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The Chairs Frank Lloyd Wright Designed For The Guggenheim’s Café Have Finally Been Fabricated

“Now, nearly seven decades later, the Museum of Wisconsin Art has commissioned a pair as part of a new exhibition that reframes Wright’s furniture within the Wisconsinite’s practice and American modernism more broadly.” - Artnet

France’s Major Museums Worry That Trump Will End Tax Deduction Crucial To Their American Fundraising

The concern is a possible change to the ‘equivalency determination,’ through which a foreign organization can be deemed equivalent to a public charity in the US. This process makes possible the “American Friends” groups, such as the American Friends of the Musée d’Orsay and the American Friends of the Louvre. - ARTnews

How The US Government Shutdown Is Affecting Museums

Smithsonian–run institutions remain open using funds from previous years through October 11. Should the shutdown last beyond that date, the Smithsonian will also close. Open-air memorials and monuments, including the National Mall, are still open to the public under the National Park Service contingency plan. - ARTnews

What The LA Fires Taught The Art World

While the scope and scale of the art losses are still being determined, claims may take years to resolve. - ARTnews

How The Museum of Moden Art Store Became A Big Brand On Its Own

The MoMA Store has become a brand in and of itself to the point where there are shoppers who know the acronym and logo but not necessarily the history behind them. And while retail has helped MoMA gain name recognition, the museum wants it to become a more effective ambassador for the flagship art institution. - Fast Company

Louisville’s Speed Art Museum Closes Education Department

The move, attributed by management to financial challenges, comes as the museum is set to open a $22 million public sculpture park this week. - Louisville Public Media

National Gallery Of Art In D.C. Closes Due To Government Shutdown

“It is the first major museum in D.C. to shutter because of the shutdown. The Smithsonian Institution, which runs an array of museums in D.C. and beyond, is using its own funds to remain open at least through Monday.” - ARTnews

What Is Up With The Pirate Flag Iconography Of Gen-Z Protestors?

The ubiquity of the flag is down to anime, you see. Specifically, young people waving the flag from Nepal to Madagascar to the Philippines - and even to the U.S. - are referencing the show One Piece. - NPR

Where Is Starchitect David Adjaye?

He was accused of sexual misconduct in 2023, but no charges have been filed. Three of his buildings are about to open, and he’s nowhere to be found in the publicity. - The New York Times

The Mexican Painter Turning Machismo Upside Down

"By adjusting the focus just a little, adding suggestions of both humor and tension, and pumping up the characters’ sensuality, Segovia turns these recognizable dudes into something more vulnerable, not quite feminine, but sexualized and apart from the hypermasculine, movie-world standard.” - Seattle Times (NYT)

The V&A Has A New Exhibition Area – Its Storage Space

At the V&A East Storehouse, “visitors have the option to choose up to five via the ‘order an object’ service and have them delivered to a study room for a private viewing.” - The Guardian (UK)

The Trump-Epstein Statue Is Back

“‘Just like a toppled confederate general forced back onto a public square, the Donald Trump Jeffrey Epstein statue has risen from the rubble to stand gloriously on the National Mall once again,’ The Secret Handshake member wrote in an email to NPR.” - NPR

Can The National Stonewall Museum Survive Trump?

Things aren’t going well right now, and the Florida-located museum and archives may need to find a new home. Corporate “contacts no longer return calls or texts; they no longer sponsor events. They have backed off joining the board.” - The New York Times

In Austin, Ten Artists Get A Small But Pleasant Surprise

The Frick Arts Foundation “was formed a year ago to ‘offer emotional encouragement to artists at the most difficult beginning stage of their careers,’ according to a press release. There is no application process.” - Glasstire

The Orange County Museum Of Art “No Longer Exists” After University Merger

“OCMA as it existed no longer exists. The employees and everything else pertaining to the museum is transferred to the university.” - Los Angeles Times

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