- Guess Jeans founders are turning a former Masonic temple into a private museum for their art collection in Los Angeles. [The New York Times]
- Wacky women dress up their dogs. This photo essay by Smita Sharma is really great. Text by Kat Kinsman. [CNN]
- Not all art collectors are this bad, but Richard Kirshenbaum found several grating personalities to interview for his piece on the uninformed, “insta-collector” class. [The Observer]
- Greg Allen surveys the field of art fakes on Amazon Art. [greg.org]
- Former ART PAPERS Editor-in-Chief Sylvie Fortin has been appointed Executive and Artistic Director of the Montréal. [e-flux]
- The Stratford Festival now hosts The Stratford Festival Forum, a series of events where people can discuss issues brought up by their plays. A panel discussion on assisted suicide with playwrights Judith Thompson and Itai Erdal, and American writer Zoe Fitzgerald Carter gets some attention from the press. [CBC]
- How it came to pass that German Jews served under Hitler. [Tablet]
- Time Warner, look out: in response to spotty service and fear of censorship, Athens residents made their own Internet. [The Daily Dot]
- Worst ad takeover ever. [Baltimore Sun, via @gregorg]
- War has been a boon for the Pakistani art market. [Bloomberg]
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