COURTESY SOTHEBY’S
“MoMA’s union members are using Instagram to emphasize the human dimension of the often murky business of contract bargaining.” [Hyperallergic]
An Aboriginal art collection sold for over $2 million in a historic Sotheby’s auction in London. [ABC News Australia]
The British Museum has reopened the Waddesdon Bequest Wunderkammer, sponsored by Lord Rothschild. [The Art Newspaper]
Artists are seeking the kind of tax breaks that collectors enjoy. [The Art Newspaper]
Suicide bombers attacked an ancient Egyptian temple in Luxor, a popular tourist site. [The Art Newspaper]
Elmgreen & Dragset at Massimo de Carlo in Milan. [Contemporary Art Daily]
Art is making “data-driven” cities more livable. [The Guardian]
Two curators at the National Museum of Egyptian Civilization (which hasn’t even opened yet) were caught stealing ancient artifacts and replacing them with copies. [Yahoo!]