Dana Jennings takes a look at a number of new art books, including ones by Robert Longo and Ryan McGinley, whose photographs, she writes, “are songs of innocence.” [NYT]
Shepard Fairey’s new mural is unveiled in London’s “Pleasure Garden.” Here’s a slide show of some of the other street art on view. [The Guardian]
Keith Haring Foundation teams up with Tenga for new line of high-art sex toys. [Bowery Boogie]
A London exhibition presents Edvard Munch as video artist and filmmaker. [Bloomberg]
The National Academy has elected 23 new academicians, including Richard Artschwager, Robert Gober, Robert Irwin, Joan Jonas, Bruce Nauman, Joel Shapiro, Cindy Sherman and Richard Tuttle. [ArtDaily]
“The Bauhaus stank of garlic.” [London Review of Books via @frieze_magazine] (free registration required)
The Wall Street Journal takes a bold stance and condemns all those people destroying Picassos right now. [WSJ]
More trouble in California: LACMA cuts staff and hours. [LA Times]
Here’s a new Tate Shots video that compares the work of J.M.W. Turner, Claude Monet and Cy Twombly. [YouTube]
