Art World Breaking News: Two Boisterous Kids Smashed a $64,000 Glass Sculpture of a Disney Castle at the Shanghai Museum of Glass Billed as the world's largest glass castle sculpture, the work features 30,000 pieces. By Sarah Cascone, Jul 24, 2020
Opinion How a New Monument Movement Challenges the ‘Great Man Theory of History’ + Two More Thought-Provoking Things to Read This Week A weekly round-up of interesting and important readings from around the internet. By Ben Davis, Jul 24, 2020
Op-Ed The UK Government Has Refused to Compensate Dealers Affected by Its Ivory-Trading Ban. Here’s Why That Has Big Implications The country's handling of the ban could have widespread legal ramifications concerning personal property. By Tom Snelling, Jul 24, 2020
Art and Law Whistleblowers at the Detroit Institute of Arts Expand Their Ethics Complaint Beyond the Museum’s Director to Include the Board Chair, Too The expanded complaint was filed with the institute's board and the Association of Art Museum Directors. By Rachel Corbett, Jul 24, 2020
Art World Art Industry News: Silverfish, Beetles, and Other Grungy Critters Threaten to Overrun the Art in Locked-Down Museums + Other Stories Plus, Jerry Saltz worried about Gavin Brown joining Barbara Gladstone and 100 Dutch museums could fold. By Artnet News, Jul 24, 2020
The Art Angle The Art Angle Podcast: How Black Women Are Leading a Grassroots Art Revolution This week, journalist Melissa Smith joins the Art Angle to discuss how Black women artists in Pittsburgh are disrupting the status quo. By Artnet News, Jul 24, 2020
Exhibitions ‘It’s Not Just Black History, It’s All of Our History’: How Artists and Curators Are Memorializing Tulsa’s Storied ‘Black Wall Street’ Bloomberg Philanthropies has given Tulsa $1 million for an expansive public art project. By Sarah Cascone, Jul 24, 2020
Auctions A Vampire-Slaying Kit—Complete With 19th-Century Bible and a Small Pistol—Just Sold for $3,100 at an English Auction House It's possible the buyer himself is a vampire seeking to protect himself. We have no evidence—but it's possible. By Tanner West, Jul 23, 2020
On View ‘Art Is Fed by Experiences’: Watch Artist Leonardo Drew Explain How His Worldwide Travels Inform His Work As part of a collaboration with Art21, hear news-making artists describe their inspirations in their own words. By Caroline Goldstein, Jul 23, 2020
Art World The Winners of the 2020 iPhone Photography Awards Prove You Don’t Need a Fancy Professional Camera to Take Great Pictures. See Their Work Here The 13th edition of the prize competition brought in thousands of submissions from around the world. By Artnet News, Jul 23, 2020
Career Stories The Contemporary Arts Museum Houston’s Janice Bond on the Lessons of Working in a Small Town and How to Mix Business With Art Bond discusses the unique challenges museum directors face, and the advice she would give to her younger self at the start of her career. By Katie Rothstein, Jul 23, 2020
Art World The San Francisco Art Institute Has Reversed Its Plans to Wind Down Following a $4 Million Surge of Donations While teachers' jobs have been saved, there is still much fundraising—and reimagining—to do. By Taylor Dafoe, Jul 23, 2020
Art and Law After Abruptly Shutting Down Amid a Staff Unionizing Effort, LA’s Marciano Foundation Must Now Pay a Settlement to Laid-Off Workers The LA foundation is paying laid-off workers 10 weeks of severance as part of the settlement. By Sarah Cascone, Jul 23, 2020
Art World The Job Market for Young Academics Is Bleak. Here's How Art-History Grad Students Are Coping With the Situation "All of this is profoundly anxiety-producing," says one PhD candidate. By Rachel Corbett & Eileen Kinsella, Jul 23, 2020
Art World Despite Protests, Catholic Officials in Vietnam Are Demolishing the 135-Year-Old Bui Chu Cathedral to Make Way for a Larger Replica Architects are shocked by the decision to tear down the historic cathedral. By Naomi Rea, Jul 23, 2020
