Newslinks: Monday June 16th, 2008
June 16th, 2008
Anish Kapoor via Time
Time Magazine on Anish Kapoor [Time]
Tracey Emin’s controversial selections for Royal Academy include zebra bestiality, closeups of masturbation during menstruation, and barbed wire hula-hooping [The Daily Mail]
Separately, Hirst invited to join Royal Academy, and has yet to reply [[TimesUK]
Banksy friend/street artist Nick Walker to tag undisclosed British landmarks with laser [Artinfo]
Private art insurance premiums jump 30% year on year [Wall Street Journal]
Salander furniture/antique sale garners $1.6 million [Bloomberg]
The Met is closer to a new Director [New York Sun]
The Vatican begins a contemporary art initiative[the Independent]
June 16th, 2008 at 8:39 am
[...] Man accidentally throws out Damien Hirst print. Plus: Thieves steal Picassos from São Paulo museum (via A.J.). In a sort of related story: the demand for insurance on art increases (via A.O.). [...]