Roundup: Art and architecture in the Trump era, the hottest pink, a lost Frida Kahlo painting

There is a whole lot of ruminating going on about art in the age of Donald Trump. Plus, we’ve got art and Leonard Cohen, art and Alec Baldwin, a hot pink pigment and Anish Kapoor and how Germany is saving a culturally significant piece of architecture for Los Angeles. Here’s the Roundup:

— The day Donald Trump won, as seen by Magnum photographers. Magnum Photos

— The American Institute of Architects found itself embroiled in controversy over a conciliatory open letter (for which it later apologized) about the president-elect. Kriston Capps examines the controversy, while Brentin Mock looks at the reaction of black architects. Citylab, Citylab

— The Red Dot Art Fair in Miami has rescinded an invite to T.Rutt, a collective who created an anti-Trump art project made out of an old campaign bus. Hyperallergic, The Stranger

— Contending with the era of Trump: Literary critic David Ulin turns to Vaclav Havel, while novelist and photography critic Teju Cole goes with Eugène Ionesco. LitHub, New York Times

— In related news: Critic Jörg Colberg writes about photography — and its institutions —in the age of Trump, while Christian Viveros-Fauné looks at the culture wars that may be about to descend on us. Conscientious, Artnet

— And, more concretely, the possible effects of Trump’s tax plan on arts workers. Art F City

— An ancient ziggurat at Nimrud, in Iraq, has reportedly been bulldozed by Islamic State militants. The Art Newspaper, Hyperallergic

A picture taken last week shows destruction in the ancient ruins of Nimrud, in Iraq.

(Safin Hamed / AFP/Getty Images )

— President Obama names the recipients of the Congressional Medal of Freedom. Among the recipients: Architect Frank Gehry and artist Maya Lin join a group that includes Bruce Springsteen, Tom Hanks and Vin Scully. The White House

— Blouin Art Info seems to have vaporized writer William Poundstone’s excellent SoCal arts blog with no explanation. Thankfully, Poundstone has rematerialized on Blogspot. Los Angeles County Museum on Fire

— Albania’s prime minister is an artist — and he has a show on view at Marian Goodman in New York. Worth reading. The Guardian, Marian Goodman

— Speaking of New York, Alec Baldwin is sounding positively Trumpian in his lawsuit against gallerist Mary Boone. Artnet

— The art that connects with aspects of Leonard Cohen’s most famous song. Posztukiwania

— Forget land art, the dude-iest art to make now is ocean art. New York Times

— The pink pigment that is available to everyone — except Anish Kapoor. Creators Project

— A lost Frida Kahlo painting emerges after six decades. And it’s about to go up for auction at Sotheby’s in New York. BBC

— A female Cool School? Arts writer Catherine Wagley looks at the work and philosophies of painters Sarah Cain, Allison Miller, Laura Owens, Rebecca Morris and Dianna Molzan — “female L.A. painters [who] have self-possessed, un-heroic approaches to mark making, mixed with quiet rebelliousness and full-on dedication.” Contemporary Art Review Los Angeles

— Collecting the black female figure in Western art. New Yorker

— A couple of stories about housing in San Francisco: One on how an affluent neighborhood is fighting low-income housing, and another about how a development in the Mission has been shot down because planners failed to take into account issues of displacement. San Francisco Chronicle, SFGate

— Germany saves Thomas Mann’s L.A. house from a possible fate as a tear-down. Curbed

— And last but not least, from the Department of So Much Gilding, So Little Time: Which is Saddam Hussein’s house? And which is Trump’s? @JohnDeVore

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