- Michael Sovern Sotheby's Chairman and a former president of Columbia University, called the gap between the U.S. rich and poor “outrageous,” but disagreed that the sale and protest were a reflection of the divide. “It's a conventional labor dispute.” says Sovern. This is an interesting description of a lock out, which is rare, at an auction house that despite reaping record profits from the sales of the rich disputes the claims of its lower rung employees for any retirement benefits at all. [Bloomberg]
- Now open and off the beat and trail: ROY G BIV at Waterhouse and Dodd. A show organized by Trong Nguyen. [Waterhouse and Dodd]
- Boris Groys will give a lecture Thursday, November 10, 6—7.30pm Out of town: Andrei Monastyrski & Collective Actions [e-flux]
- Parsons MFA Open Studio, Thursday November 10, 25 East 13th Street. [Parsons.edu]
- Lead-up press to Notes to a New Nature at 319 Scholes aptly describes O’Brien’s “slowly developed and highly researched curating” as “a rarity among new media shows”. [ArtInfo – Kyle Chayak]
- Dan Cameron has been appointed the new chief curator of the Orange County Museum of Art. Does this mean he’ll be leaving New York for good? 🙁 [ArtForum]
- Franklin Sirmans will take over for Cameron as the new Prospect Biennial Executive Director. [Blue Medium]
- Hamilton Nolan has some delightfully harsh words for Adam Gopnik. [Gawker]
- A predictable surprise? Anslem Kiefer to buy defunct power plant. [The Local]
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