Ahoy, Royal Canadian Navy veteran
- Wendy Davis helped stop an anti-abortion bill in Texas yesterday thanks to a 10 hour plus filibuster effort. We watched the events pass last night over Twitter. Huffpo has our favorite summary of the nights events, complete with a triumphant use of Vine. [Huffington Post]
- We have a new online auction record: Last Friday, a watercolor by Egon Schiele, “Reclining Woman” 1916, sold for €1.5 million ($1.96M) or €1.8 million ($2.36M) including the buyer’s premium according to German auction start-up Auctionata. The previous record was set by a work from Andy Warhol (“Flowers”) that sold for 1.3 million on Artnet Auctions in 2011. [Hyperallergic]
- Royal Canadian Navy vets no longer have to obtain permission to wear their old uniforms. [The Toronto Star]
- Oxbow classes are like “adult Hogwarts for artists.” [Bad at Sports]
- The new Lower East Side artist-run Essex Flowers gets a profile from Gallerist’s Dan Durray. Some high hopes here; He thinks they may be the way forward in an art world dominated by mega-galleries. [Gallerist]
- Government officials seize a Picasso painting from a pretty shady couple. Yes, Picassos are a very effective way to settle your debt to society. [New York Times]
- In her new show, Carina Úbeda Chacana uses the only medium the world isn’t desensitized to at this point—menstrual blood. Hrag Vartanian suggests that, while shocking to the average viewer, it’s not very new to the art world. [Hyperallergic]
- Just a reminder: Best Link Ever continues to live up to its name: Catflakes—or, as we like to call it, Kittycat Snowstorm—is seriously awesome. [purrpurr.org]
