ViaA lot went down this week in the weird and wild world of Art. Some things were more scandalous than others, some were just plain wacky—but all of them are worth knowing about. Without further ado:+ Paul McCartney thinks Kanye West reminds him of Andy Warhol. [Rolling Stone]+ Art collector and developer Aby Rosen erected a giant anti-Trump mural on the walls of one of his new properties in Manhattan. [The Real Deal]
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+ Sotheby’s reported $86 million in earnings last quarter. [Artnews]+ The Artist Pension Trust, a mutual assurance fund that acts as a financial safety net for participating artists, announced its first round of payouts to over 400 artists in New York and Los Angeles. [Artforum]+ The British Library announced a Harry Potter exhibition in honor of the book’s 20th anniversary. [The Creators Project]+ English fashion retailer, Topman, has been accused of plagiarism by artist Faig Ahmed for allegedly putting one of his sculptures on a t-shirt they released. [Hyperallergic]
+ Photographer Gerda Taro’s war memorial in Leipzig, Germany has been vandalized—covered in black paint in a reportedly ‘politically motivated’ attack. [Monopol]+ Terminally ill artist Betsy Davis held a two-day party for close friends before ending her life at 41, in one of the first doctor-assisted suicides in California. [Daily Mail]+ Russian-American sculptor Ernst Neizvestny died in New York last week at age 91. [Artforum]+ Instead of paying taxes, the Tate Museum gave the UK government a painting. [Arts Council England]+ Michael Jordan is giving the Smithsonian’s National Museum of African American History and Culture, a $5 million dollar donation and a game-worn jersey from 1996. [The New York Times]
Via+ The Grundy art gallery in Blackpool is hosting Britain's biggest-ever survey of neon artworks. [Artnet]
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+ A French war memorial banned Pokémon Go and has effectively been removed from the game. [Artnet]+ Two men were arrested trying to steal a copy of a Banksy painting. [The Guardian]+ A couple vacationing in Hawaii accidentally stumbles upon ancient petroglyphs. [Hawaii News Now]+ Artist Gustavo Aceves has plans to install a set of sculptures in front of the Colosseum in Rome. [The Art Newspaper]
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+ Photographer Gerda Taro’s war memorial in Leipzig, Germany has been vandalized—covered in black paint in a reportedly ‘politically motivated’ attack. [Monopol]+ Terminally ill artist Betsy Davis held a two-day party for close friends before ending her life at 41, in one of the first doctor-assisted suicides in California. [Daily Mail]+ Russian-American sculptor Ernst Neizvestny died in New York last week at age 91. [Artforum]+ Instead of paying taxes, the Tate Museum gave the UK government a painting. [Arts Council England]+ Michael Jordan is giving the Smithsonian’s National Museum of African American History and Culture, a $5 million dollar donation and a game-worn jersey from 1996. [The New York Times]
