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by Paddy Johnson and Whitney Kimball on August 14, 2014
- The world’s oldest eel has died. It was 155. Eels typically live about 7 years. [The Local]
- Demand Media, the company behind eHow.com and Livestrong.com has purchased Saatchi Art for 17 million. eHow and Livestrong have suffered a traffic reduction thanks to a change last year in Google’s ranking system so the company is trying to recover. We’re not sure how purchasing Saatchi Art is going to help them. [L.A.Times]
- Leon Black’s Phaidon Press buys Artspace. No price has been disclosed. [Bloomberg]
- Two German artists say they were the ones who planted mystery white flags on the Brooklyn Bridge last week. City Room has a list of other art pranks that have taken place over the years and is looking for more in the comment section and over twitter, with the hashtag #nytoday. Let’s help em out. [City Room]
- The Delaware Art Museum is in deep trouble. They’ve sold some of their most valuable art work to fund a museum expansion that no one is visiting. Then, last year, they hired Michael Miller, who until coming to serve on the museum’s board seven years ago, ran DuPont Merck, a pharmaceutical company. The deaquistioning continues, and it’s clear Miller has no art expertise himself. When asked to name an art work he likes, he replied, “Jeez. I never thought about that. Well, I actually like Picasso, but we don’t have any Picassos.” What a leader.[The New York Times]
- Technologies used by major corporations to calculate when workers should work and where helps maximize profits, but create erratic schedules that can keep employees hostage to their job. [The New York Times]
- Another story of a dealer who got over his head: David LaChapelle sues former dealer and agent Fred Torres for $2.8 million in debts. These stories are becoming pretty common in New York. [artnet News]
- Mayor Bloomberg really likes “Johnny Tremain”. [Twitter]
- The Smithsonian Libraries has been GIFing its antique prints for its Tumblr. [Smithsonian Libraries Tumblr]
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