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David Bowie, who released his 25th album, Blackstar, only three days ago, died on Sunday, after an 18-month battle with cancer. Here are a few of many obituaries:
“David Bowie Dies at 69; He Transcended Music, Art and Fashion” [The New York Times]
“David Bowie Dies of Cancer at 69” [The Guardian]
“David Bowie, 69, Barrier-Breaking Rock Star and Actor, Has Died” [Los Angeles Times]
“David Bowie Dead at 69” [Rolling Stone]
“Art World Hero: Artists and Curators Pay Tribute To David Bowie” [The Art Newspaper]
MERGERS AND ACQUISITIONS
Sotheby’s has acquired a boutique art advisory business, Art Agency, Partners. The auction house has acquired the business, which is co-run by a former Christie’s executive, for $85 million, “including potential earnings based on performance.” [The New York Times]
WOMEN IN THE ART WORLD
Meet Ted Cruz’s top foreign policy expert, an art historian with a Ph.D. in art history (with a specialization in work from the Italian Renaissance) from the University of Pennsylvania. [Houston Chronicle]
A Swiss artist, Mila Moiré, is protesting naked in Cologne to demonstrate “no tolerance” of sexual assault after the sexual attacks that occurred in the city on New Year’s Eve. “I am firmly convinced that women will no longer be treated as sex objects when a naked women is treated with as much respect as a clothed one,” she told a German newspaper. [The Independent]
“9 Ways in which Helen Molesworth’s Permanent Collection Show at MOCA is Upending the Story of Art” [Los Angeles Times]
MUSEUMS OF NATURAL HISTORY
New Mexico’s Natural History Museum is now affiliated with the Smithsonian. [KRQE News]
Someone hid a tiny Volkswagen Beetle in the Cleveland Museum of Natural History’s beetle collection. [The Huffington Post]
MICHELLE GRABNER
Here is Michelle Grabner at the Green Gallery in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. [Contemporary Art Daily]
Update, January 12: An earlier version of this post misstated how long Bowie battled cancer.