Like a live episode from the Wii. Original klompen spotted at a local market in the very fancy neighborhood of  Wassenaar in NL… ideal for the Dutch roller girl. Pics powered by BlackBerry Phone Cam.

A whole week spent in Istanbul navigating from one factory to another… it was nice to come back to a more civilized setting in the evenings. A french restaurateur turned hotelier who goes by the name of Alex has this year alone opening 2 new hotels in Istanbul and a third on the go. They are all called the House Hotels followed by the name of the area they are located in… I had the occasion to stay at the HH Galatasaray situated in the old district of Cukurcuma hosting some of the coolest antique stores in town. All hotels are suites only each one carefully designed by the local uber-interior design agency Autoban. Keep your eyes open for these guys… A few pix of the 1830’s building, common areas and my room — Pics powered by Leica D-Lux.

Recent discovery whilst in Amsterdam… I love the concept these guys have created — a perfect global traveling art concept giving substance to ruins. Check out the story…

History exists. The Contemporary exists. Museums are Contemporary Art history making machines. Our Museum is a Contemporary Art making machine. The only history it writes is its own. Museums collect linearity. Show linearly. Important artists, important movements, placed on a great timeline in the name of a complete, objective education. Our Museum does not confuse time and space.

Museums suffocate, cryogenically freeze works, techniques and ideologies, they preserve a type of value. They are non-profit, profit making, with democratic illusions of balance, of objectivity. The structure of Museums, the language they use, their goals and premise are not wrong. We do it different.

A Museum is a failed Art project because a Museum can’t fail as an Art project. We are essentially dealing with an economy of means. We have limits, they are subjective.

More of the story here… For the official website better click here than typing it… it happens to be the longest URL I have ever experienced!