MESSAGE IN A BOTTLE
Three years ago, American painter George Boorujy put a message in a bottle and launched it into the sea at New York Harbor. Recently, French painter Brigitte Barthelemy found it washed up on a shore 3,542 miles away. [The Guardian]
HOUSE OF CARDS
The Smithsonian’s National Portrait Gallery is now home to a painting of Frank Underwood, the politician played by Kevin Spacey on the Netflix show House of Cards. It is the work of British painter Jonathan Yeo. [The Verge]
NEW
UC Davis will open a new art museum in November. [SFGate]
A new show at the recently opened M+ in Hong Kong boldly includes many politically charged works, despite Chinese authorities’ intent to decrease freedom of expression. [The Guardian]
OLD
Read Andy Warhol’s obituary originally published in the New York Daily News in 1987. [New York Daily News]
EXTRAS
The Kalamazoo Institute of Arts is offering free admission in light of the recent shootings, effective immediately and ending on February 29. [Michigan Live]
Here’s a profile of Jessica Morgan, head curator at Dia Art Foundation. [Vogue]
If you’ve created a truly masterful tweet, a Twitter user who goes by the handle @artdecider will reply to it with only one word: “art.” [Daily Dot]