- Oh, shit. Go inside an exhibition about toilets with a turd on your head. [ARTWEEKLY]
- Palestinian artist Khaled Jarrar, who is participating in the Here and Elsewhere show at the New Museum and a solo show at Whitebox Art Center, was denied exit by the Israeli government. [Hyperallergic]
- Forge your way to success: John Myatt, a 69-year-old painter who served 12 months in prison for making counterfeit paintings, now has a solo show in London of obviously forged paintings. The price for a painting mimicking Monet? $66,000. [Artnet]
- “It’s time to acknowledge and learn from the genius of Germany.” The Guardian’s Jonathan Jones may as well throw his U.K. citizenship out the window; he believes that Germans aren’t just better than the rest of the world at soccer, but art, too. At least he didn’t pledge his allegiance to the Übermensch. [The Guardian]
- The Guggenheim is on a worldwide building rampage, and it’s agitating the host countries. After reports that Abu Dhabi is being built by slaves, polls have shown that a majority of Helsinki residents are opposed to shouldering all the costs of the $177 million museum in their city. [New York Times]
- 8-bit lovers, put this one on your calendar: the International Teletext Art Festival opens in Berlin on August 14. [Kill Screen]
- It’s not often that you see the word “ass” in Artforum. I assume it’s not in their style guide, but here we go with Nathaniel Lee’s review of Emily Mae Smith’s show at Junior Projects where Lee asks, “Are we all really so obtuse and ass-hungry?” [Artforum]
- The douchey Wall Street art speculator stereotype is real. Data shows that about a quarter of the world’s top art collectors are in the “investment” industry; thanks to Hyperallergic’s Claire Voon for the visual breakdown with pie charts. [Hyperallergic]
- “[I]t’s not always easy to get flush Wall Streeters to art openings, particularly in Bushwick.” That’s a shame, since Claudia Maté’s show at Transfer Gallery is made about them. [Opening Ceremony]
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