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Also, the Museum of the Bible will return allegedly stolen biblical fragments, the Brooklyn Museum is trying to sell a Francis Bacon painting that the artist wanted destroyed, and more.
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Plus, one of the largest private collections of African quilts finds a home, and the Louvre has secured its loan for Leonardo da Vinci's "Vitruvian Man."
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During his lifetime, Bacon wrote the museum that "It was a throw-out and it depresses me […] that it has years later found its way onto the art market and I would prefer if it were not exhibited."
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| The Los Angeles Times reported that the MaddocksBrown Foundation, a Los Angeles-based nonprofit that was one of Desert X’s early donors, announced that it will withdraw funding from the organization. Read the full story here [https://hyperallergic.com/521537/three-desert-x-board-members-resign-in-
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“A group of more than ten adult men surrounded a boy of maybe 14 to 16 years old and started to punch him laying on the ground when [Gleb] Garanich intervened,” Andrew Kravchenko, another photographer, told Hyperallergic.
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For its fourth annual Anti-Columbus Day Tour, Decolonize This Place reiterated its demands that AMNH remove its controversial statue of Theodore Roosevelt
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Also, three members of Desert X’s board of directors stepped down after it announced a partnership with Saudi Arabia, an artist was arrested while selling art in Washington Square Park, and more.
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Hal Foster, Andrea Fraser, and Tania Bruguera have signed the letter released by New Sanctuary Coalition.
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Oriel Ceballos was arrested for not using a table to display his artwork at the park.
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Plus, the Metropolitan Museum of Art announces new acquisitions in the lead-up to its 150th anniversary and more of the week's transactions.
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“We’re not going to stop until they personally face charges,” Nan Goldin, founder of PAIN Sackler, declared.
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“How should we, as a community, address these kinds of troubling claims?" the group asks.