1. Institutions like the Whitney and Guggenheim are trying to slow a New York bill that regulates the deaccessioning of collections. These institutions and others like them argue against blanket regulations that would keep curators from selling works to free up funds to purchase new works or use artworks as collateral.
2. Stephen Deuchar, the director of Tate Britain and chairman of the 2009 Turner Prize jury will be leaving the Tate to become director of the Art Fund.
3. The Obamas have started to look into a contemporary art collection to hang in the Whitehouse. ARTINFO asked 21 artist, dealers, bloggers, and curators to help curate.
4. The New York Times reports on how the summer slow down in Chelsea could leave more than a few galleries closed for good come September. Since the article ran Bellweather Gallery, mentioned several times in the piece, announced it would close at the end of June.
5. In an Artnet column, Charlie Finch proposes how collectors should step up and save the art market with exhibitions comprised of collections whose owners agree to sell the work at a loss.
