“The university would run the museum. The details are being worked out. Negotiations are ongoing and a finished agreement is months away with the anticipation to have finalization sometime in the fall.” - CultureOC
“The board directed the secretary to assess content in museums and make needed changes to ensure unbiased content, including personnel changes,” a Smithsonian spokesman said. - The Wall Street Journal
“Beginning January 1, 2026, major French museums — including the Louvre and the Château de Versailles — will charge non-European Union visitors €30 (about $35), up from €22 ($25). …The new pricing, described as a ‘differential tariff,’ marks a sharp turn in France’s long-professed commitment to universal access to culture. It’s also triggered a domino effect.” - ARTnews
St. Sophia, the 11th-century landmark considered the mother church of Orthodox Christianity in Russia and Belarus as well as Ukraine, was damaged by blast waves from bombs dropped on the Ukrainian capital last night by Putin’s armed forces. - Euronews
The statement, which does not mention Trump, Sajet or the NPG, goes on to obliquely rebuke the president’s claims, clarifying that he does not have the authority to fire Smithsonian employees. - The Art Newspaper
Hilda Trujillo Soto, who was adjunct director and then director of the Mexico City museums from 2002 and 2020, alleges that the trust overseeing the museums has been negligent and that there are works missing which have later turned up in private collections. - The Art Newspaper
“Gianni Papi — one of the world’s leading experts on the artist — announced the discovery of what he believes to be the earliest known painting by the genius: Boy Peeling Fruit. … The initial doubts were evident. There are about 10 known copies. … However, Papi has no doubts.” - El País (Spain) (in English)
But as the president tries to push out the director of the National Portrait Gallery, Julian Raven wonders if his painting now has a chance. - Washington Post (MSN)
This administration slashed the staff of 30 to about 10, an impossible number to track the government collection, which “has been placed in federal offices and private institutions in all 50 states, plus Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands.” - The New York Times
“What if landlords teamed up with new and emerging artists to showcase their work in these spaces, offered them a chance to practice a medium in which they had little or no experience, and brought art to people in the communities in which they live?” - Seattle Times
“People were repressed into silence during the dictatorship and they couldn’t talk about the tragedies in their lives for 40 years. And it’s even complicated in democracy. … You get these voices saying: ‘Come on! What do you want to remember all that for?’” - The Guardian (UK)
Importers will be required to identify an object’s country of origin and the date it left the country, as well as the hands the work has passed through, to secure a license. - ARTnews
