by Paddy Johnson and Corinna Kirsch on February 24, 2014
- Artist Nayland Blake asks the question: Zombie Apocalypse happens, which gallery do you barricade yourself into? Twitter is divided over whether Gagosian is already filled with zombies or if it’s a fortress strong enough to withstand zombies. [Twitter]
- Entrepreneur Dana Beth Ardi explains how collecting art has helped her coach CEOs. [Artspace]
- The Broad Museum doesn’t open until 2015, but they’ve scheduled a series of public talks in advance of the opening. And what a pairing they’ve come up for their first event, a one-on-one between John Waters and Jeff Koons. That conversation takes place tonight, at the Orpheum Theater in Los Angeles. [Culture Monster]
- Legend of Zelda gets the MMO treatment: Over on Twitch, you can tell Link what to do via group chat with thousands of other people. Or you can just watch. [Polygon]
- Drawings are becoming more desirable among collectors and there are 278 art fairs around the world for dealers to show them at. [The New York Times]
- More than six groups, including the National Press Photographers Association, Professional Photographers of America, and the Picture Archive Council of America, have joined together to submit a friend of the court brief to support the photographer Patrick Cariou, after part of his case against artist Richard Prince was sent back to a judge. They are also hiring a Washington lobbyist. [The New York Times]
- Gulf Labor activists protested inside the Guggenheim this weekend, denouncing poor working conditions on the site of a new Guggenheim branch in Saadiyat Island, Abu Dhabi. [Gothamist]
- It’s not just people enduring questionable labor practices in the Middle East. The FEI (Fédération Equestre Internationale) has been cracking down on the mistreatment of horses, with the most recent violation going to Shaikh Mohammed bin Mubarak Al Khalifa for “abuse of horse” during an endurance race. [The Chronicle of the Horse]
- Vice profiled our Roast. Full of hairy chests and butt pics! [Vice]
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