H&M’s Koons balloon bag. It will not cost $58 million.
- $4.5 million in contemporary art was found in a shipping container sent to Rio de Janeiro. The container allegedly belonged to a 75-year-old Brazilian woman, but that was just a front to evade taxes. [Artnet]
- An East Hampton-based painter has been arrested for selling $1.9 million in Pollock forgeries. Collectors flocked to the fakes because they were being sold for peanuts compared to other (actual) Pollocks. Seems like a red flag, no? Looks like we might have another Knoedler & Co. situation on our hands. [New York Post]
- Tracey Emin’s “My Bed,” the infamous bed littered in used condoms, blood-stained underwear, and bottles of alcohol, sells for £2.54 million at Christie’s. [The Guardian]
- Linda Yablonsky describes the scene at Monday night’s benefactor soiree for Jeff Koons at the Whitney. Our favorite bit of snark here: “There were several speeches, the most self-promotional from an almost giddyDonald Schneider, H&M’s creative director, who had to keep reminding himself that the evening was about Koons and not his company, which collaborated with the artist on a limited-edition balloon-dog handbag to celebrate the July 17 opening of its Fifth Avenue flagship. ‘One of Jeff’s balloon dogs cost a collector $58 million,’ Schneider crowed.” [Artforum]
- Ever had one of those days where you feel like fucking shit up with your claws? Soon you’ll be able to with “Catlateral Damage,” a cat simulator game currently in development. You can play a demo here and give money to the Kickstarter here. [Polygon]
- Twin Peaks fans can take their love of the show to the next level: Laura Palmer’s house is for sale. [AV Club]
- Reflecting on the Tinder scandal—Whitney Wolfe the co-founder of Tinder has filed a suit against her former employer for sexual harassment and discrimination. VC Joanne Wilson explains why she invests in so many women. [Gotham Gal]
- In today’s global gentrification edition: London’s independent arts venue the Horse Hospital might get kicked out because the building has been put on the market for £2.5 million. [The Horse Hospital]
- Former AFC intern Leighann Morris brings to our attention one of London’s worst public art projects wherein a death metal band plays in a soundproof cube until their air runs out. Passersby can’t hear them play, so what’s the point of choosing death metal over anyone else? [Artweekly]
- Artnet asks what digital art is and then concludes that it’s something on a screen. People need to stop making up definitions. Christiane Paul, a curator who has written extensively on the subject of digital art and new media has defined this already and it’s simply work that “uses technology as a tool in the creation of a photograph of a painting of a sculpture.” [Artnet]
