- Charles Schwab has closed artist Sarah Meyohas’ account because of illegal market manipulation. Meyohas had purchased stocks and sold them in front of an audience as a performance. She then painted the fluctuations in stock prices caused in part by her transactions. [Observer]
- Wow. Florence Nightingale was quite the graphic designer. The famous nurse was an avid statistician and created data visualizations to impact health policies: “to affect thro’ the Eyes what we fail to convey to the public through their word-proof ears.” [Open Culture]
- A group of artists staged The Fung Wah Biennial on a bus travelling up and down the East Coast. The event was a nostalgic look back at the most infamous (and now defunct) of the Chinatown busses. [NPR]
- Ian Volner wrote was has to be the most lovingly detailed account of the Met Breuer’s renovations. [New Republic]
- Applications are open for the Lumen Prize, which rewards digital artists with up to $3,000 in cash and a travelling exhibition. [The Lumen Prize]
- Charges against Russian performance artist Pyotr Pavlensky, who lit the door of a government office building on fire, have been changed from “ideologically-motivated” vandalism to “damaging a cultural heritage site”. [Artforum]
- Greene Naftali is opening a temporary exhibition space at 227 Leonard St in Williamsburg. They’re opening with a solo show from Lutz Bacher on April 8th. [ART News]
- The Seven Best Restaurants in the world according to Vogue include two New York picks: M. Wells at PS1 MoMA (overrated IMO—too many innards) and UNTITLED at the Whitney (underrated IMO—out of this world fried chicken and carrots). The list doesn’t include one of my personal favorites, SMAK, at Malmo Konsthall. Best meringue I’ve eaten. Ever. [Vogue]
- Add David Lynch to the list of celebrities supporting Bernie Sanders. [Twitter]
