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"\u2013&amp;nbsp;Richard Phillips Surfs With Lindsay Lohan: The celeb-obsessed artist \u2014 normally known for slick, huge paintings \u2014 has collaborated&amp;nbsp;for a second time&amp;nbsp;with troubled starlet Lindsay Lohan on a video, and the resulting opus, known as  First Point,  will premiere in the&amp;nbsp;Art Unlimited&amp;nbsp;section of&amp;nbsp;Art Basel&amp;nbsp;next week (or you can see a clip of it embedded, below). The piece, which Phillips says is  neither film nor really video art, &amp;nbsp;depicts Lohan lolling about on the beach pouting and surfing.  I almost call it, like, a day noir,  says the artist. (Incidentally, like Phillips's previous Lohan clip,  First Point  involves&amp;nbsp;filmmaker&amp;nbsp;Taylor Steele,&amp;nbsp;known for the surfing films  Castles in the Sky  and  Sipping Jetstreams: An Adventure in Life. )&amp;nbsp;[Spotlight,&amp;nbsp;NYM]\u2013&amp;nbsp;While You Were Busy Watching the Diamond Jubilee...: Artist&amp;nbsp;Grayson Perry&amp;nbsp;launched his own reality show. Traveling around England to report on how different sections of society live and style themselves,  Perry unearthed a baseball-capped tattooee who discussed the iconography of his arm decorations in terms that might have won him a place at the&amp;nbsp;Courtauld Institute, &amp;nbsp;according to one reviewer. Oh, and then&amp;nbsp;he made a series of tapestries&amp;nbsp;about the&amp;nbsp;experience. [Telegraph]&amp;nbsp;\u2013&amp;nbsp;Is the Saudi Royal Family a Deadbeat Buyer?: An appeals court yesterday revived Brooklyn artist&amp;nbsp;Elli Bern Angellino's case against 16 members of Saudi royal family, who Angellino says neglected to pay him for 29 sculptures he sold them in 2007. The artist claims he is owed almost $12.6 million. [Bloomberg]\u2013&amp;nbsp;Daniel Buren Blasts Tate's Turbine Hall: The French artist's&amp;nbsp;installation in Paris's&amp;nbsp;Grand Palais&amp;nbsp;suggests a certain aptitude for making art for giant spaces, but he says he'd never attempt to fill the London equivalent.  In my opinion, the&amp;nbsp;Turbine Hall&amp;nbsp;at&amp;nbsp;Tate Modern&amp;nbsp;is unusable,  he said.  There has only been one intelligent intervention there: Bruce Nauman's piece. This is also because it's a terrible venue.  [TAN]\u2013&amp;nbsp;Street Artist Pranks MoMA and Met: Borrowing a page from&amp;nbsp;Banksy-14779 &gt;Banksy-14779 &gt;Banksy-14779 &gt;Banksy-14779 &gt;Banksy, the Brooklyn-based street artist&amp;nbsp;Lambros&amp;nbsp;clandestinely placed his works on the walls of&amp;nbsp;MoMA&amp;nbsp;and the&amp;nbsp;Met&amp;nbsp;last weekend, and even planted legit-looking postcards in the museums' gift shops. Security staff quickly caught on and the works were de-installed, though they likely weren't delivered to the intended recipients, whose names were scrawled on their backs:&amp;nbsp;Glenn Lowry,&amp;nbsp;Larry Gagosian, and&amp;nbsp;Jay-Z. [PR Newswire]\u2013&amp;nbsp;New Group May Decide Fate of Southwest Museum: The&amp;nbsp;Los Angeles City Council&amp;nbsp;has created a new  working group  aimed at ending one of the city's longest-running and most adversarial cultural disputes, over the future of the&amp;nbsp;Southwest Museum. The panel hopes to ease the tension between the Southwest and the&amp;nbsp;Autry Museum&amp;nbsp;in Griffith Park, which have long fought over the former's prized collection of Native American artifacts. [LAT]&amp;nbsp;\u2013&amp;nbsp;Mali's Cultural Heritage Threatened by Extremists: Following Islamic fundamentalists' desecration of a Muslim saint's 15th-century tomb in Timbuktu last month, there is growing concern for the safe-keeping of the city's artifacts, museums, tombs, and manuscripts, which have been threatened since a military coup in March.&amp;nbsp;[TAN]\u2013&amp;nbsp;What to Expect From France's Fresh-Faced Minister of Culture: If France's artists and cultural institutions&amp;nbsp;are optimistic following the election of socialist candidate Fran\u00E7ois Hollande, they are now sizing up&amp;nbsp;Aur\u00E9lie Filippetti, his appointment for Minister of Culture and Communication.  [Her predecessor]&amp;nbsp;Fr\u00E9d\u00E9ric Mitterrand&amp;nbsp;was a rather good minister but did not have much room for manoeuvre,  said&amp;nbsp;Galerie Lelong&amp;nbsp;director&amp;nbsp;Fran\u00E7ois Dournes.  Filippetti will surely be better listened to in this government.  [TAN]\u2013&amp;nbsp;Embattled South African Gallery Owner Speaks Out: In a long, gripping interview under the watch of her recently-hired bodyguard,&amp;nbsp;Liza Essers&amp;nbsp;of Goodman Gallery discussed the broiling controversy surrounding her gallery's display of  The Spear,  a portrait of South Africa's president with his genitals exposed.  We've had numerous threats,  she said.  One of the black staff had the word 'traitor' put all over her car.  [AiA]&amp;nbsp;\u2013&amp;nbsp;Australian Art Market Goes International: Though it has long been devoted to domestic artists, Australia's collector base is increasingly looking overseas for new acquisitions, while local gallerists are beginning to represent more and more international artists and foreign galleries look to find a foothold in Sydney. Most recently, German dealer&amp;nbsp;Matthias Arndt&amp;nbsp;created a pop-up gallery in the city to present a show of works by international art stars like&amp;nbsp;Sophie Calle. [Sydney Morning Herald]VIDEO OF THE DAYA clip of Richard Phillips's  First Point,  starring Lindsay Lohan:ALSO ON ARTINFO:Deconstructing Gerhard Richter Mania, Postmasters Offers a Playful and Surprisingly Affecting Essay in Exhibition FormCourt Ruling Puts Professional Photographers on a Path to Confront Google Books for Scanning Their WorkDonald Judd\u2019s SoHo Home-Studio Will Open to the Public in 2013 Following Massive Fix-UpAfter the Quake: Donna Karan and Philippe Dodard Celebrate Haiti's Richness Through MOCA NoMi ExhibitionSee Newfound Photos of Marilyn Monroe, With the Tragic Actress's Edits, at Steven KasherDakis Jouannou\u2019s DESTE Foundation Taking Over Barney\u2019s Window Displays&amp;nbsp;For more breaking art news throughout the day,check ARTINFO's&amp;nbsp;In the Air&amp;nbsp;blog.[content:advertisement-center]"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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