Way better than Antony Gormley’s Fourth Plinth: the summertime crowds at the Louvre. (Photos by Sebastian Puig.)
Once upon a time, in our youth, we were asked to write for a companion guide to a famous novel by Dan Brown. We visited many locations in the book and wrote with some authority (being versed in art conservation matters) about the restoration of Leonardo Da Vinci’s Last Supper in Milan. But we wrote from a distance about the Caravaggio holdings at the Louvre.
Our challenge was to figure out which painting in the Grand Gallerie could have been yanked off the wall during a key murder scene. We went for the fabulous Death of the Virgin (and luckily, so did the movie-makers, who turned the novel into a Tom Hanks romp, complete with straightened hair). But having just been to Paris to visit said gallery in person, we think that we may have made a mistake…
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“Dude, you were supposed to bring a dish.” (Photo by Yvonne Connasse.)
- Congrats to Amy from Seattle for winning the C-Mon Holiday Giveaway Extravaganza! The glittery brutalism is all yours!
- 100 cereal boxes. Love that there were once cereals called Corn Crackos and Wackies. (Coudal.)
- MOCA Mess-a-palooza, Unnamed Sources Edition: Museum director Jeremy Strick allegedly resigns, Mayor Tony wants this to be a public process and the NYT reports that the museum is leaning towards accepting the Broad deal, but the LACMA offer has not been completely discarded.
- Late addition: Interview Magazine’s Dec./Jan issue is devoted to art and features Q&As with, among other high profile ah-tists, William Eggleston, Damien Hirst, Jeff Koons, Richard Prince and Raymond Pettibon, who says that Gumby appealed to him as a subject because “he could go into books and become part of the story.”
- The International Asian Art Fair, which was scheduled for March in NYC, has been cancelled.
- Sketches may be Leonardo Da Vinci’s.
- Blagojevich’s hair inspires ironic tee.
- Richard Dorment at the Telegraph lists his top 10 favorite exhibits.
- And Damion Hayes lists 5 artists he likes.
- Art on billboards, Moscow edition.
- Bushwhacking.
- Today’s Graff, Trailer Style: Elfo in Italy.
- Holiday Street Art. (Hrag Vartanian.)
- Looking Around lists the worthwhile architecture books of the season.
- Your moment of Please, Please, Please.
