Stanley Donwood, I Love the Modern World (Puffer series), 2008. Acrylic on canvas.
* Copia, the food, wine, and art museum in Napa, CA, filed for bankruptcy protection on Monday. Copia has lost more than $4 million each fiscal year since opening, leaving the organization insolvent and at risk of defaulting on its bond of $70 million. About a third of the employees were laid off in September. [NYT]
* Just as Art Basel Miami Beach gets underway, we hear that America is officially in a recession and the Dow has its fourth-biggest single-session decline ever (on a point basis). A few days before, Artworld Salon's Jonathan T.D. Neil wrote what everyone seems to be thinking:
"With the US economy in tatters, and knowing that the full scope of the financial crisis has yet to come into focus (not to mention the dismal performance of the fall’s contemporary art auctions), can there be any doubt that real buyers will be few and far between, and that only those galleries with (enough) cash already in the bank will still be around this time next year?" Read on.
* The underlying problem common to all the arts? "Fear," writes Guy Dammann for The Guardian. He says, "The arts are rank with it. Fear of being thought ignorant or being revealed as a fraud. Fear of not knowing how to pronounce chiaroscuro, trompe l'oeil or gesamtkunstwerk. Fear because the books we think we should have read bully us mercilessly and the music we think we ought to recognise tortures us on a rack of nagging self-doubt." [via Arts Journal]
* Boing Boing reports that Stanley Donwood, creator of Radiaohead's artwork, will start an independent record label called Six Inch Records. Read a 2007 interview with the artist here.
* A 25-year survey of works by Nayland Blake (aka Mr. Bunny) opens tonight at Location 1 in Soho; on view through Valentine's Day (aka the most annoying day of the year).
* Pie Bake Off 2008: Apartment Therapy's blog, The Kitchen, gives Susan's Candy Apple Pie (above) a nod for "best looking." Also check out TK's recommendations for Pear Brandy.
* Director Gus Van Sant introduces Milk at MoMA tomorrow night. The 7pm screening will be followed by a Q&A.
* If you ever ate bark as a kid (especially involuntarily), Chocolate Bark probably doesn't sound so good. I bet this version tastes better than you can imagine.
* The first issue of Disappear Here--the new magazine from socialite, Brooklyn resident, model, clothing designer, and Nylon columnist, Peaches Geldof (co-edited with James Brown, the GQ editor fired for including "the Nazis" in his list of the 200 most stylish men of the century)--will be distributed for free this Thursday at 50 record shops, bars, boutiques and clubs in London and New York. [via NY Observer/The Guardian]
* What do Curators Want? This 10-part podcast series addresses best professional practices for contemporary visual artists. [via Curatinginfo.com]
* December is National Egg Nog Month. The eminent cook/blogger of Nook & Pantry returns from a short hiatus with an Eggnog Caramel Cake. The recipe calls for extract from the world's second most expensive spice: Vanilla. Madagascar is the largest supplier of the popular pod. Learn more about it here.
* Boing Boing's best book covers of 2008; and Restaurant Girl's list of the best Asian pastries in New York City.
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