Disnification: As filmmaker Morgan Spurlock (Super Size Me) and anti-shopping culturejammer Rev. Billy use Disney’s typeface to excoriate Christmas’ consumerist overdrive, photographer Annie Liebovitz signs on to do an all-celebrity series of portraits for the Magic Kingdom.
Dismantling Democracy: In an audio slideshow, Geoff Edgers at the Boston Globe gives a good overview of the controversy over — and dismantling of — Christoph Bchel’s Training Ground for Democracy at MASS MoCA.
Olafur’s home videos: Greg Allen points out three in-studio videos shot as Olafur Eliasson worked on his recent BMW art-car project at SFMOMA. Eliasson’s Your mobile expectations pictured above (center).
Trash and Treasure: A Rufino Tamayo painting found in a New York trashcan is up for auction. The expected top bid at the Nov. 20 sale: between $750,000 and $1 million.