Who Killed Trump?: Last Week in Art

The epitaph of the GOP frontrunner's faux grave, since removed from its grassy residence in Central Park, read: "Made America Hate Again."

by Sami Emory

April 4, 2016, 1:40pm

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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 further ado:

+ But first, unicorns exist: New fossil evidence has been found to suggest that the Rhino-esque “Siberian unicorn” lived at the same time as humans. [Mother Nature Network]

+ According to the European Journal of Finance, narcissistic artists are more successful. [The Telegraph]

+ Award-winning architect Zaha Hadid passed away at the age of 65. [The Creators Project]

+ A gravestone for Donald Trump appeared in Central Park. Created by an artist unknown and since taken away by the Park Service, it sported the epitaph, “Made America Hate Again.” [Gothamist]

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+ A funeral home in China is 3D printing the missing body parts of corpses. [The Telegraph]

+ The charges against dissident artist Pyotr Pavlensky for setting fire in the entrance to the Federal Security Service have been escalated from “vandalism” to “damaging a cultural heritage site.” The new charges could land Pavlensky for up to six years in a Moscow prison. [The Moscow Times]

+ Museums from across the globe shared secrets, fun facts, and visitor experiences for #MuseumWeek. [The Creators Project]

+ 70 residents of Hull, England stripped for photographer Spencer Tunick’s latest nude group shot. [BBC]

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+ The latest in the current wave of cultural repatriation: The Denver Museum of Art has returned a 10th century Khmer statue, looted from Cambodia during civil war, to the country’s capital. [The Washington Times]

+ The Smithsonian received widespread criticism for including two works from Bill Cosby’s personal art collection at its new African-American history museum in Washington D.C. without plans to include mention of current sexual assault allegations against Cosby. [ABC News]

+ This Malaysian designer and activist is under fire for parodying the country’s controversial Prime Minister through street art. [Yahoo]

+ This is the full and harrowing extent of the cultural destruction at Palmyra. [Slate]

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+ A few days later, the museum announced that they do plan to acknowledge the allegations alongside the pieces. [ABC News]

+ There's a pop-up pizza museum in Chicago. [Chicagoist]

+ London is hosting a drone film festival this May. [KCW Today]

+ Rubber duck artist Florentijn Hofman has accused Brazilian industrial group FIESP (The Federation of Industries of the State of Sao Paulo) of plagiarism after their use of similar giant rubber fowl in a protest against their president. [The Telegraph]