Why the Art World Needs a Clear Marker for What the ‘End of the Pandemic’ Means
artnet news - Our columnist explores US medical experts' thinking on how to define when to lift public-health restrictions. - read more...
Art Biennials Are Carbon Catastrophes
artnet news- A recent count on the Biennial Foundation’s directory listed over 270 cities that host their own bi-yearly art event. That’s 270 cities around the world that become packed full of international art...
Dallas Museum of Art to Return Sacred Statue to Nepal
NY Times - For more than eight centuries, the sacred stele of Lakshmi-Narayana, a manifestation of the Hindu deities Vishnu and Lakshmi, watched over devotees in the Nepalese city of Patan until it suddenly d...
Why Armenian Cultural Heritage Threatens Azerbaijan’s Claims to Nagorno-Karabakh
Hyperallergic - Around 3am on September 27, my phone buzzed with messages that Azerbaijan had launched an aerial assault on Nagorno-Karabakh — the landlocked, mountainous enclave in the south Caucasus populated...
Two-thirds of New York City’s Arts and Recreation Jobs Have Been Lost to the Pandemic
Hyperallergic- Employment in the arts, entertainment, and recreation in New York City has experienced the largest decline among the city’s economic sectors during the COVID-19 pandemic, plummeting by 66 percent...
Hurt by Public Response to “The Scream,” Munch Inscribed Hidden “Madman” Message
Hyperallergic - A text scribbled in pencil on Edvard Munch’s “The Scream” (1893), which reads the work “could only have been painted by a madman,” is by the artist’s hand, new findings reveal. Curators at the N...
Paris, the Centre Pompidou will be closed for renovations for at least 3 years
domus - It was announced as a “total renovation”, which will affect the Centre Georges Pompidou in Paris from 2023, forcing the museum to shut down its doors to visitors for over three years. A drastic but nece...
Goya: The Dreams, the Visions, the Nightmares
NY Times - In more than 100 drawings and prints at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the brilliant Spanish artist navigates the turbulence of politics and looks deep within the chambers of his heart. - read more ...
The Course of Empire
domus - From Thomas Cole’s evocative works to the attack on Capitol Hill – images recalling the crowds of protesters against the US Congress. - read more ...
Germany doubles pandemic aid for arts with an extra €1 billion funding
The Art Newspaper - The German government has doubled the amount of emergency pandemic aid for the arts, adding an extra €1bn to help cultural organisations and workers survive the second coronavirus lockdown, ...