[This week on the new Midweek Artblog Reader Advisor: I’m depending on Elon Musk to save humanity–or at least to bring Artblog to space; a former CIA officer says the agency supported abstract artists during the Cold War; and procrastinators rejoice! We can now subscribe to infinite magazines.]
Missed Murakami at the Gagosian? Lucky Fans Snapped Photos at a Last-Minute “InstaMeet”, via Artnet
Let’s Just Leave Everything to Elon Musk, Who Plans to Build Internet In Space, via TheNextWeb
The Death of the Artist—and the Birth of the Creative Entrepreneur, via The Atlantic
Don’t Bring Your FitBit to Your Checkup, via NPR
Pushing Pollock—CIA Case Officer Admits the Agency “Exploited” Abstract Art During Cold War, via The Independent
Netflix for Bibliophiles? No, It’s Not a Kindle, It’s Magzter Gold, via TechCrunch
New Photography Book Offers a Peek at Pre-Yuppie San Francisco, via Wired
If No One Uses This Community-Based To-Do List, Does It Make a Sound?, via Lifehacker
This Week, One Last Chance to Catch Two Raved-About Off-Broadway Shows, via ArtInfo