Via Medium Quality Screen Captures. I would kill for some context on this one.
- The Shia LaBeouf saga continues. After the Museum of the Moving Image in Queens kicked LaBeouf’s anti-Trump installation “HEWILLNOTDIVIDE.US”, the actor/artist relocated the piece to the El Rey Theater in Albuquerque New Mexico. It’s already back up and running. [Independent Journal Review]
- From rehangs at the Whitney and MoMA to The Brooklyn Museum’s #J20 programming, Andrea K. Scott rounds-up how New York’s museums are protesting the Trump administration. [The New Yorker]
- Karen Pence wants to use her new position as “Second Lady” to raise awareness about the benefits of art therapy. One would imagine that after decades of marriage to Mike Pence, she must be a therapy connoisseur. [PBS]
- Manhattan Borough President Gale Brewer opposes Bill de Blasio’s “mansion tax”, which would add a 2.5% sales tax to homes over $2 million to fund much-needed affordable housing. That’s because the vast majority of New York City’s priciest property sales are in her borough, unsurprisingly. She claims this puts an unfair burden on Manhattanites. But aren’t so many $2+ million sales investment properties for foreign buyers of pied-a-tierres for the globe-trotting ultra-rich? If anything, the tax might have the additional benefit of cooling the luxury market slightly, which would be a boon for most actual Manhattan residents. If you live in Manhattan, it might be worth giving her office a call. [Curbed]
- Kota Ezawa has installed his illustration-like reproductions of missing paintings from the infamous Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum heist at the museum. These are surprisingly lovely. [artnet News]
- Miami’s once-scrappy Borscht Film Festival turns 10 this week, and is now a fully-grown-up institution… sort of. They’re celebrating with all kinds of hijinks from a viking funeral to a jetski parade. This would be an excellent time to schedule a last-minute Miami trip. [The Miami Herald]
- Bad And Nasty is planning a “Not My President’s Day” of art and activism across the country. In Baltimore, for example, protest/activities/performances are planned across several blocks of the Station North Arts District. [Facebook]
