https://hyperallergic.com/1012944/the-fabricated-crisis-of-art-criticism/\ (…) “The real problem with art criticism today is the profusion of bad-faith actors, useful idiots, vapid scenesters, pitiful star-fuckers, press-release recyclers, dull theorists, hopeless graphomaniacs, paid influencers, cheap provocateurs, and apolitical, nihilist hacks. “But even the abundance of those in our field is a sign of a thriving ecosystem. Every forest has its […]

*He’s hard to beat for kinetic-art erudition.

…on the subject of speculative design.

*The title is “Mekanize.”

Problems of the worth and value of generative art aren’t new. What’s new about AI generation is that it tends to disguise itself as artificial human intelligence. Here Cory Doctorow is making a rather John-Ruskin-like argument that a cast-plaster replica of a statue lacks the aesthetic meaning and integrity of a human-carved marble statue. It’s […]

Application deadline: June 15, 2025 The Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) 11 West 53rd Street New York, NY 10019 USA Add to Calendar T +1 212 708 9400 www.moma.org The mission of the Emilio Ambasz Institute for the Joint Study of the Built and the Natural Environment at The Museum of Modern Art is to […]

New luddites are needed!! I’m co-editing the next JSTA Journal issue, titled Counteract: practices of artistic resistance, dissidence and furtivity, a Scopus-indexed publication. I hope you resonate with the call. In case the theme(s) aligns with some of your interests, please contribute with your insights, reflections, and critical perspectives. I’d be grateful if you […]

*A strange cousin of luxury multitools, maybe.