Can we talk about this? Bravo’s “next great artist” reality tv show, “Work of Art,” is returning on October 12th. Read all of the gruesome details here: http://www.artinfo.com/news/story/38451/bravos-work-of-art-returns-in-october-minus-jeanne-greenberg-rohatyn-but-plus-sucklord-and-parkour/
If you’ve ever wondered where Banksy is, fear no more- there’s an app for that.  A new iphone app lets you know where you can find Banksy works, especially if, as artinfo.com puts it, you “find it difficult to tell his stenciled subversions from the less culturally ratified work of people like Mr. Brainwash, or from precursor artists like Blek le Rat.” Check out the whole article here: http://www.artinfo.com/news/story/38196/the-new-app-that-helps-you-track-down-banksy-inside-the-netherworld-of-mummy-smuggling-and-more-must-read-art-news/
Happy 500th birthday to Giorgio Vasari, the “father” of art history! Noah Charney concisely hits some of Vasari’s past, present, and potential future contributions to the field in his article, “How [Vasari’s] Da Vinci Clue May Yet Unlock His Discipline’s High Tech Future.” Read the article here: http://www.artinfo.com/news/story/38192/happy-birthday-art-history-as-giorgio-vasari-turns-500-how-his-da-vinci-clue-may-yet-unlock-his-disciplines-high-tech-future/?page=1
From ArtInfo.com: Chaos Follows Van Gogh Theft in Cairo A brief guide to the ridiculous theft of and resulting confusion surrounding Van Gogh’s “Poppy Flowers,” worth an estimated $50 million. Looks like it’s time to ramp up security in the Mahmoud Khalil Museum in Cairo… The Hunt: Hosni has put border and airport officials on alert for the painting as part of an aggressive public effort to recover the work. His ministry came under fire following the burglary after it was determined that only seven of the 43 security cameras were functioning, and that alarms in the museum were not operational. Hosni has said that he was unaware that the security system was compromised. “The museum would have been closed if it had been known the warning system was not working,” he told a local newspaper, according to Al Jazeera English. (Of course, Egyptian museums aren’t the only ones to be embarrassed by faulty alarm systems.) Read more at: http://www.artinfo.com/news/story/35547/chaos-follows-van-gogh-theft-in-cairo-a-brief-guide/
From ArtInfo.com: Islamic Art Museum Reopens in Cairo After $10 Million Rehab According to the AFP, rare manuscripts of the Koran and a gold-inlaid key that opens the Kaaba, the sacred cube within the Grand Mosque in Mecca, are among the more than 100,000 items in the museum’s collection. The museum also houses what is believed to be the oldest extant example of Islamic currency, a gold coin dating from 697, less than 70 years after the death of Mohammed. Twenty five hundred pieces are currently on display. Read the entire article at: http://www.artinfo.com/news/story/35478/islamic-art-museum-reopens-in-cairo-after-10-million-rehab/