Nan Goldin, ‘Rene Ricard Smoking Crack,’ 1990. (©Nan Goldin)
Auction houses are lobbying to defeat the proposed resale royalties act. [NYT]
“Nan Goldin: ‘I wanted to get high from a really early age.'” [The Guardian]
Barack Obama in 1988: “I wander around Paris, the most beautiful, alluring, maddening city I’ve ever seen; one is tempted to chuck the whole organizing/political business and be a painter.” [NYT]
Advisory body to German government finds against Jewish claimants for the Guelph Treasure, a collection of medieval ecclesiastical artworks worth 400 million euros, currently housed in a Berlin museum. [The Art Newspaper]
“The state of Scottish art.” [Financial Times]
Rubin Museum of Art celebrates 10 years. [WSJ]
“Behind every great artist is a great curator. But what do they actually do?” [The Guardian]