#art.sy

2013 through 2018 glasses.

Got this little gem from my all time favorites Artsy this morning in reference to this little post about the LACMA Calder show. I double checked the links and everything is working. One link is to LACMA and one link is to the Calder show page on LACMA's site, which is live. Just so we're all clear, this is what Jack from Artsy wants me to do:

Wants me to change my link from LACMA's Alexander Calder show page (the show is up until the end of July, so if you haven't, go!) to the completely unrelated Artsy Alexander Calder page.

Wants me to change my link from a non-profit museum website to Artsy's for profit website.

Wants me to change a link in a 4 month old post under the guise of work? Can I get that job, I'll harass bloggers about posts up to 5 years old if I could get paid for it! #Shameless

Oh Jack, you had the time and inclination to find this post and even more time to send me this hyperlink-happy email, but you didn't have the time to look into how I feel about your company. Thank you though Jack for reaffirming my negative views on your company's practices because y'all really make trying to succeed in the art/internet business look like the infamous Zoolander/Inside the Computer scene and that shit is priceless to me.

Having barely marked its six-month anniversary, The Line just got one step closer to offering a 360-degree curated life. Vanessa Traina Snow and Morgan Wen

First Derek Blasberg, now Vanessa Traina Snow...

Artsy puts high-quality images and information about art online, and connects galleries with would-be buyers.

I can't with this. I just can't. A .net just raised $18.5 m more. Granted it's a lot of the same investors, Larry, Dasha, et al. and a couple mil to them isn't that big of a deal. I also understand that they put their money on this horse early on and they want this to be the one that wins in the long run. The Pandora of art. This isn't it. This is the wrong horse. Put this horse out to pasture. Take it to a nice farm upstate and only talk about the good times, not the 3 years it was suffering because it was hobbling on 4 broken legs. I could keep going with this horrible farm/horse analogy but I'll stop.

Why does this bother me so much?

I haven't read one thing out of artsy where I was thought, yep, I agree with that decision. Everything I have read has created a VIOLENT negative reaction. Like, to the point where I'm glad I'm not the type of person who throws things.

I know there is a GIANT crevasse between art and tech that some people are trying so hard (and some are achieving!) to bridge, but I want to go on the record that artsy.net (.NET!?!?!) is not that bridge. I can't tell you how much willpower it is taking to keep me from going on a 3 paragraph "this bridge will collapse" rant.

Art.sy is never not annoying to me.

I know I know more than most, but this is really just...not interesting or informative. Maybe it's just me? Maybe I know too much? I guess that even if I didn't know anything about this, a lot of it is really common sense and the rest is so dull and poorly written I can't even get through it.