- Creative Time Summit begins today. Twitter hashtag #ctsummit and livestream feed here: [Creative Time]
- Christopher Wool at the Guggenheim gets a lukewarm review from Roberta Smith. Yawn. Christopher Wool. [The New York Times]
- Four shows to see in Philadelphia. The Barnes, Kaws @PAFA, Eugene Von Bruenchenhein, Fleisher/Ollman Gallery, Mario Ybarra, and The Fabric Workshop and Museum. [Hyperallergic]
- All’s been quiet on the Jori Finkel front. Months after the Los Angeles Times laid off Finkel, the publication’s last reporter dedicated to the visual arts, it appears she’s started covering the California museum beat for The New York Times. This week, she discusses the de Young Museum’s new VIP rate for the upcoming Hockney exhibition. [The New York Times]
- “Right now, Whiteread is the most famous artist in Britain.” [Frieze Magazine]
- The Metropolitan Museum of Art has renegotiated its building’s lease with the city of New York, with one potentially divisive amendment: the museum now has the ability to change their admission rates without the city’s approval. [In the Air]
- Second year Central St. Martin’s art student Clayton Pettet is giving up his anal virginity on stage for an art exhibition. “The key thing about performance art is that it should only be performed once, and this is the ultimate once-in-a-lifetime performance,” he told reporters. Not sure who told him that performance is a one-time gig. [Gawker]
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