Information Society

The cover of Johanna Basford’s The Secret Garden.

VIA THE INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS TIMES

Cindy Sherman will play a character based on Maria Callas in a Francesco Vezzoli-directed film, which will premiere at a Rufus Wainwright concert in Greece. [The Art Newspaper]

Art coloring books are NOT art therapy, experts say. [ABC]Lance Kinz, art dealer at Kinz + Tillou Fine Art in Brooklyn, has died. 1951-2015. [Artnet]Brooklyn-based street artist Joseph Tierney is suing Moschino and Jeremy Scott, claiming the graffitied dress they created for Katy Perry’s 2015 Met Ball ensemble was based on his designs. [The Art Newspaper]The city of New York has created an Instagram account just for its public art. [The Irish Times]The Minneapolis Institute of Arts is dropping the last ‘s’ in its name, per recommendations of their brand consulting firm. [The Washington Times]A subway car found inside a PATH station under the World Trade Center on the morning of Sept. 11, 2001, will be on view at the Shore Line Trolley Museum in East Haven. [The Hartford Courant]Petrit Halilaj’s “ABETARE” at Kölnischer Kunstverein in Cologne. [Contemporary Art Daily]