Robb Swanson, right, and Doug Wilson hold posters opposing the sculpture chosen to go in front of the arena Tuesday at the Sacramento council meeting. Photo: Jose Luis Villegas
- The Sacramento city council unanimously approved funds last night to help purchase a Jeff Koons public sculpture that’s proved contentious amongst some local artists. [The Sacramento Bee]
- Collector Alain Servais surveys the effects of amassed wealth across the art industry in his essay, “Art in the Shadow of Market Industrialization”. One depressing but perhaps unsurprising citation: Art prices rise—and rise faster—when income inequality goes up. [SFAQ]
- New York upholds its ban on ferrets, inciting the criticism of ferret fans. “I don’t think I’ve ever been let down by my government this much,” said one disappointed New Yorker. [The New York Times]
- Artists can say good-bye to the once friendly rent rates at Industry City (if they haven’t already). Jamestown, Belvedere Capital and Angelo Gordon are expected to ask the city for a zone variance to build a hotel on the Industry City waterfront. They plan to invest 1 billion to refurbish the facility. [Crains]
- 100 best paintings in New York, as chosen by 34 artists, critics, journalists, curators and gallery dealers including yours truly. [Time Out New York]
- Are you paying taxes on art bought out of state? A useful tax guide for collectors. [Artnet News]
- The clearest definition of post-internet yet: Artists who use the web as a basis for their work but don’t make a big deal out of it. This from a feature on Post-Internet poetry. [The New Yorker]
- “The reason more women aren’t editing has to do with leisure inequality” says Jacqueline Mabey, co-founder of the Art+Feminism Wiki-edit-athon. [Artnews]
- Love that Hyperallergic does a weekly survey of art crimes. Each crime comes with a Scream icon rating. This seems like the best way to deal with this kind of news, which this week included a couple that had sex in every room of the Erotic Heritage Museum, a couple charged with vandalism for carving their initials into the wall of Rome’s Colosseum. [Hyperallergic]
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