Antony Gormley photographed at White Cube last year, via the Independent

New Antony Gormley sculpture unveiled in Oxford city centre, atop Exeter College [BBC]
6 Vice video interviews with artist Vito Acconci [VBS]
KAWS interviewed on CBS Sunday Morning News [The World’s Best Ever]
Sarah Lucas and Oliver Garbay produce a provocative 750 page alphabet book [Times UK]

For the Love of Gold by Eugenio Merino, via Supertouch

Damien Hirst suicide sculpture ‘For the love of Gold’ causes a stir at Madrid art fair [Supertouch]
Rita Ackermann’s 10-year old daughter opens first solo art show at Half Gallery in NYC [The Moment]
ArtTactic Survey indicates declining confidence in Chinese contemporary artists and value of their works [Bloomberg]
Park Avenue Armory launches commission within by its Drill Hall, Ernesto Neto will be the first [ArtDaily]

A JR work last year at the Tate Modern via the Worlds Best Ever

A profile of JR, a street artist of ambitious scale, hailed as ‘hippest street artist since Banksy’ and, who is according to Sotheby’s Contemporary head is currently “unbelievably hot” [Times UK]
The Economist examines the quirks of the contemporary art market under the current economic conditions [Economist]
The Journal recaps the London Auctions [Wall Street Journal]
The New York Times examines the effect of recessions and price corrections on the quality of art [NYTimes]

Kanye West uses Kaws for his cover art (Takashi Murakami has also had the privilege) [theartcollectors]
Art collector Aby Rosen’s Core Club, featuring works by such artists as Jean-Michel Basquiat and De Kooning, owes its founding members funds [NYPost]
A closer look into the ramifications of the art “crash” [WallStreetJournal]

The Art Museum of Ontario goes for the “Bilbao effect” with a new $276 million Frank Gehry-designed facility (it’s his hometown) [NYtimes] more here [Bloomberg]
With exhibtions recently at the Grand Palais in Paris and now at Gagosian Gallery in London, Ricard Serra interviewed [ArtNewspaper]
Are art and fashion cross promotions becoming gauche? [ArtInfo]
and in related news, the assumption is that this year’s Art Basel Miami will be more austere [CNN Money] more on this here [NYMag]

Musician and artist Pharrell Williams sitting on work from Perspectives, via The Clones.

Pharrell Williams, music producer and member of N.E.R.D, is currently exhibiting his latest design ambition entitled Perspective at the Galerie Emmanuel Perrotin, Paris. The exhibition consists of a single chair its seat supported with the legs of both a man and a woman and was created with the help of furniture designer Domeau & Pérès. The chair which is on display in four colors comes with a seat that can either be wrapped in leather, velour, or veal skin. Williams, no stranger to design, has previously worked on two separate jewelry lines, one in collaboration with Louis Vuitton’s in-house jewelry designer Camille Miceli the other with street artist KAWS. Earlier this year Williams curated the show Saturated by KAWS at Miami’s Galerie Emmanuel Perrotin, as covered by Art Observed here.

Pharrell Williams: Perspectives [Galerie Emmanuel Perrotin]
Pharrell Williams Debuts His “Perspectives” Chair at Gallerie Emmanuel Perrotin [supertouch]
Pharrell’s Perspective Chairs at Gallerie Emmanuel Perrotin [hypebeast]
Pharrell Williams at Galerie Emmanuel Parrotin, Paris [Digital Ape]
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“Concetto spaziale, La fine di Dio” by Lucio Fontana via Christie’s

Highest-valued sale Christie’s has yet to auction during Frieze Art week will be a Lucio Fontana egg-shaped canvas estimated at $21.8 million [Bloomberg]
LACMA announces $55 million gift directed toward new pavilion amongst other endeavors from POM Wonderful and Fiji water owners [ArtDaily]
Street artist Kaws, now at Emmanuel Perrotin in Miami (as covered by AO here), collaborates on shoes with Marc Jacobs [TheWorldsBestEver]
An interview with Catherine Opie, whose work can now be seen at the Guggenheim [Artforum]
Ukrainian (not Russian, as cited in linked article) steel oligarch Victor Pinchuk announces Director for his new Kiev museum and that he was in fact a major buyer at Hirst’s Sotheby’s auction [ArtInfo]

KAWS with SpongeBob acrylic piece included in his exhibit Saturated, via hypebeast

This weekend marked the opening of Saturated, KAWS’ first solo show since 2002. The exhibition held at Miami’s Galerie Emmanuel Perrotin was curated by Pharrell Williams of N.E.R.D fame and included pop-art acrylic works inline with the artists signature style. The paintings’ subjects included animated icons SpongeBob SquarePants and the Smurfs. The collection like previous work by KAWS includes well known imagery as an attempt to be produce art that is universally understood, transcending languages and cultures. The artist who came to fame in the early 90’s through subverting images on billboard, bus shelter, and phone booth advertisements has previously reworked the animated icons The Simpons, Mickey Mouse, and Michelin Man among others.

Interview: KAWS [The Moment]
KAWS’ Saturated at Emmanuel Perrotin [The World’s Best Ever]
KAWS “Saturated” Show Opening [hypebeast]
Opening Nite: KAWS’ “Saturated” [supertouch]

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White Gloves, KAWS, 2001via Phillips

Phillips de Pury & Company is holding an auction of street art pieces on September 6th, as part of their Saturday@Phillips series. On sale will be a large collection of pieces ranging from paintings, photographs, jewelry, toys, and other various pieces from well-known artists like Kaws, Invader, Judith Supine, Beejoir, and Bast. The auction represents the growing popularity of the street art movement, the influence of which can be seen on fashion shows, advertising, and galleries and museums in the contemporary art world.

The Word on the Street, by Alex Smith [PhillipsArtExpert]
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Urban Art Auction At Phillips de Pury September 6 [Highsnobiety]
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The Word on the Street [Phillips]

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Caroline Copley, Sabrina Blaichman, and Genevieve Hudson-Price, co-founders of 7Eleven Gallery via NYSun

In space from a developer father, three 21 year olds launch mobile 7Eleven gallery [NYSun]
In other prominent roots news: Rupert Murdoch’s daughter joins Tate board [Bloomberg]
Baltic Center for Contemporary in court over controversial Terence Koh exhibit [Artinfo]
Second Brazilian art theft arrest: works found under suspect’s bed [Artdaily]
Street artist KAWS officially introduced to the art world; to hold first gallery show [NYTimes]