Lots to read

Both papers are all over local arts institutions today, which is a good thing. ... You may remember my previous paeans to the jumbo-size insanity that artists can cook up in Building 5 at MassMOCA, a gallery where you could park a 707. Well, an artist with an ego that's apparently about that size is in the middle of a huge fight with the museum over his half-finished installation. Geoff has a story in the paper here, and more online here. ... He also asked Malcolm Rogers if the vacancy at the top of the National Portrait Gallery is giving him wanderlust, and the MFA director said no. As usual, through a spokesman, denying us the look on his face. ... Meanwhile over at the Herald, Bob Young has a nice piece on international students at Berklee in advance of Thursday's International Night concert.