Met Museum Sued for Admissions Fraud

Met Museum sued for entrance fee fraud.The mandate says it must be free. In small print, the entrance fees are deemed "suggested." Is that enough? 

Via gothamist> http://tinyurl.com/cfshyoc

New Parrish Art Museum Opens

 New Parrish Art Museum opens. The building is the star! Will the exhibitions live up to the building?

More pixs & video via designboom> http://tinyurl.com/c8cwnz4

Guggenheim Loses Berlin

Guggenheim dropped by Deutsche Bank; venue on Unter den Linden will now be Deutsche Bank Kunsthalle, under new management. Pakastani is first featured artist...Is this the beginning of a new global franchaise?

Via 4-traders: http://tinyurl.com/acdle43

Neel Nude Now Wallpaper

ARTOPIANEWS: "John Perreault" by Alice Neel (1974) in the Whitney Museum Permanent Collection now available as computer wallpaper with mouse pointer magnification window. Free. Warning! Image above is a detail; full image on wallpaper download site is a full frontal nude: http://tinyurl.com/ao9ew8c

Tate's Gallery of Lost Art

Tate shows lost art works. Gallery of Lost Art. What? See examples in slide show: De Kooning, Duchamp, Bacon.....

Via huffingtonpost: http://tinyurl.com/bd9cmrf

Shelley Miller's Sugar Tiles

Canadian Shelley Miller makes "ceramic" murals out of sugar.

Vis hyperallergic:http://www.shelleymillerstudio.com/cargo.php

High Water Marks: Venice

High Water Marks: Venice yesterday. 

See photos: http://tinyurl.com/bfrnrt9