"Obey" Arrested, Dead Bodies Sought: This Week in Art

A lot went down this week in the weird and wild world of Art. Some things were more scandalous than others, some were just plain wacky—but all of them are worth knowing about. Without any further adieu:

+ On Monday, Shepard Fairey, the graffiti artist widely known for his tricolored Obama “Hope” posters, was charged with a felony for vandalization and taken into custody. [The Detroit News]

+ Boston’s Museum of Fine Arts cancelled “Kimono Wednesdays” after a media flurry and resultant protests condemned the event as racist, appropriative, and Orientalist. [The Boston Globe]

+ The internet went on a manhunt for a boy who lost his teddy bear. [Washington Post]

+ 15-year-old Joseph Rosenfeld called out Boston’s Museum of Science for a mistake in their Golden Ratio formula, and the museum applauded the young mathematician… Kind of. [Museum of Science]

+ Kim Jong-un maaaay have executed the architect behind North Korea’s new airport because he didn't like it. [Daily Mail]

+ A Rodin sculpture, 25 years missing, was recovered to the tune of over $1 million. [Artlyst]

+ “Artist seeking dead bodies,” might read Icelandic artist Snoori Ásmundsson’s personal ad in your Sunday Times obits. But seriously, he wants your non-living self for his video installation (and he’ll probably return it, in roughly the “same” condition). [Icelandic Review]

Stay tuned next week for more from the ever-entertaining world of Art.

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