Dog Love, by Klone in Tel Aviv. (Photo courtesy of Klone Yourself!)
- Nice job if you can get it: Nicholas Serota, director of the Tate galleries, gets anointed “permanent employee.”
- Qatar Museum Authority is pursuing Philippe de Montebello for possible employment. (Via A.O.)
- More on the rumored sale of a Jackson Pollock canvas at the University of Iowa: Barbara Gartner, a regent on the board of the university’s art museum who is married to university regent Michael Gartner, and who sits on the board of the Des Moines Arts Center, allegedly didn’t know that Pollock’s piece was worth a cool $150 mil. Glad to know that the people running the place local arts institutions know their stuff. [Boy, I blew that one, didn't I? Sorry, C.]
- Take me to the River: Christo and Jeanne-Claude’s latest wrap job. (Via AFC.)
- The Day in Artsy Advertising: They did Koons, now American Apparel takes on Andy Warhol.
- A gallery of vintage signs. (Via Kottke.)
- Street Art of the Day: Lignes Rouges in Reunion, France. More here.
- A massive, neighborhood-wide installation, all along the flanks of a Brazilian favela, by JR.
- Trippy-cool light projections: Jaybo in Berlin.
- Sculptures that earn spare change: Mark Jenkins’ Golden Ass in Barcelona’s Las Ramblas.
- The Obama merch is totally out of control.
- Frank Lloyd Wright’s Palmer House in Ann Arbor is up for sale.
- Geeks in Real Time: The Sundance Channel’s new reality program, Architecture School.
- Are suburbs dying? Not just yet, says the Economist (via architecture.mnp). Life Without Buildings agrees.
- Despoiling Calatrava’s entry hall at the Milwaukee Art Museum with counters and cash registers. All they need now are some couches and big screen TVs.
- The official Tropic Thunder viral video.
- Your moment of manamana.
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