- Joel Mesler tells the story of his gallery UNTITLED, as contextualized within the New York art market. Lots of great stuff in here, particularly this: As I write this, Chelsea is still the center of the New York art world, but it increasingly seems to only have room for high-rise condos and luxury hotels. There are galleries there now that are the size of major corporations, and they’ll likely get to stay, or at least leave on their own terms, but the future looks bleak for everyone else. [Artnews]
- Even clowns need insurance. [Mental Floss]
- This weekend artist Tania Bruguera was arrested Cuba again, along with dozens of other activists. And she’s got bruises to show for it. Bruguera was observing a silent protest by the Ladies in White. Each Sunday, the group of female relatives of imprisoned dissidents attend mass wearing white, then carry photos of their missing family members through the streets. [Hyperallergic]
- The CBC has fired prime time political correspondent Evan Solomon for using his position to broker art sales between galleries and the wealthy figures he interviewed. [The Toronto Star]
- The Times has published The Art of Dissent, a documentary about the collaboration of Jacob Appelbaum and artist Ai Weiwei for Rhizome’s conference Seven on Seven. [The New York Times]
- There’s some disconnect between seeing pictures of a bunch of collectors schmoozing and art Chapman Brother’s burnt body art that got them there. [Artsy]
- Three suicide bombers were shot near the entrance to the ancient Egyptian temple of Karnak in Luxor. [The Art Newspaper]
- Ooooh. Can Atlay at Arcade. [Contemporary Art Daily]
