Thursday Links: As Seen on TV

On last week’s Monday Night Raw, the Irish wrestler Sheamus kicks the hiccups out of an unsuspecting nerd. Why do we care? There’s a Rothko painting in the background. From what we can tell, this Rothko tends to show up in WWE spots from time to time. [YouTube]
Oh, Detroit. You went bankrupt, and now, some people think you might be saved by selling off the Detroit Institute of Art’s reportedly $1 billion collection. We’ve got stories detailing how Christie’s staff has landed like vultures, ready to begin evaluating the Detroit Institute of Art’s reportedly $1 billion collection. Then, we’ve got critics wrestling over whether it’s okay to sell off the collection. We sure are stuck on this hypothetical; nobody has okay’ed this idea in the first place. [Bloomberg, Hyperallergic]
With all its oil riches, Qatar is buying itself power in the art market. [The New York Times]
Within hours of its release, Google Chromecast, a $35 dongle, sold out on Google’s Play store. It’s a dongle that allows you to stream any web content to a TV by using a mobile device as a remote. [Forbes]
Rhizome announced the winners of their 2013 Commissions. Money for art—yay! [Rhizome]
Kenneth Goldsmith talks about the value being a dumb artist at The Awl and The Colbert Report. [The Awl, Complex via The Colbert Report]