Museums An Archaeology Museum Intends to Bury the Skulls of 13 Black Philadelphians From Its Collection. Not Everyone Is on Board With the Plan An activist says the institution is rushing the decision and misrepresenting its process. By Taylor Dafoe, 1 day ago
Art World A Cambridge College Will Install an Antony Gormley Sculpture Honoring Mathematician Alan Turing, Despite Resistance From Preservationists Meanwhile, another sculpture by the artist on another Englland campus has drawn backlash for its design. By Taylor Dafoe, 2 days ago
On View How a Salvadorian Children’s Game and a Volcano Inspired Artist Guadalupe Maravilla’s Powerful New Show at the Brooklyn Museum Maravilla turned to Tripa Chuca as a way to meet others during his migration to the U.S. By Taylor Dafoe, Aug 4, 2022
Politics Activists in Italy Glued Themselves to an Umberto Boccioni Sculpture in Milan to Draw Attention to Climate Change “The progress that the Futurists hoped for is the same that is now leading us towards mass extinction,” the group said. By Taylor Dafoe, Aug 2, 2022
NFTs An Italian Artist Claims to Be Pak, Maker of the Most Expensive NFT of All Time. Is It Really Him or Just a Conceptual Joke? It could also be Paris Hilton, who knows? By Taylor Dafoe, Aug 1, 2022
Science & Tech A Super-Detailed Scan of an Epic Battle Painting Promises to Be the ‘Largest Single Seamless Image’ Ever Created The "digital twin" of Louis Braun's 1893 painting will ultimately have a staggering 1.6 trillion pixels. By Taylor Dafoe, Jul 29, 2022
Museums Curator Katy Siegel Follows Her Longtime Colleague Christopher Bedford, Departing the Baltimore Museum of Art for SFMoMA The museum also announced that veteran curator Erin O’Toole has been named head of its photography department. By Taylor Dafoe, Jul 28, 2022
Museums An Albuquerque Foundation Has Returned a Dozen Ancient Relics Discovered in an Old Storage Box to Mexico The objects, which date back to 300 and 600 B.C.E., are headed to the Mexican National Institute of Anthropology and History. By Taylor Dafoe, Jul 28, 2022
Art World An Australian Artist Pulled a Pickle from a McDonald’s Cheeseburger and Slapped It on a Gallery’s Ceiling. Now It Costs $6,200 Lucky buyers of the piece won’t be given the exact pickle, but rather instructions for how to recreate the artwork in their own space. By Taylor Dafoe, Jul 27, 2022
Shows & Exhibitions Manifesta Wants to Bring the Roving Art Biennial to Ukraine—and Have Former Host Cities ‘Adopt’ the Country’s Museums The Ukrainian Institute for Culture has submitted a letter of intent to host Manifesta 17 in 2028. By Taylor Dafoe, Jul 27, 2022
Law An Iraqi Court Has Overturned a British Tourist’s 15-Year Sentence For Stealing Ancient Pottery Shards James Fitton, a retired geologist who took the objects as souvenirs of a guided tour, is expected to be released soon. By Taylor Dafoe, Jul 26, 2022
Market Seeking to Cultivate Young Collectors, Art Intelligence Global Is Teaming Up With a Japanese Streetwear Brand to Stage Roving Shows Amy Cappellazzo and Yuki Terase's firm is teaming up with Onitsuka Tiger to launch the roving art initiative. By Taylor Dafoe, Jul 25, 2022
Shows & Exhibitions ‘I Believe Strongly in Vulnerability’: Curator Prem Krishnamurthy on What Cleveland’s FRONT Triennial Can Teach About the Healing Power of Art The ambitious exhibition is open across dozens of venues in northeast Ohio. By Taylor Dafoe, Jul 25, 2022
Art World The Hieroglyphics of the Ancient Maya Have a Lot to Tell Us About Art Today—and a New Lecture Series Will Explain How Anthropologist Stephen D. Houston has been tapped as the lecturer of the 72nd edition of the A.W. Mellon lecture series. By Taylor Dafoe, Jul 22, 2022
Law New York City Has Returned $14 Million in Stolen Antiquities to Italy, Including Dozens Recovered From a Hedge-Fund Billionaire The repatriated objects are expected to go on display at the recently opened Museum of Rescued Art in Rome. By Taylor Dafoe, Jul 21, 2022
