“People love it when things fall through the cracks, and it would be wonderful if they found a Van Gogh—but they’ve got to pin everything down and get a scholar at the Van Gogh Museum to sign off on it.” Doing so could prove to be a tall order. - The Wall Street Journal (MSN)
"The renovation project, branded 'Louvre New Renaissance,' will include a wide new entrance near the Seine River, to be opened by 2031, (President) Macron said in a speech." The project's cost is estimated to be 800 million euros. - AP
"Triton (1653) is on permanent loan to the (Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam) courtesy of a private collector. A terracotta study model, it depicts the Greek god Triton poised atop a shell. … It went long unnoticed as its surface had been slathered with a thick coat of dark paint, hiding Bernini’s ornate detailing." - Artnet
The Smithsonian, which oversees 21 museums, including ones dedicated to American art, portraiture, and African American history and culture, has a unique structure. That means the decision to adhere to Trump’s freshly penned executive order isn’t so clear. - ARTnews
There is a “proliferation of damage in museum spaces, some of which are in very poor condition,” Des Cars wrote in the memo, which was published on Thursday by Le Parisien newspaper. - ARTnews
One of the largest arts centres on the planet and the world’s most visited museum, the Louvre attracts more than 8 million people a year. When it was modernised in the 1980s, it was designed to welcome 4 million visitors a year, yet now handles more than double that number. - The Guardian
The alleged perpetrator was an IT contractor fired earlier this month. He returned on Thursday to breach and shut down the museum’s security and IT systems, the institution said, and was arrested by police that same day. - ARTnews
The National Gallery of Art (NGA) in Washington, DC, is ending its Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) programs as a result of an executive order (EO) issued by President Donald Trump on Monday, January 20. - Hyperallergic
Included in the losses are more than 30 notable buildings whose pedigrees span the 20th century and a who’s who of domestic architecture—from Arts & Crafts pioneer Henry Mather Greene to modernist icon Richard Neutra—representing an incredible repository of American home-design history. - The Wall Street Journal
“The museum has removed any language referring to DEI from its website. On a page outlining the institution’s mission and values, the words 'diversity, equity, access and inclusion' have been replaced with 'welcoming and accessible.’” - Hyperallergic
“The video is grainy but ominous: three hooded figures, clambering over one another to tug at a heavy access door of the Drents Museum ... and then an explosion and a flurry of sparks in the wee hours of Saturday.” - The New York Times
The 19th-century Danish painting is about freedom from long oppression, but "for many, the power of the painting also lies in its extraordinary history. Its chance rediscovery in 2012 not only ended decades of speculation but resolved a thriller that had long haunted the art world.” - The Guardian (UK)
“Those were the days when Japanese corporations regularly bought European treasures, helping transform the art market from a rich person’s hobby into an investment vehicle” - but now, the question is, can Japanese artists break through into the international market? - The New York Times
It's "a place where people could browse, handle, and borrow stimulating materials, a place where playing with material could spark new ideas and make unexpected connections." - Works In Progress
"His global brand would seem like an odd choice for the most basic tier of New York’s urban shelter, sort of like handing out food-bank groceries in Louis Vuitton bags. … (Yet) the pairing of high-design auteur and low-income residents meets an assortment of needs and isn’t just noblesse oblige." - Curbed (MSN)
