Here is Anthony Kiedis hanging out with Ed Ruscha. [LA Times]
National Portrait Gallery in London acquires Anna Wintour potrait by Alex Katz. [The Independent]
New visitors center next week for the Tenement Museum. [Bowery Boogie]
Philips de Pury readies its “Made in Poloroid” auction featuring James Franco, Brett Ratner and Read More
New Museum to use adjacent space at 231 Bowery for pop-up exhibit series, starting in October. [Broadway World]
Here’s Bloomberg’s take on the Phillips party on Friday. [Bloomberg]
Jenny Saville speaks to the Wall Street Journal ahead of her Gagosian show. [WSJ]
Here’s a story about David Zwirner’s impressive Haiti charity offerings. Read More
Kimbell Art Museum acquires Nicholas Poussin’s “Sacrament of Ordination,” which had just a single bidder at Christie’s London last December. [NYT]
Software mogul Peter Norton will bring $25 million in art to Christie’s this fall. (included in above link, but a few more details). [Bloomberg]
Statue using steel from Ground Zero goes on Read More
More details on Seaport Museum deal: the $2 million grant means the Museum of the City of New York will take over the flagging institution. [NYT]
Natural History Museum whale receives a makeover. [DNAInfo]
Fred Tomaselli weighs in on China, and other topics. [WSJ]
Portland Museum of Art curator to become director Read More
Hudson Square art project will beautify Holland Tunnel for the rest of the year. [DNAInfo]
Massimiliano Gioni picks his favorite issues of Frieze. [Frieze]
“Art Anchored in History Will Soar This Season” [IHT]
More moves in the LES: meet Bosi Damjanovic gallery at 48 Orchard. [Bowery Boogie]
The Department of Read More
Here’s a preview of Matthew Barney’s upcoming show at Gladstone, his first in the city in five years. [FT]
Williamsburg artist broadcasts his father’s TV viewing above the High Line. [WSJ]
Jacob Kassay heads to Phillips de Pury again this fall, with a painting at the “prudent” estimate of $15,000 to $20,000. [Read More
Roberta Smith reviews MoMA’s painting and sculpture collections. [NYT]
Teamsters attack Sotheby’s board member James Murdoch, Sotheby’s defends him. [The Art Newspaper]
“Some of the world’s richest families” are selling their gold and buying art, fearing market fluctuations. [Reuters]
“Koons Loans Old Master Works to Parisian Art Fair” [Art Market Monitor] Read More
Here’s Bob Morris on Tommy Mottola’s gallery in East Hampton, which made some enemies right out of the gate. [NYT]
“Smithsonian Plans Exhibition on Jefferson and Slavery” [NYT]
“Damien Hirst’s main art-producing company, Science, has asked that Phillips de Pury be more vigilant about selling works it now says are incomplete.” [Read More
The Met display Romare Bearden’s “The Block” on the centennial of his death. [Arts Daily]
Franz Erhard Walther work with disputed ownership leads to battle between Dia:Beacon, and Urban Architecture gallery [Art in America]
More developments in an already curious case as the former lead artist for Spongebob Squarepants sues his dealer. [Read More
Dasha Zhukova’s Garage is already banned from WH Smith in the U.K. [The Daily Telegraph]
James Franco becomes an NYU professor next week. [NYP]
Dia plans two programs dedicated to the artist Franz Erhard Walther. [Art Daily]
Jewish Museum extends hours for its popular Matisse exhibit. [Art Knowledge News]
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