VIA A.V. CLUB
The video game Assassin’s Creed II allows players to become collectors and, whether purposefully or not, also calls into question the value of art. It’s so postmodern. [A.V. Club]
French artist Camille Henrot has made a series of drawings based on the video for Nicki Minaj’s song “Anaconda.” There’s no Miley Cyrus to be found in any of Henrot’s works. To quote Minaj, “Miley, what’s good?” [The Guardian]
The second Singapore Art Fair, originally scheduled for mid-November, is no longer happening, but not all hope is lost—the fair may get relaunched next year. [The Art Newspaper]
From the creator of Avant-Garde, the video game Painters Guild simulates the experience of being an artist in Renaissance Italy. The game is two-dimensional and pixelated, and presumably takes place before Brunelleschi philosophized about perspective. [Boing Boing]
The Asian Art Museum, in San Francisco, is known for its antiquities, yet it will now begin showing contemporary art with “28 Chinese,” a selection of works from the Rubell Family Collection. [SFGate]
Holly Herndon uses private data found on the Internet to make experiences that are by turns uncomfortable and mystifying. [Paper]
The Albright-Knox Art Gallery would rather take your shirts than your money donations for an upcoming Kaarina Kaikkonen installation. [WIVB4]
ISIL isn’t the only group in the Middle East destroying cultural monuments. [Slate]
Otobong Nkanga at Portikus. [Contemporary Art Daily]