ArtsJournal: Arts, Culture, Ideas

VISUAL

MoMA’s New Leader Is Christophe Cherix

Cherix is an insider, chief curator for drawings and prints. “The board, which was anxious about leaks to the news media, summoned its members to a hastily called meeting on Friday morning for a vote to appoint Cherix; among those who attended, the approval was unanimous.” - The New York Times

The Intersections Of Art And Sports

“Art and sports have so many parallels, like the idea of practice versus natural talent. Athletes and artists both have invisible teams that ensure their success, or push it forward anyway, while museums and arenas both act as stages for their talents.” - Hyperallergic

What To Know About The Smithsonian Museums, And The Crisis They’re Facing Now

One (really) good thing: “While the vice president, along with the chief justice of the United States, is a member of the board by law, the executive branch does not have authority over the institution.” - The New York Times

Vancouver Art Gallery Parts Ways With Its CEO

He was at the helm as the gallery prepared to relocate to a new building downtown and then scrapped that plan last year after the project’s budget ballooned by 50 per cent to $600 million. - Vancouver Sun

Renzo Piano Recalls Building The Museum That Scandalized Paris

As far as possible, the original building will be conserved as it was before. To do otherwise might be considered cultural sacrilege – after all the Pompidou's identity is indivisible from its original architects, Renzo Piano, and the late Richard Rogers. - BBC

Drawing Bought For $12 Might Be Renoir

There was a faint signature, the frame was high quality and the type of paper used was also a clue that it might potentially be a Renoir. A stamp on the back also indicated it had been brought to the US by a high-end importer and sold to an art collector." - The Guardian

The Original Climate-Protesting Art Vandals Say They’ll Stop Vandalizing Art

The British group Just Stop Oil said, “(Our) initial demand to end new oil and gas is now Government policy, making us one of the most successful civil resistance campaigns in recent history. … So it is the end of soup on Van Goghs, cornstarch on Stonehenge and slow marching in the streets.” - The Standard (London)

Sebastian Smee: Colorado Trump Portrait Is Bad Art, But Distorted?

Distorted? He’s a bit jowly, perhaps, but I — “even I?” — think it’s a decent resemblance. Still, I agree with the president that it’s a bad portrait. Not because it’s distorted, but because it’s bland, wooden, slick and lifeless. - Washington Post (MSN)

Viral Trend: AI Image Update Floods Internet With Studio Ghibli-ized Images

On social media, users have shared multiple examples of Ghibli-style images produced by OpenAI’s new image generator. - Variety

Texas Drops Child Porn Charges Against Sally Mann And Fort Worth Museum

“A Tarrant County grand jury declined to take action against the Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth or artist Sally Mann in (the) case of … four photos that were confiscated months ago from Diaries of Home, a temporary exhibition at the museum.” - KERA (Dallas)

Wildfires Ravage Ancient Temple Complex In South Korea

“The (Gounsa) temple was engulfed in flames on Tuesday as strong winds fanned the wildfires. About 20 of its 30 buildings and structures were completely burned down, including the revered Gaunru, a pavilion-shaped structure built in 1668 overlooking a stream, and Yeonsujeon, built in 1904 to mark the longevity of a king.” - AP

Justin Davidson: Recreating The Frick Museum

"I worried that all the tinkering would leave the grande dame of mansion museums like a movie star whose cosmetic procedures had gone awry: recognizable and rejuvenated but somehow horribly off. Instead, the architect has performed a therapeutic intervention, helping the museum to grow, mature, and adapt without rejecting its past. - New York Magazine (MSN)

The Lost Frescoes Of Maxine Albro Are Uncovered In Los Angeles

The Four Sibyls were completed in 1933 at a fancy women’s club in Los Angeles — but too many of those fancy women found Albro’s work overly bright, and after two years of debate, the club covered the frescoes over. They remained hidden for 90 years ... until now. - Los Angeles Times (MSN)

Long-Term Play: Zoomer Ponders Buying “Affordable” Art With Her Retirement Savings

Imagining what it would be like to be a first-time art collector at the twice-annual Metropolitan Pavilion event, I told myself I’d mentally purchase artworks that would amount to my $3,372.30 retirement savings. - Hyperallergic

Filmmaker Yorgos Lanthimos Has His First-Ever Art Gallery Show

The director of Oscar winners The Favourite and Poor Things has a longstanding sideline in photography. “I like the fact that you can just take a picture of a tree, process it, print it, and hold it in your hands,” he says. “The directness of that? I love that compared to filmmaking.” - Artnet

Our Free Newsletter

Join our 30,000 subscribers

Latest

Don't Miss

function my_excerpt_length($length){ return 200; } add_filter('excerpt_length', 'my_excerpt_length');