“What if landlords teamed up with new and emerging artists to showcase their work in these spaces, offered them a chance to practice a medium in which they had little or no experience, and brought art to people in the communities in which they live?” - Seattle Times
“People were repressed into silence during the dictatorship and they couldn’t talk about the tragedies in their lives for 40 years. And it’s even complicated in democracy. … You get these voices saying: ‘Come on! What do you want to remember all that for?’” - The Guardian (UK)
Importers will be required to identify an object’s country of origin and the date it left the country, as well as the hands the work has passed through, to secure a license. - ARTnews
Feeling baffled by a work of art is similar to the experience of many chemistry learners. In both scenarios, viewers might ask themselves: What am I looking at, where should I look and what does it mean? - The Conversation
It was one of the city’s oldest art schools when it went bankrupt in 2022. The campus — and its famous Diego Rivera fresco — were purchased by a foundation backed by Laurene Powell Jobs; it will reopen as the California Academy of Studio Arts, offering year-long fellowships for emerging artists. - San Francisco Chronicle (MSN)
“Between 2019 and 2021, Carter Reese approached potential buyers with artwork from those artists and others that he described as authentic. … Reese’s real supplier (had) been convicted in Chicago years earlier of selling about $1 million of counterfeit artwork.” (includes extremely clickbaity headline) - The Philadelphia Inquirer (MSN)
If the president succeeds in removing a key leader who is not accused of any professional or personal misconduct, he will effectively gain control over the content and mission of the entire Smithsonian. - Washington Post
The aim is to organize experimental exhibitions created alongside artists that will surprise collectors and the public alike, via organizing exhibitions in non-traditional venues, hosting social gatherings, and more. - ARTnews
“Kim Sajet’s refusal to abide by Trump’s decision (will test) the bounds of presidential authority over the Smithsonian. ... It is not a traditional government agency nor part of the executive branch; hiring and firing decisions have historically been handled by the Smithsonian’s secretary (and not) its Board of Regents.” - The Washington Post (MSN)
“Named A Capsule in Time, the Bangladeshi architect’s partially-sheltered pavilion, made from wood and polycarbonate, comprises four arched timber structures that take on the form of a ‘half-capsule’ and are organised around a central courtyard.” - Dezeen
The British Museum, the Victoria and Albert Museum and The National Gallery have backed a letter calling for an end to the “relentless negativity” around the corporate sponsorship of arts projects. - The Art Newspaper
“The Nazca Archaeological Reserve has been reduced from approximately 2,162 square miles to 1,235 square miles. … The area now excluded from the environmental protections (overlaps) with roughly 300 concessions … owned by informal miners in the process of legitimizing their operations” as gold prices soar. - ARTnews
Since the firing last Friday, leaders at the Institution have been considering whether, in a lawsuit or even in public statements, to challenge a U.S. president on his authority to fire a Smithsonian museum director. So far, the decision has been not to comment publicly in any way. - The New York Times
