Pop journalism/art alert. Hire your own personal paparazzi.

We now take the time to point to two very similar publications, the New York Times and Cracked.com, and pieces they posted this weekend about two relevant Found subjects, LA happenings and jokes, respectively.

• NYTimes:   Happenings Are Happening Again
• Cracked: 6 Best Shenaningans Passed Off As “Art”

Thanks to BoingBoing for turning us on to NY artist Candy Chang’s literal street art project.  Her direct questions that take the form of psychiatric prompts are the simple forms that can be found around town on the ground.

CC website // CC Flickr

I found this guide to vaulting to the forefront of the ever-so-hot Chinese art scene from that’s Bejing.

4 simple Communist Commandments:

1. Shamelessly steal other people’s ideas, claim them for your own
2. Create your own controversy
3. Exploit American culture for quick attention
4. Do anything to get a location in the art landscape

And the unwritten rule, be Chinese.

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I decided to round up, as there thankfully has been a good amount written about Katrina-affected areas because of the storm’s 2 year annivesary, some news links as a progress report on different aspects of specifically New Orleanian life & culture.

School Openings [2007 v. 2006]

Xavier Professor/Sculptor John T. Scott’s Death

Horisaki’s Shotgun House Transportation & Other Reflections

Decline in New Orleans Musicians

Katrina Through the Eyes of Chilrdren [now on view at the NOMA]

‘Katrina and the Progress of the System’

Support the New Orleans Center for the Creative Arts [NOCCA - where I attended and where Keith Perelli continues to teach]

Arts Fair for Handicapped

These are just a few; please feel free to add anything you find.

In response to Damien Hirst’s new $99 million thing, artist Sarah Laura knocked off his diamond skull using 6,522 Swarovski crystals. And then put it outside his gallery in London, as if it were typical outside-of-gallery detritus. As much as I want to not care, I am imagining Hirst’s response. This is the same Hirst who sued a budget airline for knocking off his prescription dots. I can only speculate that he is probably perturbed at getting totally effin effed by an artist with only one name [hence, closer to God, Damien]. Link

[thanks Boing, Boing]

Found on the Beautiful Vandlism Blog

{thanks, Ffffound!}

Thanks to the SLGA for breaking the news. The Sunset Junction band/entertainment line-up has been officially released. This years Street Fair will feature Autolux, Blonde Red Head, Breakestra, The Buzzcocks, Cuahtemoc, Eskimohunter, Morris Day and the Time, The O’Jays, Renee Dawnson, Sea Wolf, and more. Ben Harper will be headlining Saturday (August 19) on the Bates Stage at 9:20pm.

See the full line-up here

An article in the LA Times today describes how a new UCLA project seeks to market 3 underprivileged, underhyped  ethnic neighborhoods, all on the eastside.  The project is sponsoring a tour of the Highland Park area art galleries today.  There are puppet shows, too.