Las Vegas is the largest city in the US without a major art museum; casino magnate Elaine Wynn and LACMA director Michael Govan intend to change that. The Las Vegas Museum of Art won't start out with a collection; artworks, curation, and exhibitions will come from Los Angeles. - The New York Times
“Our program needs about three days to learn the characteristics from around 700 training images, and less than five minutes to calculate the probability of the authenticity of an artwork.” - ARTnews
With the layoff of all three curatorial staffers plus one patron-facing worker and the resignation of three more employees (one a senior manager), NAM has lost half its staff since August 1. The museum in the wealthy Rhode Island seaside town has had only one year without a deficit since 2011. - Hyperallergic
"Nearly seven months after launching an emergency fundraising campaign to stave off a 'dire' financial crisis, the Bellevue Arts Museum is closing its doors indefinitely, museum officials announced Wednesday afternoon. … It is unclear at this time whether the closure is permanent. The museum has filed for receivership." - The Seattle Times
She is the fifth director of Tefaf in four years and arrives after a period of controversy at the fair brand. Her direct successor, Bart Drenth, stepped down in June 2023 less than six months into the role after controversial tweets, aimed at “leftists”, “Muslims” and “the woke”. - The Art Newspaper
The Boy Scouts of America is auctioning off the entirety of its 321-piece art collection, which includes works by Norman Rockwell, Walt Disney, and J.C. Leyendecker, and is valued at around $59 million. - ARTnews
Like her older colleagues Diébédo Francis Kéré (a Pritzker Prize winner) of Burkina Faso and Yasmeen Lari of Pakistan, Mariam Issoufou Kamara focuses on how traditional architecture is adapted to climate conditions, and her designs use materials abundant locally and made by local craftspeople. - The Guardian
"Sudanese Rapid Support Forces (RSF) fighters have reportedly looted the National Museum of Sudan in Khartoum and smuggled some of its artifacts across the country’s southern border. Backed by the United Arab Emirates, the paramilitary RSF has been at war with Sudanese Armed Forces since April last year." - Middle East Eye
What we found leads us to believe that, when it comes to immersive art, established art museums are stuck between staying on the sidelines of a potentially lucrative market or having to make onerous investments and adjustments in their programming approach. - ARTnews
Matthew, Judy and Richard Perlman of Miami realized they had a problem when they brought some of the pieces to Christie's to sell and the auction house said they were probably inauthentic. The Perlmans are suing dealer Leslie Roberts and Miami Fine Art Gallery. - The New York Times
The two-year-old museum is moving from the Dogpatch neighborhood into "The Cube," a modernist landmark downtown owned 70% by Vornado Realty Trust and 30% by the Trump Organization. ICA SF will pay no rent or utilities for the first two years of its lease. - KQED (San Francisco)
"The gallery released a statement Thursday, blaming the budget increase on 'unprecedented and unforeseen' recent construction cost escalation, saying this will force a change of the building design and indeterminate delay on construction. The design ... by Swiss architecture firm Herzog & de Meuron was unveiled in 2015." - Vancouver Sun
The eldest brother, John Sainsbury, despised aspects of the design, in particular the false columns in the foyer. Despite concerted pushback and the fact that the Sainsburys were footing the reported £40 million ($53 million) bill, the development went ahead. - Artnet
"AI is already curating museum shows and biennials. Could it change how we approach, study, or regard art of the past, too? When it comes to AI and art history, it’s important to remember that, for many, this is not just a technological question, but an urgent ideological one too." - ARTnews
After examining over 5,000 NFT collections and collecting 5 million transactions from NFTScan, researchers found that the overwhelming majority are dead (zero trading volume or social media activity), 43% of NFT holders have lost money on them, and the average loss is 44.5%. - NFTevening
