Thursday, April 16, 2020

Coronavirus quarantining, Day 33, Thursday, April 16th, 2020

fascinating art history anecdote

Warhol’s final breakthrough into ’60s Pop came through an accidental inspiration from a minor dealer on the New York scene named Muriel Latow. She was a flamboyant decorator, three years younger than Warhol, and had hopes of becoming a serious art dealer. Latow has gone down in history as Pop Art’s most important, if accidental, muse. As the story is told—in one of its many, mostly incompatible versions—Latow went to a dinner at Warhol’s house in the fall of ’61 to console him for having been one-upped by Oldenburg and Lichtenstein and others. “The cartoon paintings...it’s too late,” Warhol is supposed to have said. “I’ve got to do something that really will have a lot of impact, that will be different enough from Lichtenstein.” He begged his guests for ideas, and Latow came up with one, but wouldn’t deliver until Warhol handed over a check for $50. “You’ve got to find something that’s recognizable to almost everybody,” she said. “Something you see every day that everybody would recognize. Something like a can of Campbell’s Soup.”
The next day, Warhol — or his mother, in one telling — ran to the Finast supermarket across the street and bought every variety of Campbell’s Soup that it carried; he later checked this inventory for completeness against a list he got from the soupmaker.
Warhol by Blake Gopnik (Amazon)




Important to know

whoa


How long can you safely keep condiments in your pantry and fridge?


U.S. Embassy officials warned in January 2018 about inadequate safety at the Wuhan Institute of Virology lab and passed on information about scientists conducting risky research on coronavirus from bats, The Washington Post reported Tuesday.

NY Coronavirus Stay-In-Place Order Extended To May 15, Cuomo Says

New Yorkers have been ordered to remain at home for another month, Gov. Cuomo said Thursday.




This Brooklyn community is making sure food insecure New Yorkers are fed, even during a pandemic.

A street refrigerator was recently installed in Bed-Stuy, Brooklyn, and boasts free food for any New Yorkers in need.
It was put up by Community Solidarity, “America’s largest vegetarian hunger relief organization, cooking vegan meals and sharing groceries with over 6,000 each week.” The nonprofit also hosts free food markets on Saturdays at 3pm just down the street from where the fridge sits (133 Van Buren St.) at Von King Park.

The fridge was installed on a sidewalk outside a volunteer’s apartment after it didn’t fit in their kitchen, according to the Brooklyn Paper. It is restocked by them four to five times a day, with food donated from restaurants, organizations and individuals.





Grocery shopping checklist in COVID-19 quarantine days





yikes.

I never understood the whole Falun Gong protesters thing here in NYC back in the 1990s. I assumed they were part of a cult. Now, I get the real horror show that has been going on in China over decades. Truly horrific. Medieval torture, ongoing.

And disgusting the suppression of information in Western media because of "business interests in China".

These were a couple of Falun Gong protesters in NYC in the 1990s. It seemed so over the top melodramatic, too hard to believe. I ignored them, shut them out. Now, watching the shocking video below I am speechless how awful what has been going on in China has been. Cannibal capitalism. A new phrase for me.



Fighting China's Forced Organ Harvesting (Crime Documentary) | Real Stories

Fighting China's Forced Organ Harvesting (Crime Documentary) | Real Stories


















aww, RIP Brian Dennehy
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