McDonald’s daring homage to contemporary art. pic.twitter.com/wjNrAz9rI8
— Giovanni Tiso (@gtiso) December 11, 2016
- The Philippines has spent three decades trying to track down the illegally-purchased art collection of late dictator Ferdinand E. Marcos and his wife Imelda. Now they’re taking to the web, using the hashtag #ShowMeTheMonet. [The New York Times]
- The Holocaust Expropriated Art Recovery Act of 2016 is designed to make it easier for rightful heirs to claim Nazi-looted artwork in the United States. [Smithsonian]
- The New York Times has retired its weekly “Inside Art” column, to be replaced by a new series, “Show Us Your Wall,” which will profile different collectors in their homes. This is supposed to target a broad audience. The “Arts, Briefly” column will now run six days a week. [ARTnews]
- Has anyone else seen Walter Robinson: A Retrospective at Jeffrey Deitch? David Ebony seems to like the show, claiming Robinson infused some heart into pop subject matter. The review makes me want to see the work for myself, which is always a good thing. [Art in America]
- A group of artists in Chengdu, China have been arrested for a performance protesting out-of-control air pollution. Their criminal act? Walking around the city center en masse wearing filtration masks. [BBC News]
- “Ghost Ship is our Fields Triangle factory fire.” Eva Wingren attributes the tragedy in Oakland to gentrification and housing injustice. She relates this to the recent eviction of the Bell Foundry artists in Baltimore, and a model of collective ownership that’s been a successful alternative. [Rooflines]
