Pasaje 27 de Setiembre by Thomas Struth. (Image courtesy of Galerie Max Hetzler.)
- The LAPD’s Wanted poster for the missing Andy Warhol paintings. Better than the real thing. (WalletPop.)
- Why do people go to museums? Shit, to make fun of the art, of course. (Arts Journal.)
- Damien Hirst looking to “immortalize” identical twins. In sort of related news: the graffiti artist who stole a buncha pencils from a Hirst installation at the Tate Modern is now threatening to sharpen them. Jonathan Jones opines. (Art Observed.)
- A peek at Larry Gagosian’s book store. Sadly, there is no sign of a café.
- Paintings lead complicated lives.
- News Flash: NYT names nerdy guy to arts editor post. (CultureGrrl.)
- In defense of blockbusters.
- NY Mag rounds-up the new gallery season in Chelsea: Among other things, stuff is smaller.
- The Fanjuls P.O.’d that the Prado is showing two paintings that had once belonged to them that were seized by the Cuban government when Castro took power. (Art Observed.)
- The latest book sculpture from Brian Dettmer. Whoa.
- Gigantic cardboard pop-ups.
- The Metropolis Art Prize: Have your work shown in Times Square. You’ve got ’til Oct. 18th to apply. (Did I mention Isabella Rossellini is chairing the jury? I hope she wears the praying mantis outfit when the winners are announced…)
- Glenn Beck’s logo was intentionally communist. He also eats babies. Related: a brief history of the clenched fist image. (@commondor.)
- Graffiti porcelain.
- “Donating” graffiti works.
- Maya Lin’s Museum of the Chinese in America to open next Tuesday.
- Prince Charles’ charity accused of being used as an architectural lobbying firm. (Arts Journal.)
- Bruce Ratner’s latest Atlantic Yards proposal: “another way to dress up a turkey,” writes Justin Davidson (Arts Journal.)
- This should be good: Betsey Johnson is gonna design a suite at the Plaza.
- Your moment of super cuteness, Japanese ukelele style. (Coudal.)
OJ did it.