Category: visual

“After nearly two years of planning, prodding and debate, a group of Pasadena residents finally got its big wish: The city let them permanently stick their 18-foot fork in the road.”

“Those unfamiliar with Gursky may be wondering: What’s so special about a picture of a river and some grass? What elevates that photo above so many others? And how did the price get so astronomically high?”

Sometimes, the body just needs to sculpt, paint or draw in order to heal, say those who run a program for U.K. military veterans. And now they’re even sending art packs off to soldiers in Afghanistan.

Most of the silent heads at Saturday night’s Museum of Contemporary Art fundraiser weren’t sad about it the morning after the extravaganza, despite the famous Yvonne Rainier letter of concern. Says one: “You feel sorry for us because we’re being stared at? But we’re staring at you. Marina gave us all permission to create our own performance space around us — it was a gift.”

The commercial magnate appointed head of the Biennale has withdrawn – thanks to the resignation of his patron.

The architect of Denver’s new Clyfford Still musuem “did a rare and risky thing here. He let the concrete express itself.”

The Tate’s Sir Nicholas Serota says museums and galleries need to quit cranking the thermostat (and the a.c.). Were the globally accepted temperature and humidity controls set for the art – or the humans looking at it?

At New York’s Museum of Modern Art in 1931, Rivera “produced five ‘portable murals,’ large blocks of free-standing frescoed plaster, concrete and steel that depict events in Mexican history. After the exhibition opened, Rivera created three more murals, each capturing scenes of Depression-era New York. Now, for the first time in 80 years, five of the murals will be united at [MoMA].”

The allegations come from a leading Russian collector, who does not wish to be named, as well as other figures in the Russian art world.

“Four pieces by Still, whose works rarely come to market, were sold, taking a total of $114m (£71.6m). All of the works came from the Estate of Patricia Still and were being sold by the City and County of Denver with funds going towards the new Clyfford Still Museum, set to open in a week’s time.”