"Of the hazards that Westminster Abbey's 700-year-old Coronation Chair has survived – a suffragette bomb, schoolboys with penknives, thick brown paint, the violent theft of the Stone of Scone from inside it, Oliver Cromwell – the one that perhaps came closest to destroying it was an outbreak of white fungus." - MSN (The Telegraph)
"The ancient throne, known as the Coronation Chair, has been at the centerpiece of English coronations for centuries, including those of Henry VIII, Charles I, Queen Victoria and the late Queen Elizabeth II." It is likely the world's oldest piece of furniture still used for its original purpose. - CNN
Perhaps the key difference will be for the fund to look for longer-term benefits. Short-term benefits are easily measured, but research by the fund shows that the key issue is long-term viability. - The Art Newspaper
Blake Gopnik makes a case that the appropriation of imagery — at the heart of the legal dispute between the Andy Warhol Foundation and photographer Lynn Goldsmith — has been fundamental to the nature of "fine art" ("fArt," as he calls it) since the 16th century. - The New York Times
"In a demonstration of remarkable Ukrainian resilience, several rebuilding initiatives are taking place across the country despite continued Russian attacks on civilian areas. ... 'Of course, rebuilding under missiles is a bold move, but we just can't afford to wait for the war to end,' (said architect) Slava Balbek." - Dezeen
Preparing for the Dalí exhibition currently at the Art Institute of Chicago, Caitlin Haskell and Jennifer Cohen were stumped by Visions of Eternity, a seven-feet-tall canvas so unlike anything else the artist was making circa 1936 that they weren't sure it was a real Dalí. What they found was entirely unexpected. - CNN
The item, found in the tomb of a young woman uncovered during construction on the highway between Moscow and Kazan, shows a deisis, a traditional depiction of Christ in Majesty flanked by the Virgin Mary and John the Baptist. - Heritage Daily
The costume designer for Women Talking "found two consultants who helped her create the costumes authentically. They assisted her in sourcing fabric from stores used by Mennonite women, and ensured her designs adhered to the conventions." - The Guardian (UK)
"As it pinged from one reader to another, people argued about which aspect of the job, which offered to pay '$65,000 to $95,000,' was funniest or most insulting. The most frequently singled out absurdity was the phrase 'Manage dog systems.'" - The New York Times
"After World War II, prompted by the Allies, Germany underwent an intense de-Nazification program. Not so Italy — there was no equivalent de-fascistization. The country is still filled with buildings and street names that evoke its 20-year dictatorship." - NPR
Frustrated with Newark's ongoing water crisis, Wille Cole and his communities take the city's resulting trash and try to create something better. "It’s not always easy to 'open up perception' and see familiar objects in a fresh way, Cole says." - The New York Times
When editors said they couldn't find Black photographers during the George Floyd protests, journalist and photographer Polly Irungu transformed her social media and networking skills into a lifeline for hundreds of other Black photographers. - HuffPost
The E.U.-wide rule, which was quietly approved last April but will not take effect until 2025, could impose a 20 percent sales tax on artworks. The move has sent shockwaves through France’s art market, where art sales in many circumstances have benefitted from a reduced tax rate of 5.5 percent. - Artnet
In "The New Vermeer," "two professional painters and dozens of amateur artists compete to reinvent the lost works of the 17th-century master. The results are judged by Vermeer experts from the Rijksmuseum ... and from the Mauritshuis, a collection of old masters in The Hague." - The New York Times
