- Sean Hannity just bought Donald Trump a painting by Right-wing-kitsch producer Jon McNaughton, painter of gems such as a tableau depicting Jesus delivering the constitution to the Founding Fathers and “One Nation Under Socialism,” in which Obama burns said Jesus-given constitution. The one Hannity purchased for Trump shows all the white presidents looking disappointed at Obama, because Obama is ignoring a dejected-looking white guy sitting on a bench. According to McNaughton’s Twitter, this is destined as a housewarming gift for the White House. [Wonkette]
- Has a French family had a notebook full of Van Gogh sketches in their oblivious ownership for generations? Scholars are divided on the authenticity of one such claim. [The Telegraph]
- The Memphis School is making an art world comeback, in the market and in exhibitions. [artnet News]
- The Upper West Side’s Trump Place development will be getting a new name, after tenants petitioned that they were embarrassed to live in buildings once owned by the president elect. [Curbed]
- Architect Max von Werz has renovated a 1960s concrete building into a new home for Mexico City’s OMR gallery. It’s so nice, if you’re a fan of brutalism. [Dezeen]
- David Newbury a technologist speaking at the Museum Computer Network conference had this to say about art. “Art is nothing important. Where it’s important is where it connects people to people and people to events and people to things. It’s a social network of objects.” Beautiful. [Hyperallergic]
- The Michelin Star winners are out. I’m (Paddy) always surprised St. Anslem isn’t on their list. [Gothamist]
- Ohad Meromi’s hot pink sculpture “The Sunbather” has been installed in Queens, and some neighbors aren’t too thrilled about it. I (Michael) kinda like it. Nobody ever unanimously agrees on public art. Let’s stop pretending that every person has to personally engage with every artwork in the public sphere. [QNS]
- Wow, this Apartment Therapy guide to hanging art is truly terrible. Their formula is likely to confuse everyone who hasn’t hung art before and will likely have dwellers end up with a lot of crooked art on the wall. Don’t use this guide. [Apartment Therapy]
- Christie’s Contemporary Sale Auction results are $277 million with 89% of lots sold. That sale total is down from last year, which totalled $331.8 million but with 80% of the lots sold. Josh Baer, asks in his newsletter, “We wonder which had a greater effect from sales a year ago – the post election climate or the fact Loic Gouzer has been missing in action at Christie’s with his knee injury??” [The Baer Faxt]
- An early self portrait by Frida Kahlo was gifted to one of her studio assistants shortly after the artist’s death. It’s remained in a private home and relatively obscure for 60 years. Now it’s heading to auction. [Huffington Post]
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