That September, officials from present-day Belgium and the Netherlands arrived at the Louvre to reclaim artworks plundered during the French Revolution and Napoleonic Wars. "(It) is such a critical moment in art history that 200 years later it resurfaces again and again as debates over repatriation continue." - The New York Times
The museum, currently expected to open in 2026, had $58 million in earmarked funding from various New Jersey government sources. But the latest estimate from a city agency projects Pompidou x Jersey City to have a $19 million annual operating deficit, and some of the funders are having second thoughts. - Artnet
“The program we’re building on at Tinworks connects with the American West, which is a place, a notion, an idea, and an ideal. It’s also a very conflicted and complicated place as we consider all the histories and all the peoples affected by how the West has been developed. - ARTnews
"A man from Kazakhstan reportedly carved 'Ali' on light plaster in the House of the Ceii when he was caught on Saturday. The wall is part of an ancient villa believed to have been owned by the magistrate Lucius Ceius Secundus. The vandal will have to pay for the necessary restoration." - ARTnews
“Our study confirms that the island couldn’t have supported more than a few thousand people. As such, contrary to the ecocide narrative, the population present at European arrival wasn’t the remnants of Rapa Nui society, but was likely the society at its peak, living at the levels that were sustainable on the island.” - The Guardian
Tasmania’s Museum of Old and New Art has relegated part of its Picasso collection to a female toilet cubicle, after a court ruling that it must admit men to a female-only exhibition. - The Guardian
Allen’s estate, which has been managing and winding down his vast array of holdings since his death in 2018, confirmed to GeekWire that the 12-year-old museum is closed for good. - Geekwire
The six-foot-tall statue of America’s 16th president, by Richmond artist Sandy Williams IV, was installed in February on the campus of Garrison Elementary School in Northwest Washington. The noble rendering, meant to draw attention to the Civil War era and its aftermath, was placed under towering trees sure to provide ample shade. - Washington Post
The museum, part of the Smithsonian, is centered on the 12,000-odd works assembled by Latvian-American industrialist Joseph Hirshhorn, who was persuaded to donate all that art by then-First Lady Lady Bird Johnson. The Hirshhorn's current exhibition unites 200 of his masterpieces which have never before been displayed together. - El País USA
After a tribunal ruled that Tasmania's Museum of Old and New Art (MONA) may not restrict the conceptual art installation "Ladies Lounge" to "persons who identify as ladies," artist Kirsha Kaechele decided that "a few of the bathrooms in the museum could do with an update. Some Cubism in the cubicles." - CNN
Govan’s vision for the new LACMA — a nonhierarchical, decentralized “21st century museum” that is flexible and accessible to everyone — is an honorable one. Some art world insiders have called him “visionary” and “ahead of his time.” But others fear the new building will be the downfall of the largest art museum in the West. - LA Times
British artists are suffering: “Nearly one in three artists doubted that they would be able to continue working professionally in five years’ time, and 40% said they could not afford to have savings or contribute to a pension.” - The Guardian (UK)
"Previously a curator at the Fine Art Museums of San Francisco, where she led the European paintings department, Brilliant claims that Voena and di Robilant subjected her to sexual harassment and repeated verbal abuse in the form of racist, sexist, antisemitic, and homophobic comments." - Hyperallergic
"From 1882 to 1892 she was Rodin’s assistant, lover, muse, and, most importantly, co-creator. However, aside from assertions in pop culture, such as Bruno Nuytten’s impressive 1988 film Camille Claudel, their collaboration has yet to be widely acknowledged by the art world.” - Hyperallergic
Minerva, whose feet students had kissed for luck for 150 years, was decapitated by a backhoe. For many, “the accident felt like a final blow. ‘It’s kind of unfolding out before you, just how awful this is, on top of everything else,’ said.” - The New York Times
