…saw Nam June Paik at Asia Society the last day of the show… (yawns, stretches) I have to say, I still don’t get it. In fact, I get it less than I’ve ever not gotten it before. I’m writing this the day after the Asia Society’s Nam June Paik retrospective, Becoming Robot, has ended. It…

What does The Art Machine make of Stefan Simchowitz? In his Reactor piece for Hyperallergic, Marion Maneker piles some hate on the art market’s latest boogie man, Stefan Simchowitz: “If Simchowitz is distinctive, it’s in his ability to find the artists who later become the talk of the market.” But, isn’t that eXACtly what one…