Stuart Semple’s Black 2.0 pigment accomplishes some of the optical trickery of Vantablack.
- Everything you’ve ever wanted to know (or not) about the beef between British artists Anish Kapoor and Stuart Semple over Kapoor’s exclusive rights to Vantablack. The story basically ends with Semple making his own ultra-black pigment that’s available for everyone and far more affordable. [Wired]
- The Tate Britain has placed work from Khadija Saye on view in their memorial gallery. Saye died in the Grenfell Tower fire last week. [BuzzFeed]
- Buffalo’s Albright-Knox Art Gallery is expanding, following last year’s huge donation of $42.5 million from billionaire Jeffrey Gundlach. The plan, from OMA’s Shohei Shigematsu, will allow the museum to display more of its collection while maintaining the Olmstead parkland in which it sits. They’ll accomplish this by expanding underground and burying the existing parking lot. [WIVB 4]
- As skyrocketing rents make expansion in major art capitals impossible, many mid-tier galleries are opening locations in smaller cities or vacation towns. Or giving up permanent brick-and-mortar locations altogether and just doing pop-ups and art fairs. [Financial Times]
- Head to the Oculus at the World Trade Center sometime in the next month. Up Close: Michelangelo’s Sistine Chapel features nearly-life-sized reproductions of the famous frescoes in great detail. [artnet News]
- Stop plucking now: the Dallas Museum of Art is hoping to set a world record for most Frida Kahlo impersonators gathered in the same place. The event will take place on July 6th, what would have been the artist’s 110th birthday. [Star Telegram]
- Some of the brains behind the Highline have created a website, Highline Network, to share ideas with other similar park projects. A lot of the impetus actually seems to be a cautionary tale—most don’t want to replicate the out-of-control gentrification that accompanied the park’s arrival. [Dezeen]
