The Dean’s very own menthols were nabbed from his desk. Now being passed around. (Nobody is smoking inside) pic.twitter.com/UW8maSWF78
— Eden Faithfull (@EdenFaithfull) August 22, 2016
- Art students occupy an administration building at the University of Sydney to protest proposed cuts to the Sydney College of Arts. Essentially, these cuts would shut down the university’s art department and require all remaining students to attend the University of New South Wales. That’s not fair, to say the least. [Junket]
- Here comes the latest destination art event: the Antarctic Biennale. Apply today for a spot on the research ship. [Antarctic Biennale h/t e-flux]
- In Southampton, a stolen zebra sculpture was found, dumped in a river. This was the second zebra sculpture to be stolen from the city this year. Stop targeting zebras! [BBC]
- Beyond the paywall, a report on why the SFMoMA deal with the Fisher Collection isn’t all it’s cracked up to be. From the author, Charles Desmaris: “This stipulation has major implications. It means that something like 60 percent of SFMOMA’s indoor galleries (not counting free-admission areas that serve as combination lobby and exhibition spaces) must always adhere — or, at least, respond — to a narrative of art history constructed by just two astute but obdurately private collectors. Granted, curators will be able to address some of the collection’s most significant absences (the Fishers tended toward big art by men of European, particularly German, heritage [note: what Ben Davis calls in his amazing take-down “a real sausage fest” https://news.artnet.com/…/puzzle-heart-stunning-new-sfmoma-…]). But for the next 100 years, their job will be limited in those galleries to a kind of scholarly embroidery, filling in around the edges of a predetermined scenario with works by other artists, such as women, artists of color or California artists.” [San Francisco Chronicle]
- Feminism! Brooklyn! A year of feminist art exhibitions at the Brooklyn Museum! Affiliated events begin this October with Beverly Buchanan, Ruins and Rituals. [Broadway World]
- Somewhere, someone in a marketing department thinks that everything will be better if you put some virtual reality on it—even a movie about Jesus. That’s Jesus VR – The Story of Christ. [Screen Daily]
- The Internet exploded this weekend after Frank Ocean dropped a new album online. [Everywhere]
- Artists Hank Willis Thomas and Eric Gottesman founded the first-ever artist-run super PAC, Four Freedoms. [Four Freedoms]
- “Is the Dallas Fire Marshal Trying to Kill the Local Art Scene?” [Glasstire]
- Once upon a time, Frieze was only a magazine. Then they added on an art fair. Now they’ve added on a school of sorts: this fall, Frieze Academy offers one-day courses in topics like “An Introduction to Managing Artist Estates” and “How to Write an Exhibition Review.” [Frieze]
- Downtown Brooklyn is slowly, but surely on its way to having a one-acre park, to be named Willoughby Square. [New York YIMBY]
- We haven’t heard about any nutty activities from actor-and-sometimes-performance-artist Shia LaBeouf in awhile. I guess he was busy being an actor because there’s a trailer for his new movie American Honey, a schlocky teenage romance in which LaBeouf wears dreadlocks. [HUH.]