In an excerpt from his new book, Paris in Ruins: Love, War, and the Birth of Impressionism, Sebastian Smee writes about the partnership, both romantic and artistic, between the great Impressionist painters Edouard Manet and Berthe Morisot. - The Washington Post (MSN)
"Visitors to Carcassonne in south-western France will be able to walk a full 1.3 km circuit of its upper ramparts — the first time this has been possible in centuries. The route has been opened up thanks to a 31-month, €5.6m restoration programme by the national heritage agency." - The Art Newspaper
Today’s Instagrammer no longer chooses one representative photo at a time, creating a grid of images just so; instead, users, especially those belonging to Gen Z, are putting up faux-messy but actually carefully selected compendia showcasing the detritus of their lives. - The New Yorker
Does introducing a new logo in vibrant colors across various forms of signage, digital campaigns and merchandise equate to a brand reset? Perhaps not when the “new” design is eerily reminiscent of the 1972 Massimo Vignelli Bloomingdale’s logo, which also features the signature double ‘o’ ligature. - ARTnews
The group Just Stop Oil, which started the practice of vandalizing artworks in the name of stopping climate change when two students threw tomato soup at van Gogh's Sunflowers, had repeatedly blocked fossil fuel sites without the media or public noticing. Well, they've noticed now, for better or worse. - Los Angeles Times (MSN)
On Sunday, September 8, at least 60 people including former workers and supporters protested outside the Queens institution and handed out flyers to inform visitors of the ban, which has been billed by museum leadership as a dress code update prohibiting “political dress” that could make visitors feel “unsafe” or “uncomfortable.” - Hyperallergic
"The funds — which amount to the single largest naming gift the museum has ever received — come from longtime art collectors Aaron I. Fleischman and Lin Lougheed. The new building, which will bear their name, will … showcase modern art from the 19th and 20th centuries." - WBEZ (Chicago)
"He has held the top post since 1995. When it was revealed in 2018 that he planned to continue through 2025, (when his contract ends,) the museum parted with one of its cardinal rules: that 'chief curators and other senior managers' retire at age 65." (Lowry is now 69.) - ARTnews
“We saw museums leaning into reactionary methods: colleagues doing token hires, museums using artists as cover, and others being ousted from museum associations. There was no desire to look at root causes and issues. There was a vast delta between what the workers were saying and the approach of those at the administrative level.” - ARTnews
The new home for the museum's permanent collection, designed by starchitect Peter Zumthor and named the David Geffen Galleries, was initially scheduled to open in 2023 but has suffered several delays. LACMA's permanent collection has been in storage since 2019. - Los Angeles Times (MSN)
For market participants who entered the game after 2020, all this turbulence may come as a surprise. Auction prices for some young artists have crashed as much as 90 percent since the peak of demand in 2021. Auction houses’ revenues are down significantly. - Cultured Magazine
“The most difficult products are the ones that have a human face, because getting skin tones and the shadows and all that stuff can be challenging. Once the paint is figured out, we make sure it functions the way we originally intended it to.” - Slate
A new exhibition shows how local architects in Ghana and India took the British idea of tropical modernism and turned it into a symbol of postcolonial self-determination and self-rule. - Hyperallergic
In 2022, a commander told Gamlet Zinkivsky to put down his guns and start painting because “the power of his art is much stronger than him taking a machine gun and assaulting or defending trenches. His art could empower the people defending the city.” - The New York Times
