Responding for the first time to an explosive lawsuit brought against art advisor Lisa Schiff, her lawyers reveal in court filings that she is cooperating with authorities and working to liquidate her firm ow.ly/eusl50OK98C

'The prestigious places are the worst': low pay still dogs the art industry, despite optimistic salary survey: theartnewspaper.com/2023/06/09/opt… via The Art Newspaper

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Doug Aitken’s latest work "HOWL" is filled with epic aerial shots of oil wells and daily life in the town, along with short eerie interviews with some of its residents. artnews.com/art-news/artis…

To Truly Understand the Past, Pick Up an Old Magazine via The New York Times nytimes.com/2023/06/13/mag…

A Haven for Modern Art in Buffalo Returns, Doubling in Size and Ambition artnews.com/art-news/revie… via ARTnews

Met Museum Trains ‘Monuments Men’ to Save Ukrainian Cultural Heritage via The New York Times nytimes.com/2023/06/13/art…

To See or Not to See: Zwirner’s LA Debut and the Art World’s Fast Fashion Era artnews.com/list/art-news/… via ARTnews

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4 eras in SF tech:

There’s Something About a Bode Boy thecut.com/article/bode-m…

If you hire a critic to write a piece of criticism, and the criticism is good and fair, and the subject doesn't like it, you do not soften the copy. You do not pull the piece, either. You promote the hell out of it and ask the critic what he'd like to write next.

15 years later I’m thrilled there’s a new platform to join!! 😉 Add me on Threads: threads.net/@lauren__albre… #MyTwitterAnniversary

People in LA googling if they can still go to brunch during a hurricane.

An auctioneer who pleaded guilty to helping produce a group of faked Jean-Michel Basquiat paintings has avoided jail time, instead receiving a sentence of probation and community service from an LA court on Friday. artnews.com/art-news/news/…

Lisa Schiff Faces Millions of Dollars Worth of Claims from Collectors – ARTnews.com 🫣😲 artnews.com/art-news/news/…

“The point here is that you no longer look to those houses for newness and a feeling of modernity as you once did,” says Cathy Horyn. That’s also true of art, film, music: the old cultural forms are no longer oriented towards the new, or even the present. thecut.com/article/fashio…

Your NFTs Are Totally Worthless artnews.com/art-news/marke… via ARTnews

Federally funded arts organisations in the United States—including the Smithsonian Institution’s 21 museums and the National Gallery of Art in Washington, DC—are making plans for a government shutdown that seems increasingly certain ow.ly/vfzs50PRs6q

An interview with the director Wim Wenders on his complicated relationship to his native Germany, a new project he’s been nursing for years, and the beauty of sharing mixtapes. nyer.cm/3CYskaf