An Ottoman map of the fortress of Ancona produced by Piri Reis in 1525 CE and dedicated to Sultan Suleyman I. See it large. Find a slideshow of other illuminated Ottoman maps here. (Image courtesy of the Walters Art Museum.)
- A mechanical tumor. Freaky.
- Gagosian dropped from Vanity Fair’s movers and shakers list.
- The Smithsonian is offering buyouts.
- Big Question: Will SFMOMA still get Don Fisher’s art collection now that he has died? (Unbeige.)
- Financial Crisis Art. I think I may need one of these for my living room. (What a Lovely Recession.)
- How artists aided in the creation of our national parks.
- Looking Around helpfully (and thoroughly) rounds up the whole Barnes Foundation mess in Philly – in addition to providing a synopsis of the documentary about the mess, The Art of the Steal – in one, two, three and four posts, with more to come. Juicy.
- Keith Haring’s Pop Shop recreated as part of an exhibit at the Tate Modern called Pop Life. And Guardian critic Adrian Searle HATES it, especially the pieces by Damien Hirst which he says make him “feel dead inside.” (Arts Journal.)
- On that controversial, recently-discovered, highly-speculative Frida Kahlo stash. See the slideshow, which pairs images from her real diary, next to the one from the recently discovered archive.
- History’s habit of forgetting female artists: the case of Artemisia Gentileschi. (Arts Journal.)
- Idiom, a new online art mag produced by Barry Hoggard and James Wagner.
- Who says art isn’t masturbatory?
- Speaking of circle jerks, Koons is curating the art collection of a rich guy, whose boat he painted, at the New Museum.
- The Day in Stonerrific ‘Net Art: Watch this one first. Then, after you’ve had a seizure, chill out to this one. (Rhizome.)
- Daniel Johnston as iPhone app.
- Wonderful: The photographs of Charlotte Dumas.
- “No Third Terms. Vote for Burns.” Street art getting sorta political in NYC.
- Today’s Graff: Kislow in the Ukraine.
- L.A. wants to graffiti-coat itself.
- Your moment of Autotune meets Steven Hawking meets Carl Sagan.
