Brian Boucher™️

artnews.comStrife at Tom of Finland Foundation as Cofounder Levels Accusations and the Board Claims HarassmentThere is significant conflict over the management and direction of the Tom of Finland Foundation, based in Los Angeles.

20h

You really do hate to see it. www.artnews.com/art-news/new...

artnews.comChristie’s Brings a Blockbuster Klimt Landscape to Auction, Tagged at $80 M. and Guaranteed to SellChristie's New York will offer Gustav Klimt’s landscape Litzlbergkeller, estimated at $60–80 million, which would put it among the artist’s top prices

Yowza www.artnews.com/art-news/mar...

artnews.com‘We Can Literally Be in Two Places at Once’: Vancouver Art Gallery Elevates Eva Respini and Sirish Rao to Co-CEOsEva Respini and Sirish Rao will serve as co-CEOs at the Vancouver Art Gallery, effective immediately, the museum announced today.

ARTnews can reveal… www.artnews.com/art-news/new...

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The Guardian

@theguardian.com

Eight USS Lincoln personnel have attempted suicide, US navy confirms

theguardian.comEight USS Lincoln personnel have attempted suicide, US navy confirmsHung Cao, acting US navy secretary, answered questions from US senator Kirsten Gillibrand in a letter

artnews.comAI Companies Are Destroying Books by the Millions. What Will It Mean for Art?Tech companies are destroying millions of books after scanning them to feed their Large Language Models. What will this mean for artistic practice?

22 Sept

Be very afraid www.artnews.com/art-news/new...

1 Aug

There is no such thing as “pre-boarding,” my friend

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Adam Serwer

@adamserwer.bsky.social

24 July

Conservatives in 2016: TRIGGERED LIB???? Conservatives in 2026: We are installing trigger warnings in the Smithsonian

artnews.comArtists and Former Staffers Accuse Cape Town Gallery SMAC of Nonpayment and Withholding ArtworksArtists and former staffers say that Cape Town gallery SMAC has a long record of failing to pay artists when their works are sold.

10 July

The business practices of Cape Town gallery SMAC are, one artist told me, “not on.” www.artnews.com/art-news/new...

4 July

Happy Fourth, bitches

artnews.comDid You Miss the Original Eruption of Mt. Vesuvius? Now You Can Experience It in Augmented Reality in PompeiiA new app allows visitors to Pompeii to see the ancient city when it was still thriving, before and even during the eruption of Mt. Vesuvius.

24 June

Are the Italians… okay? www.artnews.com/art-news/new...

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The Onion

@theonion.com

22 June

Archaeologists: D.C. Capitol May Have Once Been Used For Legislating

theonion.comArchaeologists: D.C. Capitol May Have Once Been Used For LegislatingWASHINGTON—Calling the discovery the “clearest proof yet” of how the U.S. government was originally designed to function, archaeologists published new evidence Thursday that suggests the Capitol build...

artnews.comVenice Biennale Jury Resigns En MasseThe jury for the 2026 Venice Biennale resigned on April 30, issuing a statement that did not provide a reasoning.

30 Apr

“You think it’s bad at *your* workplace?”, Thursday edition www.artnews.com/art-news/new...

artnews.comWhistleblower Complaint Alleges Misconduct at Palm Springs Art Museum, Where an Ex-Trustee Describes a ‘Shattered Moral Compass’A whistleblower has raised allegations of misconduct at California’s Palm Springs Art Museum, claiming violations of the law and best practices.

29 Apr

You think it’s bad at *your* workplace?? www.artnews.com/art-news/new...

28 Apr

What word do you consistently mistype? You know how to spell it, but your fingers get it wrong. I almost always come up with “vocer” instead of “cover,” as one example.

artnews.comArtnet Makes Significant Layoffs Following Consolidation with ArtsyArtnet, a prominently online marketplace, made significant layoffs after it was consolidated with its competitor Artsy.

16 Apr

Thinking of my friends and colleagues on what must be a tough day. www.artnews.com/art-news/new...

artnews.comLocal Resort Reportedly Pays $45 M. for Rauschenberg’s Famed Captiva Island PropertyThe South Seas resort reportedly paid $45 million for Robert Rauschenberg's 22-acre property on Captiva Island, Florida.

3 Apr

This seems a pity. www.artnews.com/art-news/new...

1 Apr

California’s High Desert Is Rich With Natural and Artistic Beauty—All Amplified by a Budding Art Fair: www.artnews.com/art-news/mar...

23 Mar

“Art Collector and ‘Galerie’ Magazine Founder Lisa Fayne Cohen Fawned Over Jeffrey Epstein in Emails: ‘There Is No One Else Like You’”: www.artnews.com/art-news/new...

artnews.comAn Orientalist Painting Central to the Penn Museum’s History To Be Offered for $4 M. at BonhamsThe Penn Museum's purchase of Osman Hamdi Bey's painting curried favor with the artist-administrator in facilitating U Penn's archaeological digs.

23 Mar

This sale may be within bounds set by professional organizations, but experts are unhappy about it. www.artnews.com/art-news/new...

artnews.comDealers at TEFAF Maastricht Report Robust Sales, Offering Works Ranging from Two Inches to Room-SizeA sprawling Neapolitan crèche, a gigantic sleigh, and two-inch-high enameled gold paintings all dazzle at the latest edition of TEFAF Maastricht.

14 Mar

Dealers are selling some amazing things at TEFAF Maastricht, like a two-inch-high enameled gold *book page*, for fuck’s sake www.artnews.com/artnews/news...

artnews.comUndaunted by Global Unrest, TEFAF Revs Up for Maastricht Edition With a ‘Museum For Sale’Some 276 dealers from 24 countries will one-up each other for museums' attention at TEFAF Maastricht, a fair one dealer likens to "a museum for sale"

12 Mar

Are you ready to rumble, by which I mean spend millions at TEFAF? www.artnews.com/art-news/mar...

rollingstone.comTrump Rambles About Golden Drapes in White House as Americans Die OverseasPresident Donald Trump touted gold curtains he selected for the White House at a Medal of Honor ceremony shortly as Americans die in the Iran war.

10 Mar

Oh my god

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Nikki McCann Ramírez

@nikkimcr.bsky.social

2 Mar

Trump Rambles About Golden Drapes in White House as Americans Die Overseas www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...

3 Mar

artnews.comIn Los Angeles for Frieze Week? Watch Out For a Mobile LED Truck with the Art World’s Jeffrey Epstein EmailsTod Lippy has hired an LED truck that will troll the Los Angeles art world with emails between art-world luminaries and Jeffrey Epstein.

28 Feb

👀 www.artnews.com/art-news/new...

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SorryHat

@sorryhat.bsky.social

28 Feb

Never forget who you’re fighting for.

artnews.comDealers Are Abuzz at Frieze LA’s VIP Day: ‘It’s a Frenzy’The aisles were packed with collectors, museum trustees and, of course, actors at the latest edition of the Frieze Los Angeles fair.

27 Feb

Frieze LA VIP day report: www.artnews.com/art-news/mar...

artnews.comChicago’s DePaul Art Museum to Close After 40 YearsThe DePaul Art Museum will close after 40 years amid substantial financial challenges at its parent university, which has initiated layoffs.

26 Feb

Chicago’s DePaul University will shutter its art museum, it announced moments ago. www.artnews.com/art-news/new...

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Amanda Katz

@katzish.bsky.social

25 Feb

👀 www.thecrimson.com/article/2026...

thecrimson.comSummers To Resign From Teaching Appointments, Relinquish University Professorship Over Epstein Ties | News | The Harvard CrimsonFormer Harvard President Larry Summers will resign from his academic and faculty appointments at Harvard at the end of the academic year, relinquishing his University Professorship — Harvard’s highest...

artnews.comLouvre Director Laurence des Cars Resigns After Heist and Internal TurmoilLaurence des Cars, director of the Louvre, left her post amid strikes, a heist, leaks, and internal turmoil.

24 Feb

Breaking on ARTnews: Louvre director resigns. www.artnews.com/art-news/new...

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Marc Fischer

@marc-fischer.bsky.social

23 Feb

It's a small win, but still... this fills me with civic pride.

blockclubchicago.orgChicago Just Named A Snowplow ‘Abolish ICE’— Here Are The Other WinnersThe city received a record number of entries and votes for its annual snowplow-naming contest. The Department of Streets and Sanitation announced the six winners Monday.

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NY Times Pitchbot

@nytpitchbot.bsky.social

23 Feb

Please shoot me.

19 Feb

“I Swam To See an Underwater Art Project Off Miami Beach That Imagines a Better Aquatic World.” My latest for ARTnews. www.artnews.com/art-news/new...

youtu.beBob Roberts (1992) - Full MovieYouTube video by LukaS Arts

19 Feb

Absolutely tremendous movie. I watched it again recently and does it ever hold up.

Evan Fowler@evanfowler.bsky.social

In 1992, Tim Robbins wrote, directed, and starred in the most accurate and evergreen American political satire ever produced. It’s been out of print for decades. It’s unavailable for streaming. If you want to watch it, bootleg copies on YouTube are the only way. Watch it before it vanishes again.

theonion.comCam Girl Has Ash On Forehead

18 Feb

This is funny to me every year. theonion.com/cam-girl-has...

artnews.comArt Investing Startup Masterworks Files Legal Complaint Against an Early Hire Over Lawsuit ThreatA co-founder and former chief product officer at startup Masterworks is threatening to sue over wrongful termination. The company says he resigned.

13 Feb

When “you can’t fire me—I quit!” looks more like “I didn’t quit—you fired me!” My latest for ARTnews. www.artnews.com/art-news/new...

npr.orgA Jan. 6 rioter pardoned by Trump was convicted of sexually abusing childrenA handyman from Florida who received a pardon from President Trump for storming the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, was convicted on state charges of child sex abuse and exposing himself to a child.

12 Feb

Another.

I Heart Noise@iheartnoise.bandcamp.com

www.npr.org/2026/02/11/n...

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Pete 👎 ABOLISH ICE 👎

@barrelbucket.bsky.social

11 Feb

Sickening. #ICEOUT #MN www.mprnews.org/story/2026/0...

mprnews.orgAfter arrest, teen refugee held overnight in hotel room by ICE agentsA girl who entered the United States as a refugee alleges that immigration authorities separated her from her family and detained her overnight in a hotel, where she was forced to share a room with fe...

artnews.comTina Rivers Ryan Departs Artforum—Rachel Wetzler and Daniel Wenger to Lead Magazine as Co-EditorsOn Wednesday, Artforum announced that editor-in-chief Tina Rivers Ryan will depart from her role at the end of February.

11 Feb

Some news about Artforum: www.artnews.com/art-news/new...

10 Feb

It’s almost as though our government were run by a secret cabal of sex traffickers.

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com

Bloomington police announce arrests in sex trafficking bust: "Rashad Johnson out of Maple Grove. This is the most disturbing arrest that we've had here. He is a backgrounder for ICE, Homeland Security, and federal agencies."

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Aaron Rupar

@atrupar.com

10 Feb

Rep. Delia Ramirez to DHS officials: "I have as much respect for you as I do for the last white men who put on masks to terrorize communities of color. I have no respect for the inheritors of the Klanhood and the slave patrol. Those activities were criminal and so are yours."

8 Feb

As you may have heard, Trump bragged about a supposed weapon used in Venezuela that he claims to have dubbed the Discombobulator. “Sir, is there any chance the Discombobulator is on now?” asks Colbert. “I would not describe your recent behavior as, uh, ‘combobulated.’”

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Minnesota Star Tribune

@startribune.com

bit.lyLorde donates merchandise proceeds from Minneapolis shows to immigrant rights groupsPop singer Lorde will donate money she made on merchandise sales from her sold-out Minneapolis shows last fall to two Minnesota immigrant rights groups, she shared in a post on Instagram on Tuesday.

Pop singer Lorde will donate the $204,000 she made on merchandise sales from her sold-out Minneapolis shows last fall to two Minnesota immigrant rights groups.

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Radley Balko

@radleybalko.bsky.social

newrepublic.comDHS Hunts Down 67-Year-Old U.S. Citizen Who Criticized Them in EmailThe Department of Homeland Security is using a little-known tool to go after its critics.

Floored by this story. A man wrote a pollite email to a federal prosecutor objecting to the deportation of an Afghan seeking asylum. DHS responded with an administrative warrant to get the man's info from Google, then visited his home to intimidate him.

artnews.comEpstein Files Reveal Friendship with SVA Chair David A. Ross: ‘I’m Still Proud to Call You a Friend’David A. Ross, who headed museums including the Whitney and SFMOMA, corresponded with disgraced financier Jeffrey Epstein over several years.

Epstein discussed with Ross an idea for a show of photos of underage people called “Statutory.” www.artnews.com/art-news/new...

nytimes.comThe Government Published Dozens of Nude Photos in the Epstein Files

It’s almost as though our government is run by a cabal of child pornographers. www.nytimes.com/2026/02/01/u...

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Derek gendvil

@derekbshelby.bsky.social