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- Last week, the online auction site The Auction Room crashed during the last half hour of bidding during a sale of works from the Middle East; these works included several from Charles Saatchi’s private collection. The close of the auction was postponed for nearly a week, until today. [The Telegraph]
- In an attempt to improve journalists’ productivity, Newsweek introduces a dress code. No t-shirts, jeans, or sandals allowed. [New York Magazine]
- China will introduce a plot of land where you can access some of the Internet. [Quartz]
- Peter Eleey got a promotion: he is now Curator and Associate Director at MoMa PS1. [Gallerist]
- Giving new meaning to the phrase “Live with art,” companies and institutions are moving into museums in Madrid as part of a sponsorship program designed to solicit support for the arts. This recent turn has occurred thanks to a reduction in government spending on the arts in Spain. [The New York Times]
- Elmgreen and Dragset’s Prada Marfa art installation has been deemed “an illegal roadside advertisement” by Texas state officials. No word yet on whether the art installation will need to be removed. [The Guardian]
- A new way to buy a painting of money! bidding started yesterday for Conrad Bakker’s paintings depicting images of cowrie money shells auctioned on eBay. The paintings are priced according to the original asking price of the shells. [Tumblr via Cabinet Magazine]
- Bad at Sports rounds up all the critical coverage of EXPO Chicago 2013. [Bad at Sports]
- Tumblr and Phillips have changed the opening date of their digital auction, Paddles On, from September 23rd to October 1st. [Paddle8]
- This is real: for $200 per family, the new DJ school for babies in Crown Heights will help your 0-3 year-old create “fun and funky samples”, and that’s not referring to diaper contents. Maybe they should partner with whoever taught this baby to shake it. [F’d In Park Slope and YouTube]
