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# Week in Review: PAIN Activists Protest at Courthouse; Fires Threaten Greek Heritage Sites
- URL: https://hyperallergic.com/week-in-review-pain-activists-protest-at-courthouse-fires-threaten-greek-heritage-sites/
- Published: 2021-08-12T20:03:31.000Z
- Updated: 2025-11-24T16:38:30.000Z
- Description: Also, a Kusama sculpture was swept into the sea by a typhoon, and more.
- Author: Jasmine Weber
- Tags: News, Week in Review, #wp, #wp-post, #image-position-hidden, #Import 2025-11-24 09:11 (2021, 2022, part 1)

W*eek in Review is a weekly collection of news, developments, and stirrings in the art world.* [*Subscribe*](https://newsletters.hyperallergic.com/?ref=hyperallergic.com) *to receive these posts as a weekly newsletter*.

## Activism

Activists from advocacy groups PAIN Sackler and Truth Pharm transformed the greenery outside a bankruptcy court in White Plains, New York [into a symbolic graveyard](https://hyperallergic.com/pain-sackler-protest-against-purdue-settlement-transforms-courthouse-landscape-into-graveyard/) in protest of the most recent Purdue settlement.

## Cultural Heritage

The Acropolis, along with other archaeological sites in Southern Europe, [partially closed](https://hyperallergic.com/acropolis-closes-wildfires-rage-across-southern-europe/) as a result of wildfires that raged across the region.

In Ethiopia’s Tigray region, rebels took control of a [UNESCO heritage site](https://hyperallergic.com/rebels-take-control-of-lalibela-unesco-heritage-site-in-ethiopia-tigray-region/).

The Smithsonian [repatriated sacred items to theSiksika nation](https://hyperallergic.com/smithsonian-repatriates-sacred-items-siksika-nation/), and they will again be utilized in ceremonies.

## Photo Essays

See the mesmerizing images shortlisted for the [2021 Astronomy Photographer of the Year](https://hyperallergic.com/swirling-cosmos-images-from-earth-astronomy-photographer-of-the-year-2021/) competition.

Take a tour of this [artist-decorated neighborhood in Bangalore](https://hyperallergic.com/tour-artist-decorated-bangalore-neighborhood-malleshwaram/).

## In Other News

A [typhoon swept a Yayoi Kusama sculpture out to sea](https://hyperallergic.com/typhoon-swept-yayoi-kusama-sculpture-away/). The artwork had been installed on a pier on the shore of Naoshima in Japan.

It turns out that neanderthals [beat Jackson Pollock to the punch](https://hyperallergic.com/move-over-pollock-research-confirms-neanderthals-made-splatter-paintings/). Pigment found on rocks in a Spanish cave was applied by humans 60,000 years ago using splattering and blowing techniques.

Dive into this underwater sculpture museum in Cyprus, located [32 feet below the surface](https://hyperallergic.com/jason-decaires-taylor-musan-sculpture-museum-is-underwater/).

### Awards & Accolades

- **BlackStar** announced the winners of its 10th annual film festival. | [BlackStar](https://www.blackstarfest.org/2021-winners/?ref=hyperallergic.com)
- **Recess** announced its 2021 Session artists: Dana Davenport, Zachary Fabri, Rowan Renee, Rashayla Marie Brown, Caroline Garcia, and Francheska Alcántara.

### Transitions

- **Stefan Kalmár** has stepped down as director of the Institute of Contemporary Arts in London. | [*ARTnews*](https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/stefan-kalmar-ica-london-director-steps-down-1234601215/?ref=hyperallergic.com)
- **David E. Little** was named executive director of the International Center of Photography.

### In Memoriam

- Nancy Frankel (1929–2021), abstract sculptor | [*Washington Post*](https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/obituaries/nancy-frankel-dead/2021/08/06/0f297eda-f47d-11eb-9738-8395ec2a44e7%5Fstory.html?ref=hyperallergic.com)
- Hung Liu (1948–2021), contemporary artist | [KQED](https://www.kqed.org/arts/13900907/hung-liu-obituary-national-portrait-gallery?ref=hyperallergic.com)
- Garry Neill Kennedy (1935–2021), conceptual artist | [CBC](https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/nova-scotia/artist-garry-neill-kennedy-remembered-1.6137290?ref=hyperallergic.com)
- Reynold Ruffins (1930–2021), graphic designer and artist | [*New York Times*](https://www.nytimes.com/2021/08/01/obituaries/reynold-ruffins-dead.html?ref=hyperallergic.com)
- Ilona Royce Smithkin (1920–2021), actor, singer, model, and artistic muse | [*New York Times*](https://www.nytimes.com/2021/08/06/fashion/ilona-royce-smithkin-improbable-muse-in-fashion-and-art-dies-at-101.html?ref=hyperallergic.com)
- Una Stubbs (1937–2021), actor | [*Guardian*](https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2021/aug/12/actor-una-stubbs-dies-aged-84?ref=hyperallergic.com)