Dan Flavin at the Pinakothek der Moderne in Munich. Photo by Styx_.
Public Service Announcement: Never, ever, for any reason whatsoever, eat at the China section at Epcot Center in Orlando.
- “For the tan you’ve been cravin’, stop by Flavin.”
- The Crime Blotter: Two Picasso paintings stolen from Swiss gallery.
- In related news: The Russian government has launched a website that logs 46,000 art works that went missing due to Nazi looting.
- The Real
HousewivesArt Fraudsters of Orange County. Go, O.C.! - Damien Hirst to open retail shop in Marylebone, England, featuring t-shirts, books, housewares and art.
- 3-D virtual graff by Daim.
- Graffiti in Iraq by U.S. soldiers. (Via Ekosystem.)
- Cute Overload: Skelewags by Chewie. (Via Right Some Good.)
- LACMA’s new Broad wing still getting finishing touches. More here.
- Knight Foundation gives a whole lotta dough (in 1 and 2 parts) to three Miami arts organizations, including MAM.
- Photo Essay: Chinese shadow puppets.
- Star Wars toys and the celebrities that unintentionally look like them. (Via ackackack.)
- “Money is art’s umbilical cord, but it’s also art’s abortionist.”
- The Art Market: Not Dead Yet. Thanks, largely, to the Russians.
- Western Civilization all Freaked Out: China replaces France as the third most important art market by value.
- Bling of the Day.
- These days it’s all about steampunk.
- UN Studio’s VilLa NM in Bethel, NY, destroyed by fire.
- Santa Monica Place: Just because a starchitect builds it doesn’t mean they will come.
- The future of concrete.
- Your moment of reefer man.
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