- Shepard Fairey is going to turn himself in to the Detroit police today. There is a warrant out for his arrest over accusations that the artist caused $9,000 worth of graffiti damage to properties in the city while visiting in May to paint a mural. The artist is flying from Los Angeles today and faces a maximum sentence of five years and up to $10,000 in fines. [USA Today]
- Joe Gibbons, who robbed a bank in the name of performance art, has been sentenced to one year in prison. [The New York Times]
- From the Frieze archives: Jonathan Jones considers “extraordinary” faces in art history—from da Vinci’s studies of the deformed, back to ancient Egyptian caricatures, up to Warhol’s nose-job paintings. [Frieze]
- More on the Smithsonian/Bill Cosby debacle: the museum failed to disclose a $716,000 gift from the Cosbys—a sum that essentially covered the cost of exhibiting their collection. [ARTnews]
- Jillian Steinhauer tracks the various protests from the Bronx community against No Longer Empty’s exhibition at the Old Bronx Borough Courthouse. We’ll give our take on the exhibition later this week, but it’s difficult to talk about the art when a sign like this hangs outside the entrance, positioning art as transitional. [Hyperallergic]
- Filmmaker Laura Poitras is suing the U.S. government! [The Hill]
- The Cuban government finally returned artist Tania Bruguera’s passport to her on July 10. [The Art Newspaper]
- Perfect timing for Tania Bruguera’s stint as the first-ever artist in residence at the New York Office of Immigrant Affairs. [The New York Times]
- A very, very thorough interview with Molly Crabapple that tracks her career as an artist and journalist. A must -ead. [The Great Discontent]
- Peter Schjeldahl on the antics of the high-end art market: “Sensing that people will one day look back on this era as a freakish episode in cultural history, why not get a head start on viewing it that way? Detach and marvel. Meanwhile, art goes on making meaning for those who are rich only in the desire and leisure to engage with it.” [The New Yorker]
- Artsy asks if deep budget cuts will stifle Britain’s next generation of artists. Short answer: Yes. [Artsy]
- In Chicago, a sculpture by Ti-Rock More of Michael Brown’s body on the ground is generating controversy. Some claim the depiction of Brown “revictimizes” the 18-year-old who was slain by police last summer. [The Root]
- In an interview, Michael Brown’s father calls the piece “disgusting.” [WGN-TV]
Tuesday Links: Artists Under Arrest
by Paddy Johnson Michael Anthony Farley Corinna Kirsch on July 14, 2015 Massive Links
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