— Frank Gehry’s Ground Zero Design Axed: The board responsible for overseeing the planned Ground Zero performing arts center has passed on Frank Gehry’s stacked-boxes-like model and will instead choose a design from one of three other architects. “It’s fine. It’s a new group. They should do what they want. I don’t want to go where I’m not wanted,” Gehry said. Meanwhile, the project remains stalled by concurrent transportation construction and fundraising concerns — an estimated cost of up to $400 million, some of which was already allocated to Gehry before his exit. [NYT]
— First Pop-up Pompidou Hits Spain Next Spring: First announced in 2012, a temporary extension of the Centre Pompidou will now officially go up in Malaga, Spain — the birthplace of Pablo Picasso — where it will remain for five years. Already confirmed as part of the outpost’s collection are works by Francis Bacon, Max Ernst, Kader Attia, and indeed native son Picasso. Plans are being negotiated for the next Pompidou to pop up in Mexico City, with possible future locations in Brazil, China, India, and Russia. [The Art Newspaper]
— Artists Offer Wacky Chelsea Tour: As gallery hoppers swarm Chelsea this week, artists Jen Catron and Paul Outlaw will be driving a double decker bus (that is also a gift shop) around the neighborhood and giving art tours. Titled “Jen and Paul’s One Stop Shopping Souvenir City,” the project is a tongue-in-cheek jab at the gallery’s blue-chip residents. “There’s a rift when you grow up and want to be an artist,” Outlaw said. “You have your art heroes and this idea of what it is to make art, and then you see the dramatic difference between that and then bigger Chelsea galleries that are all market-driven. These art heroes are also commodities, not much different than selling anything else that is a collectors’ item, like stamps or gold.” [WSJ]
— High Line ED Resigns: After just eight months on the job, Friends of the High Line executive director Jenny Gersten has announced she will leave the position once the elevated park’s final section is completed. [NYT]
— New Leadership in Zurich: Daniel Baumann will replace Beatrix Ruf as the new director of the Kunsthalle Zurich. [TAN]
— Saltz Reviews Artforum’s September Issue: “But, in a sense, more important than the articles are the advertisements — the porn of the art world.” [NY Mag]
—Michael Miller attends the launch of the Metropolitan Museum’s new app and has some pertinent questions. [ArtNews]
—A $1.5 million public LED screen work in San Francisco has been glitching since its installation in 2003. [SFGate]
—Swiss curator and art dealer Walter Keller and Thai painter Thawan Duchanee have died. [Artforum, Artforum]
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