— Robert Irwin Plans Major Marfa Work: The Chinati Foundation has commissioned Robert Irwin to create a large-scale installation in Marfa, Texas. Set to be completed by 2016, the work will occupy a former army barracks hospital on the foundation’s 340 acres. “The windows will gradate, one side will start all white and become gray,” Irwin said. “The other side will do the opposite. The lights are the show.” [LAT]
— Zaha Debuts Housewares: Having garnered most architectural accolades, as well as forayed into the worlds of jewelry, footwear, swimwear, and even perfume, Zaha Hadid is now venturing to department store Harrods with her debut collection of housewares. Though the artist began her career with certain interior pieces back in the 1980s, she’s now bringing her trademark flowing lines to candles (£252), serving platters (£9,999), and more. [The Guardian]
— Twombly Foundation to Sell Works: Today in Carol Vogel’s column we learn that the Twombly Foundation is planning to sell 11 works at Christie’s this November. None of them, however, are Twomblys. The works by Lichtenstein, Warhol, Bruce Nauman and Claes Oldenburg come from the late artist’s personal collection. In other “Inside Art” news, former Matthew Marks staffer Adrian Rosenfeld is starting a $55 art poster company. [NYT]
— How Artsy is Rahm Emanuel?: “Does Rahm want to be successful and do big things for the city? Yes. I don’t care if it’s for the sake of his ego,” said gallerist Rhona Hoffman of the Chicago mayor’s multi-million dollar arts initiatives. (She also cited his “early career as a ballet dancer.”) [TAN]
— Today in the Curator Shuffle: A slew of new curators have been appointed: Fabian Schöneich at Portikus; Fumoj Nanjo of the first annual Honolulu Biennial; Amy E. Froom for Islamic art at the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston; and Ron Platt at the Grand Rapids Art Museum. [ARTNews, Art Radar Journal, Art in America, Artforum]
— Brooklyn Arts Boon: The city of New York has set aside $131 million in 2015 to fund arts initiatives with groups such as the Brooklyn Academy of Music, the Mark Morris Dance Center, among others on the borough’s “museum row.” [DNAinfo]
— “I would just choose things that I think people would find interesting, and things that would, once people interact with them, be life-changing.” — Jeff Koons answers the question “What art would you put on the High Line?” in the blandest way imaginable. [WSJ]
— Jean Nouvel has announced his plans for the National Art Museum of China’s design. [Arch Daily]
— The Artists’ Legacy Foundation’s $25,000 prize goes to Mary Weatherford. [LAT]
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