— Cities Vie For Presidential Museum: Chicago, Honolulu, and New York City are already competing to house President Barack Obama’s presidential library and museum, even though he still has two years left in office. Officials from Chicago held a public hearing on Tuesday about Illinois’s potential contributions to the museum, approving a plan for $100 million in state funds for the museum’s construction. “The state of Illinois will spend over $1 billion in construction this year alone, so $100 million is not out of line,” Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan said at the hearing. “It’s clearly a good investment for the future.” [WP]
— Terry Richardson’s Sext Scandal: Photographer Terry Richardson is once again under scrutiny for questionable behavior with his subjects after model Emma Appleton tweeted a screenshot of a text she allegedly received from the photographer. The message sent from a “Terry Richardson” offers to include Appleton in an upcoming Vogue shoot in exchange for sex. Richardson says the text is a fake. [WP]
— Warhol Museum to Rehang Collection: To celebrate its 20th anniversary, Pittsburgh museum The Warhol will rehang its collection of Andy Warhol’s work and ephemera for the first time since it opened in 1994. The new installation will be chronologically organized across five floors, featuring masterpieces, archival material, and installations such as “The Exploding Plastic Inevitable” (an interpretation of his seminal media performance) and “The Office” (an examination of his studio). “It is, of course, impossible to reduce Warhol to a single overarching narrative and the rehang reflects this by emphasizing the artist’s multiplicity and the extraordinary diversity of his output,” said Nicholas Chambers, the museum’s Milton Fine Curator of Art. [Press Release]
— Storm Troopers Rally for Lucas Museum: A Chicago-based Star Wars club will attend the city’s hearing about bringing George Lucas’s museum to the city — in full storm trooper costumes. [Chicago Tribune]
— Meet Cornelia Gurlitt: Turns out art hoarder Cornelius Gurlitt’s aunt, Cornelia Gurlitt, was a Dresden-based artist who killed herself in her 20s. [NYT]
— Liverpool Center Staffs Museum with Volunteers: The Foundation for Art and Creative Technology in Liverpool has laid off paid staff and replaced them with volunteers. [TAN]
— Carl Glassman reports that the iconic New York art supply store Pearl Paint has closed. [Tribeca Trib]
— The Toronto edition of the Affordable Art Fair just opened with a new name, Love Art. [NYT]
— Artist Robert Olsen has died at age 44 in his parents’ house in Citrus Heights, California. [Artforum]
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