New Harmony: Abstraction Between the Wars, 1919-1939 | Guggenheim Museum – Tom Freudenheim’s review of the current show at the Guggenheim which runs through September 8.  Featured are works by Kandinsky, Klee, Leger, Arp, Mondrian, Helion, Torres-Garcia and many others.  

Oprah Donates $12 M. to Smithsonian Museum of African American History and Culture – it was recently reported that Oprah Winfrey donated $12M to the soon-to-be-finished museum.   In return, the museum’s theater will be named after her.  Nice gift!  

Spacey’s Patron Bank of America Helps Restore Picasso, Courbet – it is nice to see that the banks are giving some of those profits back.  While they are at it: how about a little more interest on the money we keep … More…