- Gallerist reports that MoMA will offer free admission to the first 100 visitors to stop by on Tuesdays during the month of May, which, given the foot traffic they get is a little like hoping you get the $1 fair on the Megabus. Woo-hoo. Also, Target Free Fridays are no longer. They are now UNIQLO Free Fridays. [GalleristNY]
- Cool Google Glass feature: you can now take photos with a wink. A “slow, deliberate” wink. [Verge]
- Michael Miller reports on the Creative Time Benefit at the sugar factory. Dick Cavett produced quite the roast for the night’s honoree, Julian Schnabel. [Gallerist]
- Twitter reports that London’s Royal Academy will stage a show of Australian art, the “first major exhibition on Australian art for 50 years.” [Royal Academy]
- Huh? Sotheby’s plans to maximize the revenue from its upcoming Basquiat auction with an exhibition that demonstrates good stewardship. Alex Rotter believes this will be a stage a “much more cohesive answer to Gagosian’s retrospective. “Sometimes the good record, even though it doesn’t have the great songs, is the better listening experience..” Yeah…a show about integrity. [Gallerist]
- Here’s the downside of free-er copyright regulations: Hyperallergic reports that the UK’s “Instagram Act” would make it easier for corporations to co-opt images without crediting or compensating the author, so long as they can’t find the source. Artists, beware. [Hyperallergic]
- We missed the screening of David Gatten’s “Extravagant Shadows” this week, so we’re reading an interview with him in lieu of it. He says he went to public school in North Carolina, and was referred to as “The Devil’s Child” because he was left handed. He also talks about the film. [Idiom]
