AFC editors are not the only ones confused by coconut oil.
- One of life’s great questions, explained: Is coconut oil just for rubbing on your titties, or is it truly a superfood? [Shannon’s Kitchen]
- Walter Liedtke, who served as a curator in the European painting department at the Metropolitan Museum of Art for more than 35 years, was amongst the five killed in the Metro-North crash yesterday. [The New York Times]
- Atlanta residents sure are jittery. After a driver mistook a pinhole camera made from soda can for a bomb—it was duct taped to the 14th Street bridge over interstates 75 and 85—the police department deployed a bomb squad and shut down the highway. “I felt bad for the student, because this was his art project,” the man who called in the bomb told local NBC affiliate 11 Alive. “I hope he at least got an A.” [Hyperallergic]
- The Broad Museum will open to the public on September 15, 2015, across the street from MOCA and . Funded by Eli and Edith Broad, and set to include works from their private collection. [The Broad]
- Pay your taxes. New York officials have subpoenaed several galleries and collectors for failure to pay state income tax. The last time the government cracked down on unpaid taxes on high-end art was in 2002. Suspicions abound that the publicity of high-dollar works at auction helped spur the investigation. [The New York Times]
- For reviews of little-known and out-of-print sci-fi paperbacks. [Hypercastle]
- Artist Tania Bruguera tells the Miami New Times that Cuban officials have been spying on her personal calls. She continues to be detained on the island. [Miami New Times]
- Add Scott McCloud’s The Sculptor to the very short list of graphic novels featuring an artist as the main character. From the sounds of it, the premise seems to be whether you’d give up your life for your art. Drama, drama, drama. [The Atlantic]
- If you can manage all of the pop-up ads, check out these horoscopes for horses. Eh, or not. [Equine Whispers]
