More people than ever are visiting the Met. But while the institution is facing a $10 million deficit and just offered buyouts to 56 employees, it still boasts record-breaking attendance. Last year, 6.7 million people visited the museum. Perhaps you should donate more than $1 when you go. (New York Times)
South Bronx art fair might be a nightmare for gentrification-phobes, but it sounds pretty chill for artists. Commission NY: Art Performs is “designed to directly benefit artists, giving them free exhibition space for their work and 100 percent of the proceeds of their art sales.” (Art Net News)
An X-ray scan reveals that the face of a Degas portrait was likely one of the painter’s favored models, Emma Dobigny. (Guardian)
In the latest episode of The Gleeful Elderly Art Destroyer, the 90-year-old woman who “solved” a crossword artwork in Germany in July is now claiming copyright on the “augmented” work. (Art Net News)
There’s gonna be a Captain America sculpture in Prospect Park. No jokes. (The Art Newspaper)
