Happy Friday Folks! Here is the wrap-up of this week’s art news for you.
An Old Simpsons Episode Predicts The Art World As We Know It Today
On Tuesday hyperallergic.com asked: Did a Simpson’s Episode Predict the Florida “David” Outrage?
Last week, a group of Florida parents complained when an art teacher showed Michelangelo’s “David” to their sixth-grade students, with one parent calling the masterpiece “pornographic.” A Simpsons episode, which aired 30 years ago, made a spookily similar dark prediction about the conservative politics in the art world today. Read more here.
An Impressionist work reimagined in LEGO
Ai Weiwei has recreated Monet’s “Water Lilies” using 650,000 LEGO pieces as a feature in the upcoming exhibition at the Design Museum in London. The exhibition Ai Weiwei: Making Sense, which opens in April, is developed in collaboration with the artist, and will be the first to present his work as a commentary on design and what it reveals about our changing values.
A Greek Museum Welcomes Dogs For World Stray Animal Day
Dogs are welcome to visit Athens’s National Museum of Contemporary Art for free this Sunday for their “World Stray Animal Day” event. Plus, visitors would be welcomed by a “puddle of puppies” from the Socrates Shelter that are currently looking for homes. The National Museum of Contemporary Art is the only museum in the Attica region to welcome dogs. Artistic Director Katerina Gregos made it her priority when she started the role in 2021. Booking a one-way flight to Athens right now!
British Artists Working Together To Save Pubs!
A group of artists across the UK, including Reuben Dangoor and Heath Kane, have been set the task to reimagine a series of iconic pub signs ‘au naturel’ in response to the threat facing pubs in the country, amid the current cost of living crisis. The campaign has been funded by Stella Artois, and the eleven nude pub signs have been made available for online auction via The Auction Collective. All profits will be donated to Hospitality Action.
