- Thieves have made off with seven out of ten 1968 Warhol soup can paintings on display at the Springfield Art Museum in Missouri. The burglars made off with  beef, black bean, chicken noodle, vegetable, green pea and onion cans, and tomato soup. Curiously, they left behind the pepper pot, the cream of mushroom and the consomme (beef) cans. The FBI is now investigating, and I hope they get to the bottom of why the thieves are so picky about their soup flavors. Gluten sensitivity? [The Wichita Eagle]
- A video of scenes in films inspired by paintings. Who knew that infamous shot of Scarlett Johansson’s butt in Lost in Translation was inspired by a John Kacere? [Facebook]
- A new art space in Cleveland, Gordon Square Art Space, is offering a residency that includes a $5,000 stipend. [Cleveland.com]
- AFC has long been fans of the Discovery Channel’s Shark Week, but this year’s antics may be the best ever. Michael Phelps, winner of 23 Olympic gold medals and holder of 39 world records will race a great white shark! Don’t get too excited—they couldn’t engineer a side by side race—but apparently there was cause at some point for a hammerhead shark to be about six inches from the swimmer’s face. Anyway, tune in July 23rd for this feat of marketing genius. [Yahoo News]
- Envy read: check out this art collector’s home in Beverly Hills. A fun game is trying to identify the artworks in the slideshow. I love that someone heinously wealthy has a Barbara Kreuger that says “Don’t be a jerk”. [Dezeen]
- Beyonce finally announced the existence of her twins yesterday over instagram. Of course, the announcement came in the form of a photo by artist Awol Erizku. He produced the pregnancy announcement photo as well, but this one is more complicated and the better photograph. She’s draped in pink and blue indicating the gender of the twins Carter and Rumi on a Rococo type set adorned with flowers. Naturally, she looks amazing. [Jezebel]
- Hollywood actors can be such jerks. When Kevin Broccoli (yes, that’s his real name) announced his two-man play “James Franco and me” he thought the actor might mention it or come to see it. Instead the writer received a cease and desist letter. Now that the show is coming to New York it’s had to be renamed “______ and Me”. Also, Broccoli, who played the “me” in the play will no longer be playing himself. So, basically the whole thing has been compromised. Apparently the dispute is not over. We’re rooting for Broccoli. [The New York Times]
- This is a sad, weird story. Barney Smith’s Toilet Seat Art Museum in San Antonio, which contains 1,200 toilet seats decorated by the artist, is being auctioned off. Smith is aging and can’t keep the museum open due to dementia. His family is hoping his life’s work goes to a good home. This seems like something the American Visionary Art Museum should acquire. [MySA]
- Roberta Smith takes on the unenviable task of seeing the sprawling Condo New York network of visiting galleries. This is more of an events listing than it is a review, but useful nonetheless as it identifies highlights. This looks good, and we hope it becomes an annual event. [The New York Times]
- A Los Angeles woman destroyed $200,000 worth of artwork at the gallery The 14th Factory by backing up while taking a selfie. Some claim this is a publicity stunt by the artist, Simon Birch, whose exhibition was the scene of the crime. [Metro]
- John Gerrard’s recent show at Simon Preston Gallery features a hyper-realistic computer simulation of a frog floating on a space station. It’s a commission from the Wellcome Trust, which encourages discourse between medicine and art. The story of the piece is really interesting—it was generated by video game codes, with some artistic liberties taken in regards to the physics of it all. [artnet News]
