— Hirst Plots Autobiography: Penguin Books has announced that Damien Hirst’s much-anticipated autobiography will be released next fall. Co-written with James Fox, the book will cover the artist’s childhood in Leeds, the period at Goldsmiths College in London, and early major YBA shows. “As well as the well-known arc of the boy from Leeds who took on the art establishment, it will include a barely known first act — a black and hilarious account of Hirst’s youth, growing up in a semi-criminal, often violent milieu, while sharing with his friends an unlikely, but binding passion for art,” said Fox, who also co-wrote Keith Richards’s 2010 memoir. [The Guardian]
— Broads Nab Kusama Infinity Room: The Broad Art Museum has acquired the Yayoi Kusama “Infinity Mirrored Room,” which compelled selfie-takers to line up for eight hours at David Zwirner last fall. The Broads did not disclose how much they paid for the work. “With a piece like this, you also have to consider: Where do people line up to get in? Do we need to do timed tickets, even if they are free? These are things that we are thinking about,” said Joanne Heyler, director of the Broad museum. [NYT]
— Kiev Sculpture Biennial Postponed: The second edition of the Kyiv Sculpture Project, meant to open in May, has been postponed until 2015 due to the continued political tensions in Ukraine. The biennial exhibition, which was slated to be held in Kiev’s botanical garden and whose finalists for the main prize have already been chosen, will be replaced in the interim with “an education project dedicated to public art and the development of urban spaces,” according to organizers. Speaking to the Art Newspaper, Volodymyr Kadygrob, the project’s director, said, “It’s not the right time; the agenda changed dramatically in Kiev,” adding that it “makes it quite difficult to organize an international project on the same level that it was planned.” [TAN]
— Pastor Peddles Fake Hirsts: Miami pastor Kevin Sutherland is being charged with attempted grand larceny for trying to sell five counterfeit works he believed to be created by Damien Hirst through Sotheby’s in New York. [ABC]
— Portugal’s Disputed Mirós Get an Offer: The Portuguese government has received an offer to buy its disputed Miró collection by Rui Costa Reis, an Angolan-born movie financier. [Art Market Monitor]
— Pakistani Artists Target Drone Attacks: A group of art activists inspired by French photographer JR have installed the giant poster of a child orphaned by US drone attacks in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. The project, called “#NotABugSplat,” is meant to be seen by future drones flying over the area. [The Guardian]
— Beatrix Ruf has been named the new director of the Stedelijk in Amsterdam. [Art Review]
— Sotheby’s is set to auction off the late Murray Frum’s significant Oceanic art collection in Paris in September. [Art Daily]
— The Getty Museum is returning an illegally removed 12th-century illuminated manuscript to a Greek monastery. [LAT]
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