Did you know that those ski trail maps are done by this one guy, James Niehues? It's all about finding a niche market.
Doesn't "Niehues" sound like it should be an entire school of painting?
He's a Niehues artist. The Niehues movement. Niehues imitators. Let's have lunch after we look at the Niehues. God, her loft is so faux-Niehues.
"Munch made four versions of “The Scream.” Three are now in Norwegian museums; the one that sold on Wednesday, a pastel on board from 1895, was the only one still in private hands. It was sold by Petter Olsen, a Norwegian businessman and shipping heir whose father was a friend, neighbor and patron of the artist."
Four versions, eh? Lesson: cut those annoying friends of your parents' some slack. Edvard Munch was a violently psychotic alcoholic who had to undergo electroshock therapy, but it was softened a bit by his resemblance to Paul Newman. (If only they'd known this in the 1880s!) The version of "The Scream" [...]
• The Toy Fair isn't for kids. The show's held yearly at the Javits Center, Manhattan's main convention facility (a.k.a. massive gray box), and it's full of serious adults in business suits with corporate accounts. It's not supposed to be fun. We'll see about that!
• Toy Fair badges are only available for pros, so my boyfriend's mom generously registered me and my friend Tim as employees of her chia seed company. My badge says "CHIA POWER/Assistant Buyer." We'll avoid walking by chia products for fear of having to hold our own in a chia conversation.
The phenomenal art blog Colossal has a neat collection of "People as Pixels" art today including this freaky display by 30,000 North Koreans.
"I've recently started a project called Icepo! where I am drawing Icelandic pony stickers which I then mail to people for placement inside of library books related to snow or ice. It is, hopefully, a nice surprise for the next person who checks out the book."
Venus: “I love inviting ghetto-ass friends to parties we DJ.”
Shayne: “Art brings madness into the world.”
The Museum of Modern Art hosted a big party with psychedelic lights to celebrate The Armory, an art fair in New York (March 8 – 11). We asked attendees to tell us what they love about art.
Did you see The Avengers last weekend? Probably; most people did. Did you like it? I did. My favorite part was the magic wand, but I like anything that glows.
That's not code for anything; glowing is just neat, you know? Like the supermoon. Okay, today might be a little rough. How has everyone been???
"To pass the time during long flights, artist Nina Katchadourian goes to the lavatory, adorns herself in tissue paper costume, and creates hilarious self-portrait photos in the style of Flemish Renaissance paintings."
Aren't there a few things on your desk that feel like they should have been replaced with binary code by now? Paper clips. White Out. (Who still uses White Out and what for? No, tell us!) Three-hole punch. Stapler. It seems old fashioned that there are staplers, but if you have to have one, this one is the best. Seriously, it is like a magic stapler. Anyway, in other stapler news, that sexy wall mural over on the left there is made of nearly half a million staples. Get to work, everyone.
