ARTNEWS
Following the closure of Christoph Büchel’s Venice Biennale installation, the Icelandic Art Center is asking the city of Venice for €360,000, unspecified damages, and the reopening of the Swiss artist’s controversial mosque. [The Art Newspaper]
Gagosian, David Zwirner, and Pace all have booths at the first edition of the Seattle Art Fair. Could this new fair be a major player in the art market? [Seattle Times]
More people have gone to the Met this year than any time in the past four decades. [New York Times]
The son of Art Miami founder and director Nick Korniloff has gone missing. [The Observer]
Peter Schjeldahl on Stanley Whitney’s new show at the Studio Museum in Harlem. [The New Yorker]
According to one writer, the Hong Kong Museum of Art needs a revamp. [South China Morning Post]
A Swiss city is gearing up for a nude performance art festival. [Hyperallergic]
The Building Industry Association is suing Oakland, California, because it believes public art is unconstitutionally forcing speech on its buildings. [Courthouse News]
Veit Laurent Kurz and Stefan Tcherepnin at What Pipeline. [Contemporary Art Daily]