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Absolut gets into the art game with Absolut Art, an online service in which curated prints can be bought for between $250 and $6,000. [CNBC]
Dealers and gallery representatives discuss their feelings about Paris Photo being shut down in light of last week’s attacks. [Vulture]
A close look at the story behind the Tehran Museum of Contemporary Art’s collection, much of which hasn’t been shown publicly since 1976. [Bloomberg]
Versailles has been commissioning contemporary artists to make provocative work for the palace’s gardens for a while, but many other old cultural destinations are now following in suit. [BBC]
David Diao at the Ullens Center for Contemporary Art. [Contemporary Art Daily]
As part of a pilot program happening through the end of the year, San Francisco minibuses’ ads will be replaced with art. [SF Chronicle]
A photographer took pictures of petri dishes with germs from New York subway poles in them. Open at your own risk. [Gothamist]
Two years after her murals were removed from a Norwegian government building because they reminded employees of a terrorist attack, Vanessa Baird has been commissioned to make new work for Oslo’s Ministry of Health. [The Art Newspaper]
Last night, at the Museum of Modern Art, Cate Blanchett was honored at the film department’s annual benefit dinner. [ABC News]