- A Shanghai-based collector uses his AmEx to buy a $36.3 million cup with a chicken on it. After the purchase, he drank from said cup. [The Wall Street Journal]
- Ugh. It’s Monday which means there’s a whole lot of weird stuff circulating around as “news.” Like this story about a flying swastika banner ruining everyone’s beach weekend. [Gowanus Lounge]
- Russian billionaires claim Putin is bad for business. [Bloomberg]
- Robert McElroy’s photographs of Happenings will go to the Getty Research Institute in Los Angeles. [Los Angeles Times]
- Neurologists discover a surge of artistic “compulsion” in patients being treated for Parkinson’s Disease with Levadopa. In one report, a woman being treated with the medication describes her “devastating addiction to painting.” [The Atlantic]
- This is not the least bit tasteful. Chief art critic for The Guardian, Jonathan Jones, “reviewed” the horrific images of the aftermath of the flight MH17 crash, and comes out with yet another opportunistic piece—not to mention that most of his points are generalizations. His main thesis: The images show us what war in Europe looks like in 2014. [The Guardian]
- Sci-fi nerds should like this. Every day for the past month of July, artist Tom Sewell has chosen a newly discovered “exoplanet,” has created an interactive image of the planet, and put it all in a calendar for Post Matter’s residency program. In it, you can discover an alien world a day. [Post Matter]
- The New Yorker archives will be available for free through the fall. Happy reading! [New Yorker]
- The Smithsonian might be coming to London. [The Guardian]
Monday Links: A Devastating Addiction to Painting
by Corinna Kirsch Andrew Wagner Henry Kaye on July 21, 2014 Massive Links
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