VIA WIKIMEDIA COMMONS
LIVES
An obituary for Bill Cunningham. [New York Times]
A profile of Loïc Gouzer, a specialist in contemporary art at Christie’s and a “pioneer of the themed sale.” [New Yorker]
Hilton Als on Nan Goldin. [New Yorker]
LANDMARKS
President Obama has named New York’s Stonewall Inn the first LGBT monument. [Artforum]
Rachel Whiteread on the cabin she built on Governor’s Island. [Evening Standard]
MUSEUMS
George Lucas has abandoned his plans of building an art museum in Chicago. [Vulture]
The group show “Your Memories Are Our Future” at Palais de Tokyo. [Contemporary Art Daily]
EXTRAS
A majority vote on an upcoming cultural property protection law in Germany could see many ancient art dealers leaving the country to avoid the law’s strict conditions. [The Art Newspaper]
A Canadian artist is accusing Damien Hirst of copying her prescription pill-inspired charm bracelets for his Medicine Cabinet series. [The Telegraph]