One artist lost hundreds of paintings in a loft fire before the city made laws about loft safety; another says it’s not easy because “there is no super” when something goes wrong. But others say their lofts are like a “parallel universe” compared to the rampant greed they see beyond their window. - The Guardian (UK)
After being kicked out when he was 15 for saying he wanted to be an artist, “the young Aboudia pressed on and enrolled in art school. Due to a lack of financial support, he slept in his classroom after the other students went home for the day.” - BBC
Take this chance: Hugo McCloud "was eating dinner with a friend at Choice Market ... when Lauren Kelly, on her way to becoming a partner at her father Sean Kelly’s gallery, noticed McCloud’s paint-splattered pants and asked if he was an artist.” - The New York Times
Maria Balshaw, director since 2017: “I was thrilled, and then I was scared, and I think you stay scared. I still come into work feeling terrified. It takes you five or six years just to understand the institution.” - The Observer (UK)
On Friday, “over 500 activists overtook the New York museum, staging a protest in its lobby, waving Palestine flags above its glass pavilion, and unfurling a large banner from its rooftop that read ‘Free Palestine, Divest From Genocide.’” They also tagged Deborah Kass’s work OY/YO with slogans. - Hyperallergic
Dissatisfied with his paintings, he took knives and his own boots to them rather than send them to hotly anticipated Paris exhibitions, including one scheduled for 1907, which didn’t happen until 1909 for this very reason. - Artnet
"In 1913, on the last day of the history-making Armory Show, … displeased with ... Matisse’s Blue Nude (Souvenir of Biskra), the students accused 'Henry Hair Mattress' of 'artistic murder, pictorial arson, artistic rapine, total degeneracy of color, criminal misuse of line, general esthetic aberration, and contumacious abuse of title.'" - Artnet
Both art institutions and artists face existential challenges in negotiating this AI universe and its emerging financial model. Art-world experts consulted by The Art Newspaper have offered a mix of pragmatic, creative, combative and hopeful responses to the report and to the state of the AI industry. - The Art Newspaper
By interpreting buildings in horror mode, the authors unveil the systemic greed, unsustainable growth, and unchecked power embedded in their foundations. - LA Review of Books
"The house is reportedly set to cut around 50 employees based in London, and … similar layoffs may follow in New York and at other Sotheby’s locations in Europe. … Last year, Sotheby’s laid off at least 10 senior employees." - ARTnews
Most of the missing items are ancient gems and pieces of jewelry from Greece and Rome. Some were listed on eBay by the seller Sultan1966, including a piece of Roman jewelry reportedly worth £50,000 ($60,000) that was offered for a starting price of £40 ($48). - Artnet
While monuments to important figures and concepts are useful teaching tools, nothing is quite as impactful as physically confronting a space where historical tragedies have occurred. - The Urbanist
“Banksy changed the rules. If you want to organize something about Banksy, you have to change the rules also,” he said on a recent walk through the exhibit. - NPR
Adobe marketing materials seemed to suggest it could replace photographers with AI outraged many customers, further igniting an ongoing battle between tech companies and creatives. - Fast Company
"Ranging from life-sized bronze statues to tiny Roman coins, from oil paintings to mosaic flooring, the pieces span the 9th century BC to the 2nd century AD and amount to just one year’s stolen and trafficked art confiscated by Manhattan prosecutor Col. Matthew Bogdanos’s team and returned to Italy." - CNN
