The duckling family found waddling at the Manhattan museum, Art Basel impressions, and Kim Dacres's rubber art. Found auto rubber; bicycle pedals and chains: You may not see it at first glance, but these are the building blocks of Kim Dacres's dazzlingly meticulous sculptures. The New York native braids bike tire inner tubes and douses her assemblages in industrial spray paint, creating art that “smells like home, like the city, like places I’m going.” On the occasion of Dacres's current solo exhibition at Charles Moffet Gallery, writer Daria Simone Harper talks to the artist about her practice of material and metaphorical reclamation.

Breaking news: A mama duck and her brood of ducklings were found waddling sweetly in the reflective pool at the Frick Collection in Manhattan, whose staffers even built a little ramp for the family to safely relocate to Central Park. No quackery, folks, just a feel-good story that’s much-needed these days.

Plus, impressions from Art Basel and 10 shows to see in Washington, DC – Russian political dissident and artist Robert Kuzovkov, better known by the pseudonym Semyon Skrepetsky, has been killed in Poland, according to local prosecutors. He was 44 years old.

In a Volatile Market, Art Basel Galleries Bet on Our Attention. For most exhibitors at the Swiss art fair this year, the answer is not spectacle, but rather laser focus.