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A Surrealist Yves Tanguy Painting Was Tossed in Trash at a German Airport
The painting, worth an estimated $340,000, was left behind by a traveler at Düsseldorf Airport and scrapped by a cleaning crew.
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Opposition Mounts Against Proposed Appointment of Far-right Chairman to Israeli Holocaust Museum
Effi Eitam, a former general in the Israeli army, has publicly called for the mass expulsion of Palestinians from the West Bank and Gaza. Benjamin Netanyahu and his allies are urging for Eitam to be appointed chairman of Yad Vashem.
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LA County Department of Arts and Culture Awards $12 Million in Relief Grants
The nonprofits, many smaller in size, are now saying they can finally “focus on work.”
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Arts Leaders Call for Senior Executives to Resign at Americans for the Arts
“Questions from this council about AFTA’s racial equity work have been met with resistance, claims of capacity issues, and defensiveness,” says a letter signed by 14 out of 15 elected members of AFTA’s Arts Education Advisory Council.
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“Aachoo!!": Banksy’s Latest Coronavirus Commentary Appears in Bristol
After the mural appeared on the for-sale home, its owners swiftly took the house off the market to consider their next steps.
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Republican Senator Blocks Votes to Establish Smithsonian Museums for Latino Culture and Women
On the evening of the vote, Senator Mike Lee of Utah said the US does not need “separate but equal” museums.
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Week in Review: Christie’s and Sotheby’s Subpoenaed in Epstein Investigation; Tania Bruguera Detained in Cuba
Also, several artists have come forward to claim credit for the monoliths around the world, and more.
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Mexico Is Under International Pressure to Reform Its Cultural Institutions
Citing “draconian austerity measures” and the precarious situation of many cultural workers across Mexico, the International Committee for Museums and Collections of Modern Art is urging the government to take immediate steps to preserve its museums.
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19th-century Arch in Prospect Park Gets Impressive Remodel
As a tribute to the original design of the Endale Arch, the restoration team left one brick and granite cross vault exposed to display the “detailed craftsmanship put in place over 150 years ago.”
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Illuminating the Legacy of Slavery at a New York Museum
Artist Reggie Black is projecting a message about the history of slavery in New York City on the façade of the Dyckman Farmhouse Museum in Manhattan, where six people were enslaved.
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Did You Know the First Commercial Christmas Card Featured Underage Drinking?
May we all be as merry as that boozy child.
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Christie’s and Sotheby’s Subpoenaed in Jeffrey Epstein Investigation
The US Virgin Islands requested that the auction houses release “all documents reflecting or relating to inquiries, sales, bids, communications with or about Jeffrey E. Epstein.”