COURTESY THE ROYAL COLLECTION TRUST/QUEEN ELIZABETH II
A hidden poop joke has been found in a newly restored 17th-century painting owned by Queen Elizabeth. [Smithsonian.com]
The Hobby Lobby family is now officially under investigation from the FBI for illegally importing 200 to 300 small clay tablets from Iraq in 2011. [The Daily Beast]
Jonas Mekas received an apology from the prosecutor who brought obscenity charges against him five decades ago for showing Jack Smith’s 43-minute film, Flaming Creatures (1963). [The New York Times]
Franz West at Eva Presenhuber in Zurich. [Contemporary Art Daily]
Cadmium pigment is finally safe from a proposed ban in Europe. [The Art Newspaper]
Here’s the American Museum of Natural History’s plan for a $325 million addition on Columbus Avenue. [The New York Times]
ISIS is making millions of dollars selling art on the black market. [Huffington Post]
A Harmony Korine painting has been stolen in SoHo. [The Creators Project]