"Newfields has appointed Belinda Tate as the next director of the Indianapolis Museum of Art at Newfield, concluding a nearly four-year hiring process and crisis of identity for the 140-year-old institution." - ARTnews
These are unusual blows to one of the largest and most smoothly run art businesses in the world, and they have incited plenty of trade gossip. But more interesting are the insights they offer into the high costs and higher stakes of competing at the top of the private art market. - The Art Newspaper
"In an unprecedented fusion of technology and art, … this ambitious undertaking harnesses the power of artificial intelligence to curate an immersive journey through the digital realm. While not without its challenges, the exhibit offers a unique and thought-provoking experience that pushes the boundaries of traditional curation." - Artnet
Jens Haaning sometimes incorporates actual currency in his works, and in 2021 a Danish museum gave him the equivalent of about $76,000 to recreate two of those pieces. Instead, he kept the cash and turned in two blank canvases titled Take the Money and Run. The judge is not amused. - Hyperallergic
"A lot of drawing teachers say that everyone can learn to draw. A lot of drawing teachers haven't met me, I thought. … Then, in 2019, I ... (had) the realization that computers have done for drawing what word processors did for writing. Call it the magic of undo." - The New York Times
He was among the most visible artists of the ’70s, with millions seeing his paintings on television each week; yet his work was excluded from major museum collections. - The New York Times
"These places are where people begin their art careers. No one starts at the RCA – you go to your local site of entry. That’s where you first think, ‘Maybe I could do art.’" - The Observer (UK)
The so-called "discreet dynasty" of art dealers is no longer impregnable thanks to multiple lawsuits from generations of women who say they were cheated out of their share by unscrupulous men. - The New York Times
It's a tough job, coming up with names like "Yummy Mummy" (beige) or Molly Coddled (pinkish), but someone has to get paid to do it - and a legal team has to vet each name as well. - Slate
The firing of the Greek antiquities curator came as museum officials in St. Petersburg "said that they had started a complete provenance review of the museum’s collection." - The New York Times
The Zeche Zollern "wanted to create a space for visitors 'affected by racism' where they could experience the museum while 'protect themselves from further (even unconscious) discrimination,'" but the backlash is so intense there are now armed guards. - Hyperallergic
The British Museum scandal "is an opportunity to radically reimagine the mission and purpose of the universal museum — places like the Metropolitan Museum, the Louvre, the Prado and the British Museum — and what they owe to the world." - The New York Times
“Once we began the proper systematic survey, we realized we were facing a major cave art site, like the ones that can be found elsewhere in Cantabrian Spain, southern France or Andalusia, but that totally lack in this territory.” - Smithsonian
