Vito Acconci to Deliver New School Commencement Address

Artists Ed Ruscha and Laurie Anderson might be collecting their honorary RISD degrees later this month in Providence, but graduates from New York’s New School also have a lot to celebrate. Six words: Vito Acconci in Madison Square Garden. The silver-tongued artist and architect will deliver the university’s commencement address this Friday afternoon, and we have faith that–having designed everything from teacups and fluorescent furniture to an Israeli garbage dump and a San Juan skateboard park–his advice for the graduates will go well beyond “Wear