The wheel thing

How many of you have stepped into a great museum and headed straight to the bookshop first? Be honest. We were doing just that at Tate Modern the other day and saw this miniature Duchamp wheel for sale as tie in to a Duchamp, Picabia, Man Ray exhibition. When we saw Michael Parekowhai’s version of this Duchamp work balanced on the tip of a seal’s nose, the conceit of making a ready made seemed perfect – a nice balance between homage and interrogation. But making miniature versions in China and boxing them up on behalf of the Duchamp Foundation and the Philadelphia Museum seems a big step in another direction. You can here them round the table discussing merchandise, “The boss made miniatures for his valises, let’s do it.”

Filling the Gap

While the Gap and the Whitney were negotiating with artists on who would be seen modelling their artist edition t-shirts and who wouldn’t (yes say Kiki Smith and Ashley Bickerton, a no from Barbara Kruger and Jeff Koons), we had artist Ryan Moore undertake an international fashion shoot for the OTN cap. Here are the pics, each one featuring artist Moore wearing the latest OTN merchandise. Thanks R