June 2018 – Page 2

Monte Albán, part of the ball court wall collapsed after the quake. Photo: Fidel Ugarte Liévana

World Monuments Fund gives $1m for post-quake restoration of Mexican archaeological site

June 19, 2018

The Art Newspaper - Efforts to restore the earthquake-damaged Pre-Columbian archaeological site of Monte Albán in southern Mexico’s Oaxaca Valley received a major boost last month with a $1m award from the Worl...

Glasgow’s Artists Mourn After Fire Rips Through City’s Creative Heart

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June 19, 2018

Art and Culture

The New York Times - In the 1980s, Nathan Coley became transfixed by the Glasgow School of Art’s main building, designed by Charles Rennie Mackintosh. - read more ...

Rapper pays $18.5m for work at auction but the artist gets nothing

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June 19, 2018

Art and Culture

The Art Newspaper - Anny Shaw asks if auction houses and dealers should pay their dues to the artists from whom they profit. - read more...

Christo’s Latest Work Weighs 650 Tons and It Floats

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June 19, 2018

Art and Culture, Art and Society, Trending

The New York Times - Wearing a hard hat and a cargo jacket, the artist Christo stood on a platform looking over the Serpentine lake one April morning and watched his latest creation come to life. As ducks glide...

A group of museum-goers examine a painting entitled "Open Casket" by artist Dana Schutz at the Whitney Museum of American Art in New York, Thursday, March 23, 3017. The painting, made with the aid of historical photographs of Emmett Till as he lay in his casket, has left some gravely displeased and triggered outcry. Till was a 14-year-old black teenager when he was killed by white men in 1955 for allegedly whistling at a white woman. (AP Photo/Alina Heineke)

How Art Museums Can Remain Relevant in the 21st Century

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June 19, 2018

Art and Society, Art and the Law, Trending

Artsy - Last Spring Dana Schutz's painting of Emmett Till, Open Casket (2016), spawned calls for the painting’s destruction, an on-air discussion on the daytime chat show The View, and a protest within the Wh...

British Museum show focuses on Assyrian antiquities

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June 19, 2018

Art and Culture, Museums, Trending

The Art Newspaper - A forthcoming British Museum exhibition on Assyria will draw attention to the recent destruction of antiquities in Iraq. The show, which opens in November, is to focus on King Ashurbanipal,...

Manifesta 12 makes the most of Palermo’s botanical backdrop

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June 19, 2018

Art and Society, Trending

The Art Newspaper - On Saturday 16 June, the 12th edition of the nomadic art biennial Manifesta opened in the politically charged air of Palermo, Italy’s capital of culture for 2018. - Read More ...

Sean Combs Is Revealed as Buyer of Kerry James Marshall Painting

Artery

June 1, 2018

Art Market, Theme Features, Uncategorized

NY Times - Ever since the sale at Sotheby’s on Wednesday night of “Past Times,” a monumental painting by Kerry James Marshall with a narrative centered on black experiences, many people have been speculating ab...

Amid Protests, Berkshire Museum’s Deaccession Sales at Sotheby’s Fall Short of Expectation

Artery

June 1, 2018

Art Market, Trending

Artnet - Despite another—albeit low-key—protest outside Sotheby’s this morning, the sale of selected works from the Berkshire Museum of Art collection continued apace on Wednesday. Critics gathered with signs i...

Philippe Vergne Resigns as Director of Museum of Contemporary Art in Los Angeles

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June 1, 2018

Museum News, museum watch, Museums, Theme Features, Trending

NY Times - After four years in the job and two months of intense speculation about his employment status, Philippe Vergne has confirmed that he is leaving his post as director of the Museum of Contemporary Art...

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