The art world is firmly fashion-forward, declared The Economist recently, noting that exhibitions about designers have drawn hundreds of thousands of visitors, while artists including Tracey Emin, Damien Hirst and Yayoi Kusama have collaborated with fashion brands. Meanwhile, the Louvre, the Met and Tate Modern have all hosted catwalk shows or other fashion industry events. "More attention is being paid to the talent involved in making beautiful things, and so fashion photography--a form which was once disparaged as crass and commercial--is now being celebrated for its creativity," added the magazine.

When is a pigeon not a flying rodent? Hmmm…that’s a tough one for me. But when I read about the new plinth commission for the High Line, it began to make perfect sense. Paris-based Colombian artist Iván Argote told a reporter for Hyperallergic, “As much as you can imagine or see what the reactions of people will be, you will always be surprised, because [creating a work of public art] is a process that is completely out of your control. "The most successful...