Art on Deck
Ai Weiwei and Shepard Fairey turned skateboards into protest art.
[Artnet]
Ship Wreck
The Tate requested that its staff give money to buy a boat for Nicholas Serota, the institution’s departing director. Employees, especially those paid less than the London living wage, were less than eager to contribute.
[The Guardian]
Paltrow in Print
Gwyneth Paltrow is working with Anna Wintour to launch a Goop magazine and editorial website.
[WWD]
Gimme Shelter
Turns out, Ikea’s award-winning refugee shelters were a better PR move than they were humanitarian aids.
[Curbed]
TV on the Patio
The Handmaid’s Tale continues to court the art and design crowd, this time with a Pentagram-designed installation on New York’s High Line.
[Co.Design]
Child’s Play
Childhood doodles from 23 contemporary artists will be featured in a pop-up exhibition. Laurie Simmons’s early creations will put your kindergarten masterpieces to shame; Dustin Yellin’s and Tom Sachs’s will not.
[Artsy]