- After a year-long campaign by the activist group New Yorkers Against Gun Violence, Apple has replaced its revolver emoji with a squirt gun. I guess that’s progress. [Hyperallergic]
- Architects are also trying their hands at curbing gun violence. Spurred by terrorist attacks and mass shootings, a new interest in safety and making people feel safer has arisen in the architecture community. Phrases like “natural surveillance” are a little unnerving but the focus on making people feel less isolated seems like a step in the right direction. [Motherboard]
- Antiques have declined in overall value by 45% since 2002 so antique fairs are jumping into the contemporary art market. [The Guardian]
- That guy who made the art pricing app filled with stolen images and data says it will be coming back. His argument is that many of the images are user generated and that no one is calling for Instagram to be taken down. It’s true, YouTube, Facebook, Instagram etc are billion dollar businesses built on copyright violation. This guy’s still kind of a jackass though. [The Art Newspaper]
- Looks like Moscow’s Garage museum is putting that VICE money to use. It will expand to a second location on New Holland Island in St. Petersburg. [ArtNews]
- An inspired journalist from The Hollywood Reporter has answered the question of how tiny Donald Trump’s hands are. The exclusive information was obtained by walking down to Madame Tussaud’s and measuring Trump’s wax figure. So now, dear reader, you too can compare your hands to Donald Trump’s. They’re pretty tiny. For a 6’ 2”, 200 pound man, they’re very tiny. [The Hollywood Reporter]
- Bill Viola is set to install a second video work at St. Paul’s Cathedral in London. The work, entitled “Mary,” will be a companion piece to Viola’s Martyrs (Earth, Air, Fire, Water) from 2014. [The Art Newspaper]
- Jens Hoffman is leaving his position as deputy director at the Jewish Museum. He’ll still handle special exhibitions and will be working with other institutions. [ArtNews]
- Photographer Jeff Wall is joining go-go-Gagosian after spending 25 years with Marian Goodman. [New York Times]
