Whoa! A Harry Potter spin-off movie set in NYC is coming out in 2016. Fantastical Beasts and Where to Find Them will be released in November, and the trailer features the appropriately-Gothic Woolworth Building. [Curbed]
Oh God no! Someone made a MIDI version of Mariah Carey’s “All I Want For Christmas is You” and it’s just as horrible as you’d expect. [Red No. 3]
Timothée Chaillou, the artistic director of the art fair Also Known As Africa has resigned. The art fair was scheduled to open on December 3rd but was cancelled due to security concerns following the terrorist attacks in November. Chaillou cited the fair’s unexpected cancellation (he was not consulted) as the primary issue leading to his resignation. [The Art Newspaper]
This is nice: Open Source Gallery is functioning as a soup kitchen this month, where artists and volunteers prepare food for the homeless or curious and show their artwork. [DNAinfo]
Yet more coverage of the artist displacement crisis in Gowanus. [Capital New York]
This is a cringe-worthy list of bad etiquette for art openings. I think I have witnessed at least half of this behavior. Please don’t come to people’s shows and try to sell all the attendees on your own work. [Art Business]
The New York Public Library is looking to hire a manager of public programs. That sounds equally fun and stressful. [New York Public Library]
A Bay Area man named Mario Silva has confessed to stealing $200,000 worth of glass sculptures in a trailer belonging to Chicago artist Alexis Silk. [Contra Costa Times]
In other art crime news, a PHD student visiting a kibbutz in Israel noticed that an anonymous painting that had been in a local museum’s collection since the 1950s was in fact one of the millions of artworks looted by the Nazis during the occupation of Paris. [The Times of Israel]
Israel’s museums are full of surprises lately: Nadim Shiban, director of Jerusalem’s L.A. Mayer Institute for Islamic Art, has removed a collection of historic weaponry from exhibition. His reasoning: “Talk art, not war.” [The Algemeiner]
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