The Toronto-based corporation Lighthouse Immersive Inc. is going through insolvency proceedings in Ontario, and it has filed for Chapter 15 bankruptcy in Delaware in order to protect its U.S. assets as it goes through the Canadian legal process. - Artnet
One can hardly deny feeling something un-Parisian, even anti-Parisian, exuded by the dark, Kubrickian slab rising out of its nineteenth-century surroundings. But nor, on closer inspection, can one deny the traces of élan in its design. - The New Yorker
The trend started last July when the Metropolitan Museum of Art — New York’s largest art museum — raised its adult admission price to $30, a $5 increase. Others followed, including the Philadelphia Museum of Art and the Whitney Museum of American Art, with Art Institute of Chicago now one of the most expensive. - The New York Times
As well as overseeing the British Museum during the Covid pandemic, Hartwig Fischer has faced growing controversy over one of the institution’s cultural highlights – the Parthenon marbles, also known as the Elgin marbles – amid calls for the ancient sculptures to be returned to Greece. - The Guardian
"Though (the researchers) agree that the illegal trade in antiquities is a matter of serious concern, they argue that the reiteration of and reliance on this unsubstantiated claim only serve to undermine credibility and attempt to quantify the harm of illegal trading in the wrong terms." - Hyperallergic
There's a model with Stability AI that utilizes a large data set called LAION. It contains 5.8 billion text and image data pairs. And LAION is open for anyone to see, and that's how I found out the entire body of my fine art work to be in those data sets. - NPR
Beneath La Cinquième Saison lies another Magritte, this one probably a portrait of his wife - though of course he said, "When one sees one of my pictures, one asks oneself this simple question, ‘What does it mean?’ It does not mean anything." - The Guardian (UK)
"The towers have been a source of local pride for almost 100 years, but now a debate has ignited over which structure is which after the local historical society announced plans to immortalise them in a cruet set." - The Guardian (UK)
In Bemidji, Minnesota, "A First Nations tribe in Canada sent the historical society a letter enquiring about a ceremonial water drum. The museum no longer had the artifact, but it forced the staff to re-examine what was in their archives." - Sahan Journal
At a 15th century palace that will become a Four Seasons Hotel, "to the archaeologists’ surprise — and immense delight — the dig brought to light traces of a first-century theater that the team believes was built by Nero." - The New York Times
As Beverly Buchanan's Marsh Ruins sink into the marsh, questions arise. "What should be done when a work is major partly because the artist invited its decay? Perhaps the Marsh Ruins challenge us to rethink the possibilities of conservation itself." - The New York Times
This is a first. "Although Indigenous artists have shown work more broadly in Venice over the years, the last time Indigenous artists appeared in the U.S. Pavilion at the Biennale was in 1932 — and that was in a group setting." - NPR
Following the protest, a gallery for modern portraits was closed for the remainder of the day. The rest of the institution, however, stayed open. - ARTnews
Researchers hope their experimental use of AI will put to rest a decades-long debate about the origins of the painting, known as the de Brécy Tondo, allowing it acceptance alongside Raphael works hanging in cities better known for their art halls. - Washington Post
"Consisting of 50 paintings, nine works on paper, and two sculptures, the donation represents the art of 39 artists. Among those included are well-known American artists like Georgia O'Keeffe, Winslow Homer, John Singer Sargent, Charles Sheeler, and Alexander Calder." - ARTnews
