Auctions
T.O.P, a member of the K-Pop group Big Bang, is to present a Sotheby’s charity auction in Hong Kong this October. [Korea Herald]
Protests
In the wake of a cancellation of a Black Lives Matter benefit, theater artists protest. [New York Times]
Passings
Hassan Sharif, considered by many to be one of the most important artists to emerge out of the United Arab Emirates, has died. [The National]
Institutions
Greek collector Dimitris Daskalopoulos is to fund a new cultural center in Athens. [The Art Newspaper]
Dance
The New Yorker asks “why are there so many great Argentine dancers?” [The New Yorker]
Kanye
Kanye West has joined Instagram. He tweeted that “it’s my art.” [Dazed]
Bonus
A New York Art Book Fair “Best of the Books.” [Crave Online]
Photos of the group show “Home” at LUMA Foundation in Zurich. [Contemporary Art Daily]
Documentation of the group exhibition “189 Beach 96th,” organized by Irina Lotarevich and Justin Caguiat. [Sex Magazine]