"(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
"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
"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
I know why Weyant’s friend protested the dress: It could fuel the fire hose of attention that the glamorous, photogenic, and precocious painter has generated over the last several years for her ultrafast rise in the art world, her staggering secondary market prices, and her personal life. - GQ
LEDs have also transformed cultural events involving creative lighting. They’re why stadium shows and EDM festivals look so freaking awesome, to fangirl for a minute, and why even many just-getting-started bands have pretty neat light displays. - The Atlantic
Rather than ceasing to exist, the museum will continue on as a spaceless institution that provides long-term loans and as an organization that will facilitate research. - ARTnews
"(The museum dedicated to Himalayan Buddhist art) will close Oct. 6, when its last exhibition ends, before the institution transitions to a skeleton crew that will process long-term loans and research inquiries and help with fund-raising. Nearly 40 percent of its employees will lose their jobs." - The New York Times
Her goal is to figure out why contemporary art attracts so much money, status and (occasionally) talent. She spent several years taking entry-level jobs in galleries and artist studios so she could vividly capture the new class hierarchies in American culture and the subtle cues that mark cultural distinction. - Washington Post (MSN)
After residents on the Upper East Side of Manhattan claimed they were blindsided by the Frick Collection’s plans to serve liquor from 17 bars inside the newly renovated museum, the institution has reached a concession with the neighborhood for just 14 bars. - Artnet
"Few details about the design (by Rafael Viñoly Architects) have been released, but the terminal's main feature will be a vast sloping roof, which will be lined with skylights and 38 rows of usable vineyards." - Dezeen
"Sotheby’s was cleared Tuesday in Manhattan federal court of claims that they helped Swiss art dealer Yves Bouvier defraud Russian billionaire Dmitry Rybolovlev, in a high-profile civil case that has stretched on weeks." - ARTnews
Outernet in December announced that it recorded 6.25 million visitors in its first year of operation, while the British Museum attracted 5.83 million visitors in 2023. The world’s most visited art museum, Musée du Louvre in Paris, received 8.86 million visitors last year. - The Art Newspaper
"When (he) died in poverty in 1840, he was almost forgotten by the contemporary art world. As his 250th birthday approaches, his reputation is reaching new heights — and the anniversary year is likely to propel it into the stratosphere." - CNN
"Pompidou workers went on strike in mid-October over concerns for job security while the center closes for renovations for five years, starting in 2025. … The union sought written guarantees from administration that there was a plan for (museum) staff, collections, and usual programming." - ARTnews
