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MARISOL
Venezuelan-American artist Marisol died on Saturday at the age of 85. Here is an obituary. [The New York Times]
“MICK JAGGER OF AUCTIONS”
Simon de Pury, the “Mick Jagger of auctions,” talks about life in the high-end art trade. [NPR]
OFAs
OFAs (Old French Artists) are the new YBAs, apparently. [The Art Newspaper]
ILLEGALITY
The FBI recently searched the home of an aging mobster in Connecticut suspected in the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum heist. [ABC]
Beyoncé has been accused of plagiarism once again, this time due to similarities between her Hold Up video and that of a 1997 video by Swiss visual artist Pipilotti Rist. [The Sydney Morning Herald]
EXTRAS
The Mellon Foundation has awarded $600,000 to the Clark Art Institute. [Artforum]
Artists Space is leaving Greene Street in SoHo. [The New York Times]
Polly Apfelbaum and Dona Nelson at Michael Benevento in Los Angeles. [Contemporary Art Daily]