Sotheby’s sale of wine and kitchen equipment from the Catalan restaurant El Bulli, which played a part in Documenta 12, netted $2.7 million. Proceeds go to a nonprofit foundation that El Bulli proprietor Ferran Adria is opening. [Bloomberg]
On gender disparity in art collecting. [Sunday Review/NYT]
Randy Kennedy catches up with Carol Bove on the High Line. [NYT]
Ursula von Rydingsvard will have a sculpture at Barclays Center in September. [WSJ]
Here’s some advice about insuring your various collections against mice, theft and damage that results when your lover throws cay keys at you and they hit art. [Bloomberg]
In case you missed it: here’s a profile of Anne Pasternak. [NYT]
Artist Andrew Ohanesian among those snared in major cocaine ring bust. [Gothamist]
Qatar borrows nude statues from Greece and then censors the man-parts. Greece is outraged, international relations ensue. [The Independent]
Buying a Franz West edition for $36. [Greg.org]
Mark Flood, “Facebook Farm.” [ABAB]