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A Billion-Dollar Art Collection That Has A Family Attacking One Another

Claims and counterclaims have spiraled across New York’s criminal, civil and family courts—sweeping in allegations of physical abuse, fraud and undue influence of the elderly. Ensuing trials and testimony from friends and family exposed generational rifts. - The Wall Street Journal

Whistler v. Ruskin, The Founding Litigation Of Modern Art

"To determine libel, the jury had to see his art. After the defense curated a viewing, the plaintiff, objecting to the dim courtroom venue, staged a second one offsite: cleanly hung, level, well lit. Out with Victorian cram, in with the white cube. Whistler won." - Hyperallergic

Museums Are Now Focus-Grouping Their Exhibitions

"Some of the world’s most renowned museums" — among them the British Museum, SF-MOMA, MFA Boston, and van Gogh Museum — "have been using the marketing research technique to fine-tune exhibitions, develop marketing materials and ensure they entice the broadest possible audience." - The New York Times

New Santa Barbara Museum Director Under Fire For Canceling Show, Dismissing Curator

The decisions by Amanda Cruz prompted a searing response from the affected artists, who called her actions “outrageous” and “appalling” and said they continued “Cruz’s pattern of controversial leadership.” - Santa Barbara Independent

Ghana’s Contemporary Art Scene, Both Home And Away

"Here was art that felt rooted in the country even as it was being sold abroad." - The New York Times

The British Museum Has Decided To Put Some Of Its Stolen Items On Display

Stolen - and recovered, that is. “They are made of stone or glass, variously coloured and tiny - often barely the size of a thumbnail. They are a fascinating window into the ancient Mediterranean world." - BBC

Warming Temperatures Shut Down Minneapolis Art Shanties After One ‘Zany’ Weekend

The story played out after the first gloriously thick ice weekend with increasingly dire warnings on Instagram, over text, and on the Art Shanties’ other official channels: The ice was only getting thinner, so “the artists, wearing life jackets, began dismantling huts one by one.” - The New York Times

Lisa Hunt, Who Transformed Gold Leaf In Her Art, Has Died At 55

Hunt "often marked her works with 24-karat gold leaf, which she attributed to the gilded artworks of the African diaspora, the Art Deco movement, and Austrian painter Gustav Klimt." - Hyperallergic

A Man Has Died After Falling From Tate Modern’s 10th Floor

“The Met said the man's death was being treated as 'unexpected but not thought to be suspicious.’" - BBC

Hundertwasser’s New Zealand Legacy

The Hundertwasser Art Centre "has had a bumpy start. The centre opened in February 2022, while New Zealand’s international borders were still closed to tourists.” And then two floods devastated local roads. - The Guardian (UK)

Does Vandalizing Art Really Help The Cause Of Climate Change Activists?

With today’s political institutions largely focused on short-term desires over long-term planetary health, and global climate negotiations moving too slowly to meet the challenge, climate activists have been radically rethinking their tactics. - Los Angeles Times

Conversations About The Parthenon Marbles Drag On

Seeking a fair resolution on the marbles can hardly be said to open the floodgates. First of all, the marbles are as close to unique a case as possible. - The Art Newspaper

Visitor Falls To His Death Inside London’s Tate Modern Gallery

"(Ambulances) didn’t arrive quickly enough to revive the man, who was pronounced dead around 10:45 a.m. local time. Few other details about the fatal plunge were immediately released, including the victim’s name and age." - The Daily Beast

World Monuments Fund Hands Over Management Of Three Angkor Sites To Cambodian Government

"This new chapter for the Ta Som and Preah Khan Temples, alongside the Churning of the Ocean of Milk Gallery in Angkor Wat, coincides with a new phase of WMF conservation undertakings at Phnom Bakheng." - The Art Newspaper

The Brooklyn Museum Prepares To Celebrate Its 200th (Yes, 200th) Anniversary

"This year, the museum will sing a song of itself" (the reference is to noted Brooklynite Walt Whitman) "for its 200th anniversary, with a slate of events and exhibitions that includes a major group show of Brooklyn artists and a reinstallation of its American art galleries." - The New York Times

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