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The British Team Trying To Preserve, And Restore, As Many Banksys As Possible

"If you owned a valuable painting you'd keep it inside, in correct lighting and temperatures but outside art is open to all the elements - whatever the weather - along with grime, plant life and dog wee." - BBC

A New York City Artist Is Paralyzed After Being Shoved On The Subway

Artist and illustrator Emine Yilmaz Ozsoy's "designs have been featured in outlets such as Chicago Magazine and NPR, and she won an American Illustration award in 2021." - Hyperallergic

US Supreme Court Justices Engage In Fierce Art Criticism Debate

Kagan’s dissent was not mild, either—it reads as strenuously as a vintage art-critical piece by, say, Clement Greenberg, slamming Harold Rosenberg—thus producing an image of two liberal Justices going hammer and tongs over brow-furrowing matters of aesthetics and the marketplace. - The New Yorker

Are We Asking Too Much Of Public Art?

It must be said that no work of art interrogates anyone or anything. This linguistic tic is endemic to the art scene and unproductively cliché. The action of questioning in a focused, rigorous, probing, and relentless manner is something that humans do, not inanimate objects. - Hyperallergic

Colorado Museum To Close American Indian Exhibit

The exhibit was first established in 1978, in collaboration with Indigenous representatives. A description of the exhibit on the museum’s website says visitors could see “authentic reconstructed dwellings.”  But the museum said despite that collaboration, the exhibit failed to avoid insensitive depictions of Native American culture. - Colorado Public Radio

Report: Documenting How Artists Are Getting Screwed By Museums And Galleries

Data gathered from more than 100 contributors outlines a status quo in which artists are expected to work for low (or no) money, even when labouring on exhibitions and commissions for Britain’s grandest institutions. - Apollo

Thousands Of Trafficked Antiquities Recovered In Raids In Southern Italy

"Italian police have arrested 21 out of 51 suspects in an operation which included hundreds of officers, authorities said. … Those arrested are under investigation for 'numerous clandestine excavations, receiving stolen goods and illicit marketing, nationally and internationally, of very important archaeological finds.'" - CNN

How Electric Tech Is Changing Car Design

Inside, electric car dashboards often light up like spaceships as part of a bid to communicate intelligence rather than aggression. - Dezeen

These Climate Protestors Have The Right Idea: Do Joint Projects With Museums Instead Of Vandalizing Their Art

"The group Letzte Generation (Last Generation) tested out the idea as a performance art piece at eight locations across (Germany last) Sunday. … It is not yet clear whether this new approach is intended to replace or complement Last Generation's other protest methods." - Artnet

San Diego’s Museum Of Photographic Arts Will Be Merged Into The San Diego Museum Of Art

"Under an agreement approved by both museums' leadership and boards of directors, MOPA's collection of more than 9,000 images by 850 artists and 22,000 books and related materials will be added to SDMA's own photography collection." - MSN (The San Diego Union-Tribune)

After 17 Years, Greece Regains 351 Looted Artifacts From Disgraced British Dealer

"After a 17-year legal battle with the liquidated company that belonged to disgraced British art dealer Robin Symes, the Greek Ministry of Culture announced last week that it had recovered 351 objects dating from the Neolithic period to the early Byzantine era previously in the possession of Symes's company." - ARTnews

Tate Britain’s Director Explains What’s Behind the Complete Rehang Of The Museum’s Collection

"So far, most of the coverage about the project has focused on the increased representation of female artists. Yet, this barely scratches the surface of what Tate Britain is attempting: nothing less than a complete overhaul of 500 years of art history." - The Independent (UK)

Louise Bourgeois Spider Sells At Auction for $33 Million

Only four of the French-American artist’s arachnid creations have ever appeared at auction. In May 2019, another sold for $32.1 million with fees at Christie’s in New York. - CNN

A Set Of Ceramic Plates Bought For $8 From The Salvation Army Turn Out To Be Original Picassos

"It’s every thrifter's dream. Several years ago, a New York woman purchased several ceramic dishes at a Salvation Army store for $8, then found out they were actually rare plates made by Pablo Picasso. She sold them for over $40,000." - Artnet

In Sydney, A Controversy Over How Often, And Why, To Permit Special Light Shows On The Opera House Sails

"The Sydney Opera House has reviewed the rules for lighting its iconic sails, as figures reveal they were lit up a record one night in every five last year." Arguments arose after the premier of the new state government blocked a projection to celebrate King Charles's coronation. - The Sydney Morning Herald

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