— Helly Nahmad Gets a Year: Upper East Side gallery owner Helly Nahmad has been sentenced to a year in prison for operating an illegal gambling and money laundering ring. The judge ignored Nahmad’s recent plea to start an arts education non-profit in lieu of serving time. “The record reveals to me that the defendant has contempt for the rules that apply to everyone else and for those who are vulnerable,” said Judge Jesse Furman. [NYT]
— Britain Will Keep Van Dyck: After a lengthy fundraising process, Britain has finally raised the £10 million necessary to keep Sir Anthony van Dyck’s self-portrait in the country. The painting was originally sold to Los Angeles-based businessman James Stunt last year. “This Van Dyck self-portrait is very special,” said Dame Jenny Abramsky, chair of the Heritage Lottery Fund, who contributed £6,343,500 to the cause. “It nearly left these shores forever and I’d like to congratulate the National Portrait Gallery and the Art Fund for their tenacity in running such a successful fundraising campaign over the past six months.” [The Guardian]
— Lollapalooza Gets an Art Show: Shephard Fairey will be curating a large-scale group exhibition for the summer music festival Lollapalooza in Chicago, held as a separate ticketed event and predicted to draw 5,000 daily visitors. “Art Alliance: The Provocateurs” will be held in Block Thirty Seven, and some confirmed artists include Futura, Gary Panter, Invader, Ryan McGinness, FAILE, Dzine, and RETNA. “A great thing about music is how democratic it can be, and my approach to art was always modeled on that basic accessibility, around more do-it-yourself kinds of music like punk and hip-hop,” said Fairey. “Art is increasingly about straddling worlds. That makes it a natural fit for music, which is doing a lot of those same things. Barriers between so-called high and low art are not so much there now.” [Chicago Tribune]
— Vienna Museum Free For Mexicans: The Welt Museum (World Museum), affiliated with Vienna’s Kunsthistorisches Museum, isn’t willing to send the feathered headdress known as the Penacho (believed to be the crown of emperor Moctezuma) back to Mexico, but it is willing to waive the museum’s entry fee for all Mexican citizens. [TAN]
— Guarantees Return to Big Auctions: New York auction houses preparing for their big spring sales are offering guarantees to motivate consignors to sell, with Christie’s leading the pack with the highest-value sale so far. [Telegraph]
— NYC’s Kalan Gets Profiled: Nicholas Heller’s “No Your City” documentary series for Gothamist profiled the enigmatic, camera averse performance artist Kalan. [Gothamist]
— Carol Vogel reviews the Charles James show at the Met, and says it is an example of the museum becoming more tech-friendly. [NYT]
— Here’s an excerpt from Don Thompson’s follow-up to “The $12 million Stuffed Shark: the Curious Economics of Contemporary Art.” [TAN]
— NYU’s Tisch School of the Arts has named Allyson Green as its new dean. [NYT]
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