More stories from the week that ended Nov 12 (click on bolded words for more information):
- Barbara Kruger’s new installation at New York’s LES Coleman Skatepark.
- Ai Weiwei auctioning a cat toy sculpture for Syrian children.
- Marina Abramovic won’t return Kickstarter money for her cancelled performance center. Explanation.
- Interview with COS & Snarkitecture regarding their Loop installation.
- WeTransfer features 15 previously unseen photos from Ryan McGinley.
- Cindy Sherman’s selfie project with W Magazine.
- Some juicy details of Alec Baldwin’s settlement with Mary Boone.
- Four female artist nominated for Germany’s foremost art prize denouncing it.
- Gagosian and Ditch join forces again for this year’s Art Basel in Miami.
- Metallica’s Jason Newsted showing in Art Miami.
- Museum of Ice Cream opening a Miami pop-up location for Art Basel.
- A first look inside Louvre Abu Dhabi.
- A look at conservation at the Met’s Costume Institute.
- Ultra-rich will spend $2.7 trillion on art by 2026
- An op-ed on sexual harassment in the art world.
- Turning a wrongful conviction into performance art.
- Dead grasshopper found in Van Gogh painting.
- Digital residencies on Instagram.
- Pussy Riot takes on Trump and Putin in a new song.
- Lushsux has a critic.
- Hogre charged with archaic “offense to religion” law for image of Jesus with an erection.
- Preliminary victory for graffiti artist’s case against the developer of 5Pointz.
