- Oooooh. A photo essay from Gowanus Open Studios with huge browser sized images. I <3 this so much. [Hyperallergic]
- It does not take long for forgeries to emerge once an artist has died. Leon Golub died in 2004 and already there are fakes surfacing. The news: Andrew J. Hall, an aggressive Wall Street trader, purchased 24 Leon Golub’s from a 68 year old art history professor and her 34 year old son, all of which have turned out to be forgeries. Hall paid only $676,250 for the works, which probably should have been a clue that something wasn’t right. [The New York Times]
- We’re normally not fans of wow-y landscape photo memes, but we’re not immune to it either. These photographs by Tommy Clarke that resemble abstract expressionist works are surprisingly moving. Clarke takes the shots from a helicopter and has focused on Utah’s salt ponds. [Time]
- A mostly useless list of places to stay in during Art Basel Miami due to their price. A link for our wealthy readers. [artnet News]
- Public Advocate Letitia James has released her 100 worst landlords in NYC list. Rent from them at your own risk. [Advocate NYC]
- New York City could be underwater in less than 100 years and the city’s doing everything it can to prepare. They’ve revised NYC’s flood maps! They’re planning to build a multi-billion dollar streetcar line along the waterfront. [Curbed]
Ancient Roman and Greek tombs in Libya are being looted by ISIS and sold to Italian mobsters in exchange for weapons. Eventually this work makes its way into museums, foundations, etc. [The Daily Beast]
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