Image Via Newlin Tillotson’s twitter.
- Opera singer Dmitri Hvorostovsky retired from his singing career in 2015 when he learned he would need to be treated for a brain tumor. He made a surprise return to the Met Opera’s gala concert last night, though, which is celebrating the 50th anniversary of the Met’s home at Lincoln Center. What a performance. [The New York Times]
- Looks like one recommendation of New York’s cultural plan is a major redistribution of funds, so that the smaller organizations focused on diversity get more money and the giant institutions receive less. This is a good start. [The New York Times]
- artnet News’s new columnist, Tim Schneider, discusses my report on new commission agreements between artists and gallerists in the emerging field. He takes issue of Muriel Guepin’s model of taking all the profit at an art fair until her costs are covered. I agree that this model isn’t one that should be emulated, but a 60/40 split at an art fair only doesn’t seem that unreasonable to me. Fairs are really expensive, and at the lower end of the market, its really difficult for galleries to recoup their costs. Perhaps the art fairs are the real fat cats here? [artnet News]
- This picture of Martha Stewart giving Donald Trump the bird at Frieze is hilarious. She’s standing between Andres Serrano photographs we deemed terrible of Trump and Snoop Dog. [e-online]
- The University of Montana School of Art is offering a fully online Bachelor of Arts in Studio Art. I suspect studio art only means graphic design, but still—is there any way this isn’t a total sham? [kpax]
- John Waters will show “weirdly Baltimore-based” art at The Venice Biennale this year. (More sign art.) The show opens Wednesday and we’ll be there. [The Baltimore Sun]
- Christine Macel, the chief curator at of the Pompidou Center in Paris and this year’s Venice Biennale will be focusing on art by artists and for artists, not politics. [The New York Times]
