- A French start-up has released artist-designed graphic condoms. Their campaign features Greek statues sporting these so-called “erotic ephemeral tattoos”. We support this. [Hyperallergic]
- Norman Engleback, one of the architects of London’s Southbank Centre, has died. [ArtReview]
- Mickalene Thomas’s Spring 2016 exhibition at the Aspen Art Museum will include as part of its outreach programming a luncheon involving the participation of specialists in domestic violence, substance abuse and suicide prevention. Revealed by the museum’s director Heidi Zuckerman during a panel in Miami, the move is part of the institution’s concerted community outreach. Doesn’t this seem like a no brainer, especially if you consider it part of audience development? [ARTnews]
- A recap of Kate Durbin’s “Hello Selfie” performance at PULSE. [Dazed]
- Is Postdamer Strasse losing its hold as Berlin’s trendy gallery district? In February, West Berlin gallery ARNDT will be moving to a new space on Fasanenstrasse in Charlottenburg, which is the location of several traditional galleries and auction houses. [artnet News]
- In case you missed it, Paddy and Michael are in Miami, covering the fairs. Today on the blog, you can read our recaps on UNTITLED. (Paddy praises it for offering “a far more unified viewing experience than any other fair” and NADA (Michael thinks its “matured into thoughtfully idiosyncratic connoisseurship”). [AFC]
- Olivier Michelon, currently the director of the Musée des Abattoirs in Toulouse, has been announced as the new chief curator at the Foundation Louis Vuitton in Paris. [Artforum]
- It was inevitable, wasn’t it? Hipster Barbie has now become Warhol Barbie. For an artist who owned a lot of Barbies, I’m sure this represents a full circle moment for his foundation. [Hyperallergic]
- The Canada Council finally releases further details regarding their new funding model, which we had reported in the summer was suppose to be announced last month. Of course, rather than providing a convenient press release, the Council is encouraging you to visit the initiative’s difficult-to-navigate website, because they want you to work harder at figuring out a new system they’ve done so little thus far in concretely defining. OK then! [Canada Council for the Arts]
