A Probably Fake Jibaozhai Museum Artifact via National Post
- Hipster Moms wanted by 16 and Pregnant producers [Reality Wanted]
- “I like the melody of your dedication and it shows that you have a background of beauty and tenderness and that is a comfort.” Gertrude Stein writes her opinions of The Great Gatsby to F. Scott Fitzgerald in her unique, Gertrude Stein-y way. [Letters of Note]
- Pussy Riot released their first video in a year. [Youtube and New York Times]
- What kind of world do we live in where you can’t even cover your tracks by burning stolen art? A Romanian museum official finds paint ashes in the oven of an alleged art thief’s mother. [WRAL]
- A museum in China shut down because almost all of the 40,000 historical artifacts it housed were fake. [National Post via Hyperallergic]
- More fraud: A New York art dealer tries to make $30 million off of fake masterpieces. [Reuters]
- This is great: a Baltimore-based artist urges the Baltimore Sun to practice what they preach and hire a full-time art critic. [Baltimore Sun]
- A 1941 Matisse interview will finally be released next month, after having been delayed by an almost diva-ish Matisse. [Blouin Artinfo]
- …..AND Sharknado gets a sequel. [Nylon]
