The most desperate museums have reported possible plans to reduce opening hours over the winter, but this is not an outcome that should be taken lightly. ‘Many museums up and down the UK have pledged to open their doors as warm, safe spaces for their communities over the winter. - Apollo
The town of about 4,600 people has been widely mocked as a prince’s plaything and architectural theme park. Yet for one very important man — King Charles III, Britain’s new monarch — Poundbury is what British towns should look like. - The New York Times
"An Open Letter for Invertebrate Rights, penned by Saraceno and placed next to one of the webs that has appeared in the museum over recent weeks, makes a case for cohabiting with creepy-crawlies rather than viewing them as pests." - The Observer (UK)
The proof is in Alex Ross, artist who paints for the comics. Disney "has not totally eaten Marvel Comics yet, probably because, even if you’re hiring the hottest comics artist alive and working ... it’s just cheaper to make a comic book" than a movie. - The Guardian (UK)
Why not use the surveillance capabilities of satellites for good instead of evil, right? "Instead of biking on a straight path or in circles around a park, Ms. Strong plans her rides in the shapes of birthday cakes, stars, birds, lions — and the occasional Vermeer." - The New York Times
"At just 34, Yore’s art has become instantly recognisable in its spectacular, colourful vulgarity, taking on gender, sexuality, politics, religion, capitalism and advertising." - The Guardian (UK)
Twenty-four board members of Toronto's Power Plant resigned together "in response to their parent organization Harbourfront’s alleged attempt to terminate and replace 12 members of the board. The only remaining members on the board ... are two Harbourfront directors." - Hyperallergic
"This Documenta, unlike any before it, was not about art, or ideas, but about the friends we made along the way — the friends and, indeed, the enemies." - The New York Times
Museums, collectors, artist estates and others are "exploring NFTs of traditional art to build support, protect and conserve work, and bring in a new generation of art appreciators." - ARTnews
"Working across sculpture, installation, performance, dance, film, and photography, Nengudi is best-known for her R.S.V.P. series. ... These pantyhose sculptures are often filled with sand, then stretched and pinned to various points of a wall (often in a corner). They sag and droop in ways best described as poetic." - ARTnews
"There are real concerns with respect to the copyright of outputs from these models and unaddressed rights issues with respect to the imagery, the image metadata and those individuals contained within the imagery." - Ars Technica
“It's really easy to look at something from far away and say it's scary. When people actually use it, the attitudes are very different. It doesn’t feel like something that’s trying to replace you. When you use it, it very much feels like an extension of your own mind.” - Los Angeles Times
"This week, (the MNA) in Los Angeles announced that its opening has again been delayed, this time to 2025. ... But with the announcement also came a fresh look into the institution's burgeoning, 100,000-piece collection — and all the high-profile purchases of narrative-focused artwork it has made in recent years." - Artnet
"On Tuesday, the Madrid museum released a list of 25 works that it identified as potentially having been (confiscated from their owners during the Spanish Civil War and) placed with the institution under the regime of dictator Francisco Franco, which lasted until his death in 1975." - ARTnews
