- Ernst van de Wetering, the Dutch art historian and longtime head of the Netherlands-based Rembrandt Research Project, has re-attributed 70 paintings to Rembrandt. [The Wall Street Journal]
- City raccoons are smarter than rural raccoons. The study was done on Toronto raccoons only, though, so who knows whether the same results would be found in, say, New York. [Nautilus]
- Thanks to Marina Galperina for the best Vine from last night’s Monopolart tournament at Postmasters. What a hoot! [@mfortki]
- Crazy: The L.A. Board of Supervisors has added $54 million to the 84.7 million arts and culture budget. [The Los Angeles Times]
- A mysterious metal object has fallen from the sky in New Jersey. [NBC New York]
- The collaborative online magazine East of Borneo has just hours to go before their Kickstarter campaign closes. Help ’em out. [Kickstarter via Culture: High and Low]
- Matisse, in his later years, was not in good health. Because painting was a challenge, he made work within his physical means. Holland Cotter offers a lot of meaningful background on Matisse in his review of the retrospective at MoMA. [The New York Times]
- Your dog for the day: Dogs don’t make good snow angels! [@huskyheaven]
Friday Links: City Raccoons and Mysterious Falling Objects
by Paddy Johnson on October 10, 2014 Massive Links
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