Peter Doig, “Country Rock (Wing-Mirror)
- It’s official! Senator Ted Cruz’s application to revoke his Canadian citizenship has been approved. [New York Magazine]
- This morning, online editions vendor Artspace announced plans for hosting online auctions. For these upcoming livestream events, they’re soliciting artwork from their newsletter subscribers. Free appraisals, anyone? [Artspace]
- Proof that art listicles can be done well: “Western Art History: 500 Years of Women Ignoring Men.” [The Toast]
- In the world of politics: Republican House Majority Leader Eric Cantor was unexpectedly defeated in the primaries by David Brat, a candidate to the right of him. Speculation is that Cantor’s more “moderate” position on immigration did him in. Here’s how Brat won. [Politico]
- Shootings are up in NYC by more than 10 percent this year, and by 31.6 percent when comparing a 28-day period. No cause for the increase has been cited. [The Wall Street Journal]
- Yes, your RSS feed is down. Feedly has been hacked. “The attacker is trying to extort us money to make it stop,” wrote a Feedly representative in a blog post this morning. [BBC]
- Why does Marina Abramovic make performance art? “I want to show that the public actually can kill you,” she told the BBC Radio 4’s Will Gompertz. How much punch does she drink? [The Washington Post]
- Everyone on the Internet’s hedging their bets that Scottish expat Peter Doig will take over Damien Hirst’s position as the most expensive living artist at auction. His painting “Country Rock (Wing-Mirror)” goes on the auction block at Sotheby’s later this month. [The Telegraph]
- New York City has been ordered to pay a $600,000 suit that accuses officers of falsely arresting Occupy Wall Street protesters who were walking on the sidewalk. [The New York Times]
- Studies prove it: Internet trolls are horrible people offline too. [Slate]
- What the hell is going on at The Washington Post? Here’s an editorial that talks about how married women are safer than unmarried women. Here’s an editorial that talks about the “supposed campus epidemic of rape” which, according to George Will simply makes victimhood coveted. How did this stuff get published? [The Li.st]
