- David Bowie has died after an 18-month long battle with cancer. He was 69. [The New York Times]
- The David Bowie tributes are coming out in droves. [B.B.C.]
- Big news: Sotheby’s has acquired the art advisory firm Art Agency Partners managed by Amy Cappellazzo, Allan Schwartzman, and Adam Chinn. Cappellazzo ran the Christie’s Post-war and Contemporary Art Department for 13 years, before starting her own firm. From the press statement: “Schwartzman and Cappellazzo will join Sotheby’s as Chairmen, taking leadership roles in a newly formed Fine Art Division focused principally on 20th and 21st century art. They will also have responsibility for private sales and the development of the advisory business within Sotheby’s. Chinn will assume the role of Worldwide Head of Transaction Support, leading the company’s deal-making efforts on a global basis.” [Baer Faxt and The New York Times]
- Making the rounds: Luke Howard’s 1802 article, “Essay on the Modification of Clouds”, named cloud types, and forever changed the way clouds were rendered in paintings. [Hyperallergic]
- It costs more to build subway lines in America than anywhere else in the world. Why? Lots of reasons, but among the top, lawsuits. [Curbed]
- Galapagos Art Space is now in the real estate business. A little over a year ago the space made waves when it announced it had been priced out of Brooklyn and would move to Detroit. Now, after having purchased an 138,000-square-foot building in Corktown in December 2013 for $500,000 they are flipping the property. The asking price is $6.25 million. People are pissed, but there are sad reasons for the sale: Galapagos Art Director Robert Elmes announced that his toddler son has been diagnosed with leukemia. [Artnet News]
- Edward Winkleman discusses his new book, “How to Navigate the Contemporary Art Market”. In it, he asks if the Leo Castelli model for selling art is still viable. As described by Winkleman, “the centerpiece of that model being that there was loyalty between the artist and the dealer, that they were in it for the long haul, and the hope was that they would grow old and rich together.” The rise of the mega-gallery has threatened that model, says Winkleman. [Stropheus LLC]
- A massive chronicle of club kid Michael Alig’s return to New York after 17 years in prison for manslaughter. Alig talks about many things including the killing of Angel, and how painting in jail helped him kick his drug addiction. [VICE]
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