— LaBoeuf Assaulted Mid-Show: In an interview with Dazed magazine — which, for the record, included an hour-long GoPro-documented staring contest between Shia LaBoeuf and reporter Aimee Cliff— the actor revealed that a female visitor to his performance art piece “#IAMSORRY,” which was held at Cohen Gallery in Los Angeles last February, “whipped my legs for 10 minutes and then stripped my clothing and proceeded to rape me.” Though speculation surged, LaBoeuf’s collaborators have confirmed his story on Twitter: “As soon as we were aware of the incident starting to occur, we put a stop to it and ensured that the woman left,” said Nastja Säde Rönkkö, while Luke Turner confirmed that “She ran out, rather than simply walking away.” [Dazed, WP, Time]
— ICA Miami Gets New Building: The new institution’s 37,500-square-foot building will be located in Miami’s Design District thanks to a major donation from local car dealers turned philanthropists Irma and Norman Braman — which, according to a recent study, conforms to the pattern of museums succeeding post-recession by courting such massive private donations. Meanwhile, Art Basel director Marc Spiegler asserted that “Patronage is volatile, and the most avant-garde spaces struggle for profits and prominence,” by way of explaining his organization’s partnership with Kickstarter. Still, critics worry that the prevalence and success of crowdfunding might further disincentivize government contributions to the arts. [NYT, Barrons, FT]
— Snitzer Slams Miami Basel: Miami art dealer Fredric Snitzer came out swinging in a New York Times piece about the “failed promise” of Art Basel Miami Beach: “If Art Basel had to depend on local sales, they never would have stayed.” [NYT]
— Gurlitt Art List Posted: After the Kunstumuseum Bern announced its official decision to accept the controversial collection of Cornelius Gurlitt, the museum has released a list of the 1,280 works — including 250 now officially marked as almost surely looted, such as Pissarro’s “View of Paris.” [LAT, WP, NYT]
— Chan’s Satiric Ferguson Response: Hugo Boss prizewinner Paul Chan’s publishing house Badlands Unlimited put out a series of book cover mock-ups protesting the decision not to indict police officer Darren Wilson in the death of Michael Brown — see: “Ham Sandwiches Are Easier to Indict Than Cops in America by Guy Fieri.” [Art in America]
— FIFA Officials Bribed with Art: Union of European Football Associations president Michel Platini and his fellow FIFA board member Michel D’Hooghe both allegedly received valuable artwork — possibly even a Picasso for Platini — in return for a vote to host the 2018 World Cup in Russia. [CNN, Art Market Monitor]
— Camille Norment will represent Norway at the Venice Biennale. [Artforum]
— “Through My Lens,” a project hosted by the Bowery Mission, showcases 41 photographs taken by New York City’s homeless. [DNAinfo]
— San Francisco’s Asian Art Museum needs a snappy nickname for its 3,000-year-old Chinese rhino sculpture. [SFAppeal]
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