Speaking of the pleasures of print, the new issue of Artforum arrived this week, and it's a great one: Tim Griffin offers an interesting introduction to the issue that discusses the conundrum facing contemporary art as the assumptions and underpinnings of the 20th century suddenly seem to be up for grabs; Amy Taubin interviews Jim Jarmusch about his new film, The Limits of Control...
Mark Godfrey writes about Italian conceptualist Alighiero Boetti...Alighiero Boetti, Aerei, 1978

...interesting reviews and previews of a slew of shows, including the 2009 Tate Triennial, Paul Graham at MoMA, Katharina Fritsch, Bruce Nauman's contribution to the United States pavilion at the 53rd Venice Biennale this summer, and the Seattle Art Museum's upcoming show, Target Practice, which will present works by post-WWII artists who used various means — knives, bullets, fire — to physically violate the sanctity of the canvas...Katharina Fritsch, Rat King, 1993
[you can't see it, but the rats' tails are tied]
...and last but not least, a top-ten list from our friend Byron Kalet, a Seattle native whose Journal of Popular Noise imprint released a Flexions EP last month. (Strath art directed the photographs, shot by Kyle Johnson, and wrote about it here...get more info and buy the EP here.) We're really bummed we'll be missing the band's release party — and Byron — this weekend. It's at 8 p.m. Saturday (5/9) at The Holy Mountain in Seattle. Be sure to check it out if you're in town.