That’s what’s happening in Indiana, where "Valparaiso University has shuttered the Brauer Museum of Art and dismissed its director, Jonathan Canning, amid ongoing controversy over the university’s plan to sell three artworks to fund renovations of its freshman dormitories.” - Artnet
“As the raft bobbed its way across the many thousands at the Other stage, the band played the song 'Danny Nedelko,' which features lyrics that strongly condemn right-wing immigration policies and call for togetherness and compassion.” - BBC
The founding member of queer art collective fierce pussy, which had a show in Paris last year, says, “I don’t want a seat at the table, I want to change the shape of the table — or do away with the table altogether.” - Hyperallergic
Roger Walker says that in many cases, he was just reacting to the fact that so many houses looked essentially the same. Why not add a turret or two? - The Observer (UK)
“Her concerns – unusual and even eccentric in her own times – are now ubiquitous. Ecology, feminism, the interconnectedness of all life forms, spirituality outside of organised religion: today we’re all aware of these issues, but they were front and centre for Carrington 80 years ago.” - The Observer (UK)
Over the past few years, attendance levels fell and fund-raising efforts slowed as overhead costs and employee salaries rose. Many museums are doing fewer exhibitions per year in an attempt to tighten their belts. - The New York Times
Legends Tower recently gained approval from the city to have an unlimited height, and after a series of changes, the skyscraper is now slated to reach 581 metres (1,907 feet), making it the tallest in the world outside Asia and more than double the height of Oklahoma City's second-tallest building. - Dezeen
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
