you listening?” It didn’t stop there. Recalling how he had fallen in love with Abramović, twenty years his senior, at first sight, he said that he believed she had fallen in love with him too. “Biggest mistake of my career,” he said, though clearly not bigger than this one.” —

Art Fag City » Will Klaus Biesenbach’s Speech Last Tuesday Evening at MoMA Mark His Biggest Career Blunder?

Holy shit.