BEST

Monica King Goes Solo – The veteran of
galleries such as Pace and Kasmin is starting her own eponymous gallery in the
newly flourishing art mecca of Tribeca.

Calling All Art Boys – A Facebook casting
call reveals that NBC appears to be scouting for a new Bachelor-style TV
series featuring arty men looking for love.

A Gallery’s Gift to a Museum – Dealer Andrea
Rosen’s erstwhile gallery has donated its archives, a time
capsule of the 1990s art scene and beyond, to the Smithsonian
Museum of American Art.

Desi Culture Goes Pop – The
Canadian-Pakistani Instagram sensation Maria Qamar is infusing her pop art paintings
with Desi-inspired millennial satire for her first solo gallery
show.

ICA LA Sets an Example – The Los Angeles
art museum has committed to converting entirely to solar energy—it’s just
crowd-funding $25,000 to kick things off.

Alice Walker Speaks Out – The author
spoke out against censoring the
controversial George Washington murals in San Francisco,
calling it an “ignorant” attempt to erase history.

WORST

A Poor Presidential Portrait – The
pro-Trump artist John McNaughton created a new painting of the President, giving
rise to an avalanche of mocking memes.

What Happened to
TIME? – The magazine’s
list of the 100 “greatest places” in the world include,
inexplicably, Damien Hirst’s hotel room in Las Vegas and the much
derided Shed in Manhattan.

Boris Johnson’s Big Debt – A sculpture
commissioned by the new UK Prime Minister, Anish Kapoor
and Carsten Höller’s Orbit, is more than $15 million in debt,

Don’t or Don’t Deaccession – More than 120
artists and industry professionals signed a letter decrying the di Rosa Collection’s plans to sell
off its cache of post-war art from California.

Going, Going, Gone – Christie’s Asia
chairwoman Rebecca Wei stepped down from her post after
just eight months, signaling a potential downturn in the previously
booming market.

Auto Sale Sputters – A Sotheby’s RM sale
ended in financial wreckage after a technical malfunction and an auctioneer’s indecipherable
accent derailed bidding on what the “first” Porsche.

This Ice Cream Makes Us Scream – The
Museum of Ice Cream landed a permanent New York City space to
continue its domination of the “big fun art” sector, despite
providing no actual art.

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