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The World Of Comic Books Is Kinda Old And White

But Milestone Media is trying to change that. - Los Angeles Times

Norway Finally Gets Its National Museum, Which Is Opening With An Exhibit Of Reindeer Skulls

"The tapestry of 400 reindeer skulls, the flesh and tissue boiled and scrubbed off and the bone polished to a shine, hangs like a huge flag in what the curator Randi Godø says is a statement about the museum’s intention to newly reflect all aspects" of Norway. - The Guardian (UK)

How Did Two Caravaggio Masterworks Get Lost At Sea?

It's a history of Caravaggio's wild escapades and violent temper, a tale of armed knights bursting in to a cardinal's palace, and then a lot of centuries of who knows what, before they ended up in Avignon. - History Today

The Radical Indonesian Art Group Taking Over Documenta

The pitch from ruangrupa: "The lumbung, the common rice store traditionally found in Indonesian villages, built and shared by everyone. They wanted Documenta to be a lumbung, treating artists as partners and creating resources that would live on beyond the show." - The New York Times

Find A Surprise Renaissance Masterwork, Pay Nursing Home Bills

"A major lost painting by a follower of the Italian Renaissance painter Filippino Lippi hidden in plain sight in a London bungalow" of a 90+-year-old woman was discovered & sold to pay for her nursing home memory care. - Artnet

Tourists Have Just Been Wrecking The Spanish Steps In Rome Lately

Last month a Saudi man took a wrong turn and drove his rented Maserati down the steps — then he tried to reverse the car back up, taking some chunks out of the marble. This week, an American couple tried to wheel their scooters down the steps and caused more damage. - Artnet

The Parrish Art Museum Names A New Director

The previous director left less than one year into the role. But Mónica Ramírez-Montagut, who is currently the director of the Broad Art Museum at Michigan State, says she's eager to help the Parrish, in the Hamptons, connect more to its regional community. - The New York Times

Former Museum Director Opens Up About The Deep Vein Of Australian Misogyny

Elizabeth Ann Macgregor, the Scot who took Sydney's Museum of Contemporary Art from expensive also-ran to "trail-blazing cultural attraction," is finished being quiet about the amount of crap she dealt with every day. "It’s just a modus operandi for politics in this country." - The Guardian (UK)

A Set Of First Nation Artifacts At The Smithsonian Are Coming Home To A Native Museum In Canada

Roughly 500 pieces of basketry, quillwork, regalia and other items from the Mi'kmaq people which have been at the Museum of the American Indian for decades are to be turned over, under a long-term loan agreement, to the new Mi'kmawey Debert Cultural Centre in Nova Scotia. - CBC

Report Finds “Absurd” Levels Of Government Interference In Museums

 The report tracked “astonishing, nearly absurd” cases of political interference at some museums, the commissioners say, and outlines how some museums are poorly run. - The Art Newspaper

Survey: What Artists American Museums Show

Nearly half of all art exhibitions showcased by U.S. museums between 2017 and 2021 were dedicated to less than five percent of a quarter of a million artists, ranging from those born at the start of the 20th century to those working today, according to a new survey. - ARTnews

Philadelphia Museum Of Art’s Next Director: Sasha Suda Of The National Gallery Of Canada

At 41, Alexandra Suda will be the youngest director in the PMA's history, and she comes to Philadelphia after three years at the helm in Ottawa. She succeeds Timothy Rub, whose 12-year tenure in Philadelphia included both a $500 million renovation/expansion and considerable staff turmoil. - MSN (The Philadelphia Inquirer)

France Suspends Indicted Former Louvre Director From His New Post

The Ministry of Culture has put Jean-Luc Martinez, who left Paris's flagship museum at the end of last year and was then appointed a cultural heritage ambassador, on temporary leave in the wake of his being formally charged with complicity in organized fraud and money laundering. - Artnet

Can Murano’s Struggling Glass Factories Be Saved By Design?

Reversing Murano’s fate would be a monumental task, especially at this pivotal moment when soaring gas prices, caused by the war in Ukraine, have forced small, independently-owned factories to shut down their furnaces. - The New York Times

Australia’s National Gallery Faces $67 Million Hole

The National Gallery of Australia needs to urgently find more than $67 million to protect its $6.1 billion art collection with a backlog of repairs to its 40-year-old building left unfunded by the Morrison government. - Sydney Morning Herald

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