- Thieves have discovered Henry Moore is a good source of bronze. Another Moore has gone missing, this time stolen from a park in Scotland. [ArtsBeat]
- Banksy leaves some graffiti in Woodside only to have it destroyed. Anyone else starting to feel like this is an unauthorized Creative Time, “Key To The City” type project? Our morbid interest in Banksy is leading us all over the city. [Gothamist]
- Twitter now allows users to receive DMs from people they don’t follow too. Great for the average user, not so great for celebrities. [Gizmodo]
- FAT Lab got a cease & desist letter from Google for their Dr. Google project. [FAT lab]
- Are artists to blame for gentrification? asks Ben Davis, in response to the Guardian’s article of a similar title. Davis comes to a conclusion which every artist in the Bushwick, Williamsburg, East Village, or Soho has long ago: “gentrification isn’t just about people’s individual lifestyle choices—of artists, or preppies—but a symptom of dysfunctional urban policy, everyone is going to continue to get herded in front of rising rents every few years.” [Slate]
- If you missed Mike Kelley’s 2005 Gagosian show “Day is Done”, then you have another chance to see it at PS1. [Times Magazine]
- The fourth wealthiest Russian oligarch bought a single truffle (the mushroom) from Nello restaurant on the Upper East Side for $95,000. What do you eat with that? [ANIMALNY]
Tuesday Links: Same Old Shit
by Paddy Johnson and Whitney Kimball on October 15, 2013 Massive Links
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