“[T]he Blanton Museum of Art at the University of Texas-Austin has received what can only be seen in the museum world as a windfall in the gift of 120 modern and contemporary Latin American artworks from Houstonians Charles and Judy Tate.” [The Houston Chronicle]
Artist Michael Salistorfer has buried 30 gold bars in Folkestone beach, which will be up for grabs on Thursday once the tide is out. [The Guardian]
“Iraq and Syria’s cultural heritage face new threat.” [The Art Newspaper]
“The architecture school run by the Frank Lloyd Wright Foundation on Wednesday criticized a decision by the foundation’s board that will result in the school losing its accreditation.” [The New York Times]
Sotheby’s has doubled the “maximum permissible amount of net outstanding auction guarantees” from $300m to $600m. [The Art Newspaper]
Alex Fialho on the Fire Island Artist Residency. [Artforum]
“Light installations by American artist James Turrell will be the focus of the National Gallery of Australia’s (NGA) summer blockbuster for 2014-15. . . . Gallery director Ron Radford said the exhibition is Turrell’s first in Australia.” [Yahoo7 News]