Since joining the modest
Dutch side from Roma in January, the Nigerian who had an unhappy loan
spell at Torino in the first half
of the season has taken the league by storm, with three team
of the week nominations to his
name from six games.
Beyond his family
name, van der Linde (adhering to correct
Dutch spelling where «van» and «der» are not capitalized), his orange outfit matches the national colors
of the Netherlands.
AS THE LAWRENCE WEINER RETROSPECTIVE at the Whitney Museum fades to white under multiple coats
of Kilz and latex paint, and his various exuberant ephemera take up residence at LA MoCA before wending their way back to their rightful property owners; as Tate Modern and the ICA London emerge from momentary
spells of whispered headlines, random sketching, streams
of consciousness, and face slapping; as New York's New Museum concludes its vestigial assault on the Work
of Art, not to mention the etiquette
of proper spacing, and as visitors to the new building experience the worst case
of buyer's remorse since the reopening
of the Museum
of Contemporary Art, Chicago; as the Metropolitan Museum's
Dutch paintings readjust to the staid organizing principles
of artist's
name, date, and genre rather than hanging according to who bought what from whom (on whose advice) and resold it to so - and - so, who then donated it to the Met; and as the scent
of modesty - prosaic, charcoal filtered, crystalline - emanates from the 2008 Whitney Biennial, now is as good a time as any to talk about money.