John Gast, "American Progress" (c. 1872)
- Surprise, surprise: Queens is the new Bushwick. [via Artinfo, WSJ]
- Smell art: the final frontier? [Hyperallergic]
- Yes. The French ministry of culture acknowledges perfumery as art [via Hyperallergic tweet: graindemusc.blogspot.com]
- Upper East Side art dealer Robert Scott Cook of Cook Fine Art faces up to 20 years in prison. The 62-year-old was charged with $4 million fraud after selling 16 works by Renoir, Matisse, and Picasso without telling the owner or giving him the proceeds. [via Artinfo, WSJ]
- We just almost got hit by an asteroid. [Gizmodo]
- Because of Nazis, Twitter will now censor tweets by country. [Slate]
- It was inevitable: now there’s a shit art world people say. [Creativetime]
