- Fyodor Pavlov-Andreevich has been arrested following his unsanctioned Met Gala performance (cue the fashion police jokes). The Russian artist was dropped off by accomplices naked and sealed in a plexiglass box on the red carpet. In his defense, the look was much more fitting of this year’s “avant-garde” dress code than whatever the hell it was any of the Kardashian-Jenner brood squeezed into. [The Art Newspaper]
- Long Island City’s long-awaited new waterfront library, designed by starchitect Steven Holl, is being delayed yet again. This time, a custom glass shipment has been delayed by a strike in Spain. [Curbed]
- Many millennials might vaguely remember the ridiculous children’s film Blank Check that always seemed to be on TV for much of the 1990s. It turns out that the movie is really, really fucked up when you watch it from an adult’s perspective. Though, honestly, I remember having suspension of disbelief issues with it as a child. [Observer]
- Toronto’s Visions Gallery has cancelled a show of (pretty bad) paintings by Amanda PL after the artist was accused of “cultural genocide”. PL’s work is influenced by Norval Morrisseau’s 1960s paintings, which incorporated motifs from his Indigenous Canadian roots. When the gallerists found out PL was White, they axed the show and issued a public apology. I’m not sure I have an opinion about this beyond the point that the paintings are bad no matter who painted them. [Heat Street]
- Apparently one of the booths at RuPaul’s Drag Con (which wrapped up over the weekend) was a Divine “mini museum”. Thankfully social media has documented this cultural event thoroughly for posterity. [Facebook]
- Anyone planning an Escape From New York during Frieze Week: I highly recommend the Maryland Film Festival, which opens today. This year should be especially exciting. The organization has bought and renovated a historic theater in Baltimore where there will be year-round programming. It looks great. [BmoreArt]
- Revisiting Jean Paul Gaultier’s 1000+ costumes for The Fifth Element: twenty years later, they’re still amazing and futuristic. [DAZED]
- And some say the Grinch’s heart grew three sizes as big that day: Florida Republicans have decided not to slash state funding for Miami’s famed New World School of the Arts. [Miami Herald]
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