Roskomnadzor, the country's communications regulator, "said it had sent 145 requests to DeviantArt to remove unlawful content from its site since 2019, saying certain pages contained child pornography, pro-drug and pro-Nazi content, as well as other prohibited images." - Reuters
The Gesture, an 82-foot sculpture by Nadim Karam, is made of steel debris from last year's catastrophe and stands at the blast site itself. While some Beirutis have welcomed it, others say it's too soon for such a memorial, especially at what one calls "a crime scene." - Artnet
The resulting totemic structures, biomorphic forms, and sleek stacked shapes against drab gray backgrounds have a strange, mass-produced patina, as vaguely similar as Ikea furniture. - Hyperallergic
If one really wants to see an example of how a colour can come to denote an entire system of values and beliefs, look no further than green. - Literary Review
"Three architects, three journalists and two designers gathered over Zoom to make a list of the most influential and lasting buildings that have been erected — or cleverly updated — since World War II. Here are the results." - T — The New York Times Style Magazine
"Customers scroll through a selection of artwork and click the designs they like. … Then, the user clicks a button reading 'Make My Art,' Artifly becomes familiar with your selections — and … in about a minute, it creates a brand-new personalized artwork." - Artnet
"They're employing advances like liquid fingerprinting nanotechnology and tiny rare-earth magnets — as well as futuristic tech that's to persuade thieves and looters to leave art where it is, or to recover stolen items before they disappear for good." - Artnet
A High Court ruled that the transport ministry's project for a two-mile, £1.7 billion tunnel near the monument didn't include a mandated risk assessment and didn't give enough consideration to alternatives that might cause less damage to the site's archaeology. - Artnet
The return to figurative art in the past two decades has been embraced by a new wave of younger Black artists, and for many of them, it is now clear, Kerry James Marshall has been a primary inspiration. - The New Yorker
But what kind of art should it be? "Some advocate for the calming power of nature scenes, while others push for works of gallery quality: rousing, conceptual, complex." - The New Yorker
The sad, Airbnb-inflected tale of an artist whose family and nonprofit are at odds, not only dividing the artist's art from artist's house (with that fence), but setting townspeople against each other every day. - The New York Times
Leadership bungled budgets and staff during the pandemic - but aslo has a longstanding, baked-in message that Muslim Americans say fuels war and Islamophobia. - Hyperallergic
The National Museum will return "religious and cultural artefacts include sculptures, photos and a scroll are worth around $2.2m." They are suspected of being stolen or looted. - BBC
The pandemic - and the way the museum treated some of the staff during closures - helped the push for unionization, says at least one digital producer. - The New York Times
