Sarah Charlesworth, Stills (1980) (Installation View)

One of the preeminent figures of Pictures Generation, Sarah Charlesworth is the subject of an expansive retrospective at the New Museum, on view through September 20th.  Curated by Massimilano Gioni and Margot Norton, the show spans the broad career of the late artist, tracing her visceral practice, each gallery on the second floor reserved for a different series by the artist. Considered a key member in a group of mostly female artists that dismantled set methods of looking at images while complicating the imposed grammar of photography, Charlesworth delivered an impressive body of work that eventually cemented her as a Conceptualist more than a photographer as she herself underlined occasionally.   (more…)

Sotheby’s is reportedly opening a new office in India, based in Mumbai, and headed up by chairman Edward Gibbs, and regional director of India Priyanka Mathew.  “By opening an office in India, the company will be able to increase the scale and scope of its activities in the country and support a full calendar of events, talks, exhibitions, and charity sales,” the auction house said in a statement. (more…)

Cooper Union has settled its court case with the Committee to Save Cooper Union and the Office of the Attorney General of the State of New York, the school announced late yesterday, signaling a resolution to increase transparency and involvement in the school’s governance.  “Under the agreement, which must be approved by the court, The Cooper Union will increase transparency and participation by broadening the involvement of its students, alumni, faculty and staff in the school’s governance,” the school said in a statement. (more…)

The Broad Museum’s online ticketing system has crashed on its first day of operation, following overwhelming traffic to the site for museum reservations.  “It isn’t that much fun to be in an overcrowded gallery,” Director Joanne Heyler had previously noted. “We’re going to watch very carefully to strike the right balance, with access for as many as we can, but not an uncomfortable experience. We want to keep artworks safe from accidental bumping that can happen when there’s overcrowding.” (more…)

Chason Matthams, Heidi (2010), via Art Observed

In our daily lives, we are constantly bombarded with imagery, navigating through the chaos of web pages, textbooks, etc. These images are being infinitely reproduced and distributed, passing through our perceptual filters to either be kept indefinitely or to be ignored entirely. This summer, Miami-born artist Chason Matthams works with Thierry Goldberg to put on his first New York solo show, Advances, None Miraculous, delving further into the chaos to create non-linear narratives from this image detritus, making comparisons that might otherwise be ignored. (more…)

A nearly 100-foot deep tunnel discovered by Israeli police in East Jerusalem may have been intended for a museum heist at the Rockefeller Archaeological Museum, Reuters reports.  The hole had been dug in an elderly woman’s yard, possibly by a group of men reportedly checking a water leak there.  “This is the work of a criminal gang that wanted to gain access somewhere – whether to the museum or the bank, is still being checked,” says police spokeswoman Luba Samri. (more…)

Crain’s has a summary of the ongoing migration out of Chelsea by small and mid-level galleries, as rents continue to spike, and those who don’t own their buildings are slowly forced out.  “Just like in SoHo, galleries are the victims of their own success,” says Stuart Siegel, senior VP at CBRE Group Inc., who has specialized in Chelsea for years. “The galleries put Chelsea on the map. Then the world followed them.” (more…)