- A visitor to SFMOMA tripped and fell in into Andy Warhol’s “Triple Elvis [Ferus Type].” The museum estimates damage was minimal, but it’s been removed from display and is being evaluated by conservators. [The Los Angeles Times]
- Ugo Rondinone’s “Seven Magic Mountains,” a public sculpture comprising stacked, brightly-painted boulders, has been vandalized. It’s installed in the desert outside of Las Vegas, and predictably, someone drew a dick on it, in addition to “666” and the text “HELLA SPIDER”, whatever that means. [artnet News]
- Did the Louvre do something to piss of the Old Testament God? Just after the record-breaking floodwaters receded away from the museum, a fire broke out at a construction site on the block. The museum is planning to reopen tomorrow, pending no earthquakes or plagues of locusts. [The Telegraph]
- The town of Elgin, Illinois, has removed the Dave Powers mural “American Nocturne” from public view and into an indoor cultural center. The mural depicts a lynch mob, but was on display for about a decade before it was deemed too offensive for outdoor display. [Blogging Censorship]
- Gilbert & George, the controversy-courting queer art pioneers, are opening a nonprofit art center in the East London neighborhood where they’ve lived and worked since 1969. [The Art Newspaper]
- Andrew Russeth identifies the trend of nearly-empty, cavernous exhibition spaces, beginning with Andrea Fraser at The Whitney. [ARTnews]
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