by Corinna Kirsch on November 6, 2014
- Rejoice, for artful economist Felix Salmon now has his byline in the New Yorker. Glad to have more of his insights on the art market’s many, many paradoxes. [The New Yorker]
- Hamster makes wee dishes, serves wee sake. Wee enjoy. [Rocket News 24]
- GULF Labor unfurls a(nother) banner inside the Guggenheim to protest the museum’s labor practices. [@occupymuseums]
- How did we miss this? Yesterday marked the first-ever Britney Spears Day, a holiday created by the city of Las Vegas. [Aplus]
- Years late to the news, the New York Times declares Ridgewood an up-and-coming neighborhood for hipsters. [The New York Times]
- Creative Time will be livestreaming this year’s summit at select locations. FOR FREE. The Vera List Center for Art and Politics will host the NY screening. [Creative Time]
- If you’re wrapping up your reading on Prospect.3 this week, don’t forget to check out Julia Halperin’s breakdown of the biennial’s demographics. [The Art Newspaper]
- Viewers complain that last week’s Doctor Who episode was too scary. [Telegraph]
- Germany’s Wiesbaden Museum wants to purchase a Nazi-looted paintings—rather than returning the work to its owners. As a money-raising strategy, the museum has begun hanging the painting so that it faces the wall. For Wiesbaden, that turnaround stunt might generate publicity; we’re not convinced that greater awareness will necessarily bring in more dough. [Tablet]
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