Patricia Marroquin Norby (Purépecha) lives to "show you how a 19th-century ceramic, textile, carving or painting is made and how it is connected to the contemporary works." - The New York Times
Basically: "Kahlo, born to an affluent German father and mestiza mother (Spanish and Purépecha), adopted the popular fetishization and sanitization of the Tehuana favored by the cosmopolitan bourgeois, intellectual, and artistic circles of Mexico City." - Hyperallergic
Both the dealer himself and the White House say this will prevent even the appearance of influence-buying by purchasers of paintings by the President's son. Transparency advocates say it's exactly the wrong move. - The Washington Post on MSN
Once the drawing was identified as a da Vinci, the Culture Ministry put an export ban on it and offered to buy it for €10 million. The current owner has an independent valuation of €15 million. He won't sell for less; the government won't pay more. - Artnet
"The plaintiffs" — local residents and a powerful labor union — "accuse the authorities of 'grave negligence', which they say exposed city dwellers, particularly children and those working to restore the cathedral, to dangerous levels of toxic lead dust." - The Guardian
Alexandra Lange takes a look at the New York City congresswoman's "ability to get her message across visually, through graphic design, through fashion, and through social media." - Yahoo! (Los Angeles Times)
It's not enough that he sold his own NFT for $69 million. The graphic artist and some even richer tech and entertainment types have launched WENEW, which sells NFT images of "iconic" athletes, artists, and such. The platform's motto: "The Memory Palace of the Metaverse." - Artnet
The Metropolitan Museum of Art and the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston have repeatedly rejected the heirs’ claims for paintings that were sold at the same auctions. - The New York Times
Two years ago in Germany's well-known Unicorn Cave, archaeologists discovered a deer knuckle with diagonal lines deliberately carved in it, Carbon dating has shown that the bone is 51,000 years old — before Homo sapiens arrived in Europe. But is it actually art? - National Geographic
Museum directors brought home an average annual salary of $320,600, compared to $317,500 in 2019. Meanwhile,visitor services associates, who were most impacted by job cuts, earned less in 2020: an average of $31,600 (full-time) compared to $32,600 in 2019. - Hyperallergic
Once the necropolis for the Pharaohs' capital city of Memphis, Saqqara has lately been the most exciting and productive archaeological site in Egypt. Here's an in-depth look at the location's riches and how they were found. - Smithsonian Magazine
