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UK Court Slaps Down Planned Highway Tunnel Near Stonehenge

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 Singular Influence Of Kerry James Marshall

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

Hospital Art Can Play A Vital Role In Patient Recovery

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

When Landscape Art Gets A Big, Ugly Fence Around It

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

The September 11 Museum Desperately Needs Reform

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

Australia Will Return Artworks To India

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

Guggenheim Curators Ready To Unionize

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

After Months Of Turmoil At The Philadelphia Museum, The Director Steps Down

Timothy Rub now says he should have focused more, and much sooner (perhaps he means before the employees unionized), on gender and racial equity inside the museum. - The New York Times

Turner Prize Winner Says UK Cut School Arts Funding To Cut Out Criticism From Artists

Artist Helen Cammock: "They’re trying to eradicate the subjects that encourage people to think, and the parts of culture that really loudly challenge the system that’s in place." - The Guardian (UK)

How Can The Uffizi Sue Over An Image In The Public Domain?

Italian law strongly protects its heritage. The definition of cultural heritage itself under Italian law is broad: any works which “are of artistic, historical, archaeological and ethno-anthropological interest”. - The Conversation

Cash-Strapped Mexico Reburies Petroglyphs

“The global health contingency caused by COVID-19 forced the institutions of the different levels of government to prioritize the allocation of resources for the health care of the population.” - Artnet

Judge Rules Controversial San Francisco School Murals Must Remain Uncovered

In 2019, alums and students at George Washington High School protested what they saw as racist imagery in a set of Victor Arnautoff frescoes there, and the school board voted to cover them up. Now a judge says that decision violated state law. - San Francisco Chronicle

After Yet Another Suicide, The Vessel At Hudson Yards In NYC May Close For Good

On Thursday, a 14-year-old visiting the attraction with his family jumped to his death; his was the third suicide there in less than a year. Said developer Stephen Ross, "We thought we did everything that would really prevent this." - The Daily Beast

Virtual Docents — The Best Museum Idea To Come Out Of The Pandemic?

The Smithsonian's Air and Space Museum developed a way to provide guides when COVID kept them from coming in: visitors can stop at strategically placed monitors and talk with offsite docents in real time. Folks on both sides of the screen seem to love it. - Slate

2,500-Year-Old Etching Of Last King Of Babylon Discovered In Saudi Arabia

Archaeologists found the 6th century BC rock carving of King Nabonidus, along with 26 lines of cuneiform, in the north of the country. - Smithsonian Magazine

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