Wafels and Dinges (☺) via Bedford+Bowery
- Icelanders will not put up with your “nature terrorism”. A handful of Berlin-based artists are under investigation by the Icelandic authorities for spray-painting the Mývatn wetland area. [The Art Newspaper]
- If you thought art collectors were eccentric, just wait until you read this profile on rare egg collectors, as well as rare egg thieves and curators. [The New Yorker]
- The Chicago Transit Authority has commissioned artist Theaster Gates to create a permanent installation for the 95th and Dan Ryan station, as part of a long-term Red Line expansion. The project will cost an estimated $1.3 million and will establish an apprenticeship program for students. Construction will begin in 2016. [Bad at Sports]
- Expanding your gallery to London’s the cool new thing. [New York Times]
- Picasso’s stepdaughter accuses her former handyman of having stolen over 400 of Picasso’s works. [Huffington Post]
- Honest Eds, a Toronto-based block-wide discount store known for its flashing lights, has been quietly put up for sale along with some other property owned by The Mirvish Family. David Mirvish is an art collector who’s been in the news lately after he sued the Knoedler Gallery for not working hard enough to sell paintings he believes are real. Very few people share this belief. [National Post]
- Possible good news for G Train riders (that’s us!). A review of the service makes several recommendations, amongst them, that the MTA add cars and increase train frequency. The estimated cost to these improvements is $700,000 and could be approved as early as the end of the month. [Bedford+Bowery]
- Hey, look, another medium to which we’re not yet desensitized: fly puke and shit! [Grist]
- Doryun Chong, Associate Curator of painting and sculpture at MoMA, has been named chief curator for Hong Kong’s M+ starting this fall. [Gallerist NY]
- WAFELS AND DINGES HAS A STORE. THIS IS NOT A DRILL. [Bedford+Bowery]
- True Blood has been renewed for a 7th season. LOL. [Flavorwire]
- One Hopi artifact (out of 70) has been returned to its owners after a controversial Paris auction in April [New York Times Blog]
- This article about the lack of regulation in the art market starts off on a strange note: “A gallerist and an economist walked into an art gallery opening. The paintings on display featured the rape of dismembered corpses. The economist was horrified, but the gallerist said the work was good and the artist had a promising career.” Oh, those strange gallerists. [Quartz]
