- Oh god, this athleisure Miami fair activation totally deserves a laughing/crying emoji: “SoulCycle is offering free stationary bicycling classes while an artist works inside the popup studio.” [Bloomberg]
- “‘It’s a little late now, I’d say,’ he observed dryly during an interview last month in his Lower East Side studio. ‘But better than never.’” On the bittersweet rush by American museums to acquire the works of African American artists for their permanent collections after decades of neglect. [New York Times]
- Ridiculous: since President Xi Jinping took office, his tough stance on freedom of speech has led to Chinese artists being under increasing surveillance, and now, the inexcusable shutdown of a Beijing exhibition focusing on domestic violence just hours before its opening. [artnet News]
- The other story at last week’s Heffel Fine Art Auction sale was the record sales for three Lawren Harris canvases. “Mountain and Glacier” fetched $4.6 million CDN, the highest ever for a Harris work at auction. The sale comes at the heels of the Hammer retrospective co-curated by Steve Martin, which is reviving international interest in the Canadian painter. [Los Angeles Times]
- The National Gallery of Canada is receiving a $10-million gift which will help establish its new Canadian Photography Institute. [Ottawa Citizen]
- It looks the NYT investigation on tax-exempt private museums—and the wealthy collector founders who are able to deduct full amount of any art or stock they donate to it—is now being scrutinized by the Senate Finances Committee. [New York Times]
- A London Gallery is recreating Miró’s studio for an upcoming exhibition. [The Guardian]
- Andrea K. Scott thinks Rachel Rose’s “Everything and More” at the Whitney is a “lock” for best debut in 2015. [The New Yorker]
- The suspected Planned Parenthood shooter is apparently a dealer of fine art prints. [artnet News]
- Brilliant: an unauthorized arts festival at the Tate Modern is being organized during the Paris climate talks to bring attention to the looming deadline for the big four British institutions to not renew BP’s lead sponsorship. [Deadline]
- Stampsy startup founder Roman Mazurenko—best known as editor-in-chief of LAM (Look at Me) Magazine, and a key Moscow cultural entrepreneur—has died. [Artforum]
