It's not all selfies: "People are still engaging, if only for a moment, with what’s hung on the wall or placed in courtyards and parks." - Oregon ArtsWatch
Sable Elyse Smith:"The system itself is insistent. The fact that these things persist and keep developing and repeating themselves, kind of replicating the next generation." - Los Angeles Times
It's OK to paint a short wall, or install work at mouse-height. But the insurance "carve-outs would effectively prevent artists doing public art and mural projects or installing their own work in galleries." - The Guardian (Australian Associated Press)
The cache comprised nine gold medallions and gold pearls that once formed an opulent necklace, as well as three gold rings. The jewels, which weigh a little more than 100g, were found to date from about AD500. “At first I thought it was chocolate coins or Captain Sabertooth coins." - The Guardian
That perhaps half of the British Museum’s mammoth collection of some 8 million objects was never fully catalogued has become a matter of keen public interest. Incomplete or out-of-date records is an issue that affects many major museums worldwide. - Artnet
"(The acquisition) raised one uncomfortable question that remains unanswered: how Frieze would juggle both the Armory Show and Frieze Seoul, which run concurrently, in an already over-saturated art world calendar. And that's, of course, leaving aside the fact that Frieze already hosts a fair in New York in the spring." - ARTnews
"We are working to see that the Art Institute is preserved for aspiring artists to advance their work," said SF Conservatory of Music president David Stoll. "It will also serve as a resource for established artists to come together." (Yes, the Diego Rivera mural will be preserved.) - MSN (San Francisco Chronicle)
Although the British Museum might have regarded itself as too big to fail, its false sense of exceptionalism has now jeopardized its future as an institution that claims to epitomize the protection of the world’s cultural heritage. - Hyperallergic
The new “Visitor Zones” program requires visitors to book a time slot through its online platform. On arrival, visitors will scan a QR code on their ticket and be allowed to enter during their scheduled window. - Washington Post
"In August, archaeologists working alongside local volunteers began their excavation at Drumadoon (on the Isle of Arran) of what is almost certainly the only complete Neolithic cursus monument found in Britain." - The Guardian
It quickly became clear that the simple frame was of much lesser value than the striking scene within, which was revealed to be by the renowned painter and illustrator N.C. Wyeth. - Artnet
"Michael Rohana, 29, apologized to his family and the Chinese government, saying he would make no excuses for his drunken prank at the (Franklin Institute's) 2017 ugly sweater Christmas party" in Philadelphia. His punishment will be light. - MSN (The Philadelphia Inquirer)
"A 22-year-old German man has been detained in Florence, accused of damaging a statue in the 16th-century Fountain of Neptune in the Piazza della Signoria (while posing for a photo). The city estimates the damage to the statue is around €5,000 ($5,400)." - CNN
