Brian Boucher

Want to Recruit People to the DEI Cause? Dread Scott Has a Shirt for That Artist Dread Scott has printed FBI-style T shirts reading "DEI," so you can play an officer recruiting people to the cause of diversity.

You bet your ass I ordered mine! news.artnet.com/art-world/dr...

Tough on crime, except his own

Blum Gallery's Sudden End Shocked the Art Industry. What Happened? | Artnet News Tim Blum's sudden closure of his world-spanning gallery has left staffers and artists unhappy about the way the closure is being administered

What happened? news.artnet.com/market/insid...

I have an incredible talent for missing things when they are huge. Like, I only recently heard Lorde’s “Royals.” So this makes me happy.

They set the world aflame with Chaise Lounge on the first record, don’t you know. New one sounds good too!

I was just there visiting an artist at a residency. On the way home I stopped at Veneiro’s for a fruit tart, always a sublime treat. Kids running around in their summer clothes, counting on something good coming their way tonight. It was great.

His Former Company Got Caught Employing Undocumented Workers. Now He’s Profiting Off an Immigrant Detention Camp. Disaster Management Group is one contractor behind the nation’s largest detention camp, to be built at Fort Bliss. It’s run by Nathan Albers, who previously co-owned a company that pleaded guilty to a...

NEW: Nathan Albers once co-owned a company that schemed to hire and conceal undocumented workers.

Now his company could make hundreds of millions from work on the nation's largest detention camp.

“The irony is thick,” said a former DHS official.

Albright College's Controversial Collection Sale Nets Nearly $1 Million In May, Albright College drew criticism for selling its art collection. Now, many of the works will be staying in Pennsylvania.

Here's some news (from a few days ago, while I was on vacation) on Albright College, in Pennsylvania, which, to the dismay of many, sold off chunks of its art collection to help meet a budget deficit. news.artnet.com/art-world/al...

This is a deadly betrayal. And who will ever help U.S. forces again, based on a promise of future protection, if the government’s word is worthless?

The Onion, July 15; the New York Times, July 24.

Just remembering that the Butthole Surfers recorded a song called Sweat Loaf

Artworks and memorabilia hang on a brightly colored wall, painted a shade of pink

People flip out when they see pictures of my apartment because of the wall color. I refuse to live in a white box.

I’m a stickler. I stickle.

Art Dealers Association Cancels 2025 Edition of New York Fair | Artnet News ADAA cancels its annual art fair, The Art Show, as the art market contraction continues and galleries are closing.

ADAA nixes 2025 Art Show news.artnet.com/market/art-d...

Collectors Reveal Key Advice for Their Younger Selves | Artnet News Collecting art can be tricky. Here, experienced collectors from around the world offer key advice they would give their younger selves.

I talked to some collectors about the lessons they’ve learned over the years. news.artnet.com/art-world/co...

Prominent Art Advisory Implodes After 37 Years, as Ex-Partners Fire Off Lawsuits | Artnet News Art advisors Barbara Guggenheim and Abigail Asher are locked in a $20 million legal fight, with explosive claims of fraud, and abuse.

Whoa. Whoa. news.artnet.com/market/promi...

Homeland Security Descends On Puerto Rican Museum | Artnet News Homeland Security officers arrived in force on Tuesday at Chicago's National Museum of Puerto Rican Arts and Culture.

Homeland Security invades private museum property, tells museum staff they're trying to kidnap people, then tells me they just had a confab in the parking lot, though security footage shows otherwise. news.artnet.com/art-world/ho...

The Zero Art Fair Comes to New York, Offering Free Art For All | Artnet News Artists Jennifer Dalton and William Powhida have organized a New York fair where collectors can bring home art free of charge.

Love art but have no budget? This art fair is for you. news.artnet.com/market/zero-...

A New York Gallery for Artists with Developmental Disabilities | Artnet News Open Studio, founded by Rachel Carle Cohen and David Fierman, will focus on artists with developmental disabilities.

New York will soon be home to Open Studio, a gallery focused on artists with developmental disabilities who work in supportive studio environments. Check it aus! news.artnet.com/art-world/ne...

Can this Triennial Draw Thousands to a Tiny Village in Western New York? The Medina Triennial, launching in a tiny Western New York village in 2026, aims to draw thousands to see artworks created along with locals.

Will the village of Medina, New York one day be invoked alongside Beacon, Santa Fe, North Adams, and New Orleans as a contemporary art pilgrimage site? news.artnet.com/art-world/me...

This Art Dealer Has a Provocative Solution for the ‘Poaching’ Problem Art dealer Wendi Norris has a contract with some of her artists that protects her in case a larger gallery "poaches" the artist.

Art dealer Wendi Norris thinks the art industry could learn something from pro sports. news.artnet.com/market/art-d...

Meet the 'Maintenance Artist' Who Has Made Lifelong Art Out of Labor A new documentary by Toby Perl Freilich examines the career of "maintenance artist" Mierle Laderman Ukeles.

Filmmaker Toby Perl Freilich saw Mierle Laderman Ukeles’s Queens Museum show—on its last day!—and felt she had to make a documentary. news.artnet.com/art-world/do...

These people are just the fucking worst

Want an Arts Institution Bathroom Stall Named After You? Now You Can! A cheeky fundraiser turns bathroom stalls into commemorative art, blending absurdity and experimental spirit at Performance Space New York.

I wish I'd written this, or that I had the money to name this bathroom stall. news.artnet.com/art-world/ba...

Christian Group Protests Condom at Rijksmuseum | Artnet News A conservative Christian group staged two days of small protests outside Amsterdam's Rijksmuseum over a sexual joke printed on a condom.

These poor Catholics, persecuted so badly after the <checks notes> French Revolution. It's no wonder they mad. news.artnet.com/art-world/an...

Soon, Chris Ware USPS stamps.

happy f-bomb tuesday to all who celebrate

Hallelujah!

Kurt Schwitters was born on this date in 1887. Poster program for a "Kleine Dada Soirée" (small Dada evening), made in collaboration with Theo van Doesburg, 1922:

*sustained us 😂