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Igor Mitoraj's "Eros" (1999) outside the Minneapolis Institute of Arts. Photo: Brian Peterson for Vita.mn

Igor Mitoraj, “Eros” (1999) outside the Minneapolis Institute of Arts. Photo: Brian Peterson for Vita.mn

Vagina beware! Woman attempts to make a painting with her vagina, but develops a cyst. [The Daily Mail]
Artist Eva Papamargariti conjured up a fantastical music video for the Scottish pop-synth band Django Django; she transformed all the band members into shiny, floating objects. [Pitchfork]
Nice to see Hyperallergic’s Jillian Steinhauer beat out Randy Kennedy at the New York Times for the International Association of Art Critics-USA (AICA-USA) Best Reporting award. Hyperallergic also won best blog. Well deserved all around! [ARTnews]
After a decade in operation, the New York Museum of Biblical Art will close. The museum cited rent as their biggest problem. [artnet News]
Want to avoid paying 20 million dollars in capital-gains taxes when selling an 80-million dollar Warhol? Buy it with a private foundation, so half the price is exempt, then invest the rest in new paintings. [Bloomberg]
Are You Running With me, Jesus?, Malcolm Boyd’s 1966 prayerbook, explained in terms of “queer straight Christianity.” [The New Inquiry]
In an attempt to be everything to everyone, Facebook will soon allow video calls on its messenger app. [Forbes]
Don’t go to Artists Space this week. Due to “emergency construction work,” the gallery, on 38 Greene Street, won’t be open until Saturday. The bookstore and talks space, on 55 Walker Street, will remain open. [Artists Space]
Even pennies will be accepted in the Minneapolis Institute of Arts crowdfunding campaign. The museum hopes to raise $700,000 from public donations in order to pay $1 million for a new sculpture; currently, the big bronze head by Polish-born Igor Mitoraj sits in a plaza outside a museum entrance. [Vita.mn]

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