Consider, for a moment, the appeal to be found in the Nazi assassination. The glee with which we enjoy the death of a Nazi goes far beyond the fact that it’s guilt-free, justified cruelty because they’re so evil—though, as Stieg Larrson’s torture scenes taught us, that’s certainly part of it. Nazi murder conjures not just grim satisfaction but a sense of elation, of “righteousness”-—the kind found in the Bible but also the kind found on a skate park in the 1990s. Read More

Geoff Dyer’s topics can be feints. An essay about doughnuts turns out to be more about Nietzsche’s eternal return and the dissolution of place, while one about Marvel Comics hops to The Ice Storm, hallucinogens and the Renaissance. It’s easy to peg him as a riffer, the writerly equivalent of a jazz musician, especially since he’s written a book about jazz, but a bass player never knew such breadth Read More

“Hey buddy, you need some help? Some directions?” a hustler outside a diamond district boutique asked a slightly disoriented man last Friday morning. The man, who had just exited the Rockefeller Center subway stop, blinked in the winter sun and shook his head, apparently not in the mood to buy any diamonds. Read More

Bob Dylan fans raise questions about the authenticity of the paintings at the Gagosian show. [NYT]

Sotheby’s readies first evening print sale for October [Art Knowledge News]

Jim Carrey has reportedly reinvented himself as an artist. [Gothamist]

The Pavilion of Art & Design fair, normally in Miami, is headed to New York Read More

Chelsea’s hopping 21st Street was completely shut down between 10th and 11th Avenues earlier today due to a police investigation into a stabbing that occurred at 5 a.m. outside the Juliet Supper Club.The 23-year-old victim in the incident, Christopher Adames, later died of his wounds.

The club shares that block with Gagosian, Paula Cooper and Read More