Okay, who is buying “I “spot” Damien Hirst” t-shirts for their kids and why???
- This seems pretty big for creatives in Sacramento: $500,000 has been allocated to a pilot program that will fund art, tech and food projects with a public benefit. [The Sacramento Bee]
- A kinda sorta rags to riches story about art dealer Peter Loughrey, who began his career as a stunt man living out of his van, got life-threatening cancer, and is now a rich art dealer. [CNBC]
- Governor’s Island will remain open for the fall for the first time ever. [Curbed]
- Dorothea and Leo Rabkin Foundation has awarded grants to $50,000 each to eight arts journalists. The prize totals $400,000. Winners are Phong Bui (publisher of the Brooklyn Rail); Charles Desmarais (art critic for the San Francisco Chronicle); Bob Keyes (features writer for the Portland Press Herald, Maine); Jason Farago (writer for the New York Times and the Guardian and founding editor of the magazine, Even); Jeff Huebner (contributor to the Chicago Reader); Carolina Miranda (culture writer for the Los Angeles Times); Christina Rees (editor-in-chief of Glasstire, Dallas); and Chris Vitiello (freelance writer and independent curator and organizer, Durham, North Carolina). Congrats – this prize is a huge deal in the media world, where writers are chronically underpaid. [Dorothea and Leo Rabkin Foundation]
- Random thought: Do we really need op eds about Donald Trump’s secret meeting with Vladimir Putin? There’s zero new information to be gained from this and what is there to say about this past the obvious fact that this President is not operating in the best interests of the country. [The Internet]
- Is art schwag in trouble? Damien Hirst’s store Other Criteria has announced it will close and relaunch as a book store. (Good luck making money on that venture.) In addition to selling his limited edition prints, the store sold all manner of art on skateboards, plates, mugs, t-shirts and whatever else you could print on or mass produce. [Devonline]
