The Shadow Lounge isn't content with simply serving booze and boys. No, no - the London-based gay bar's getting into the art auction business. From Bloomberg:

A London gay bar, the Shadow Lounge, will host a $3 million auction on Oct. 11 during the Frieze Art Fair, with works by Banksy, Damien Hirst and Jean-Michel Basquiat, said Banksy dealer Steve Lazarides.

"We're targeting people who might buy, and we want to make it a fun event," Lazarides said today in a telephone interview. "Most art events are a bit stuffy."

The catalog for the sale, "The Soho Auction," features pictures of prostitutes, some with telephone numbers.

Good to know they're keeping that gay spirit alive.

Vanity Fair's fashion and style director Michael Roberts recently released the Steidl-published Shot in Sicily.

Snapped over the course of twenty years, the book gives viewers an intimate look into life on the autonomous Italian island. And life looks good.

See a slide show here and then head to Steidl to order a copy. You know you want it…