- We’re not usually up-to-date with pop culture gossip, but Johnny Depp is apparently in the midst of a fucked-up divorce, during which allegations of abuse were made against him. In anticipation of it being a pricey legal affair, Depp is selling his collection of Basquiats at Christie’s later this month. Can somebody please buy these for a museum so they don’t end up in a mutual fund’s storage locker in Delaware for 50 years? [The Daily Mail]
- Alex Rotter will join Christie’s as their new chairman of Post-War and Contemporary Art Americas. Rotter left Sotheby’s in February during a round of buy outs and the hiring of Amy Cappellazzo’s art advisory group. [The New York Times]
- I have heard nothing but good things about Martin Creed’s solo show at the Armory, which I haven’t seen yet. Except that it’s kind of disgusting (yet endearing at the same time). You can play with balloons, but also watch videos of his mother chewing food, a woman taking a shit, and various people vomiting. I guess there’s something for everyone. [Observer]
- The Statue of Liberty Museum only receives about 5000 people day, but that number hasn’t deterred the National Park Service and the Statue of Liberty-Ellis Island Foundation from planning a new, much larger museum. The new museum would be about 15,000 square feet and privately funded. They are looking for donors. [Curbed]
- Canadian Art’s publisher and CEO Jill Birch is leaving for greener pastures. In a statement, the magazine’s board said they were looking forward to their September 22nd Gala. Any press release is an opportunity to fundraise, huh? [Canadian Art]
- Instagram has been on a food-related censorship rampage lately, banning everything from the hashtag #eggplant to the account of artist Stephanie Sarley, who posts erotic photos of fruit. They even banned Sue Moseley’s photo of a cake because an algorithm decided it looked too much like a breast. Does the Instagram AI have some sort of sexual/food-related complex? Do androids dream of electric Peeps? Let’s hope they get this porn-or-food dilemma sorted out by the Fourth of July, or we’re going to be looking at a lot of users getting banned for selfies with hot dogs. [SCAD Connector]
- Carolina Miranda reflects on the new SF MoMA, what it means for the already gentrified city, and what its inaugural uber blue-chip show signifies. At the very minimum, change. [L.A. Times]
- Wow. Leave it to Scandinavia to solve two problems with one unlikely solution. Thanks to researchers in Iceland, we can now pump captured carbon dioxide gas and rising sea water into volcanos to create solid rock. I can’t even begin to fathom how this process works, but I guess we can look forward to basalt carbonate being the most bountiful art material of the future. [TIME]
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