"After its last leader departed to head the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, the Baltimore Museum of Art has named a new director: Asma Naeem, who had been the institution's interim co-director alongside Christine Dietze. Naeem will be the first person of color to lead the Baltimore Museum." - ARTnews
At the heart of the conflict: What is Austria? "We were trying to look beyond the Western canon as the only idea of what art is and we were also thinking about whom to address. ... We wanted Kunsthalle Wien to address multiple Viennas, not just the old established one." - Hyperallergic
"Still recovering its credibility after the headline-making FBI raid of its blockbuster Basquiat exhibition last year, the Orlando Museum of Art has been placed on probation by the American Alliance of Museums." - ARTnews
At the Art Gallery of Western Australia in Perth, two protestors spray-painted the logo of the company Woodside Energy on the perspex shield covering the museum's best-known painting. The point? To bring attention to Woodside's "ongoing desecration" of ancient indigenous rock art in the north of the state. - The Guardian
Thomas says he "focused on the Kings’ arms 'an embodiment of the ‘beloved community,’' a term the civil rights leader often used to describe a just society where everyone’s needs could be met." - The Guardian (UK)
Why would Whiteread say that? Well, the Trafalgar Square program has led to a lot of large-scale sculptures with no place to go. "Three-quarters of the former fourth plinth commissions are currently in storage, and only one is on display in the UK." - The Guardian (UK)
Before Charles Byrne "died by the time he "died at in 1783, at the age of 22, he had told his friends to bury him at sea to prevent surgeons or anatomists from obtaining his body." That's not what happened to the 7'7" Irishman. - The New York Times
Inside the story about Hamline University is a much deeper, truer piece of information: It's impossible to teach art history well without pissing people off. - Inside Higher Ed
The National Gallery of Canada’s interim chief operating officer and human resources director is being paid annual fees potentially worth up to a third more than its next chief executive and director. - ARTnews
The idols themselves are typically made of plain stone or metal alloy, but part of Hindu worship is adorning the statues with clothing, flowers, jewels, and, sometimes, even weapons. Here's a profile of a former computer scientist in Chennai who gave up his career to follow his calling. - AP
"The United Nations cultural organization is training law enforcement and judiciary officials from countries on Ukraine’s western borders, seeking to prevent the trafficking of looted cultural objects from Ukraine amid Russia’s war against its neighbor." - AP
In what would be a first, one of the bills also offers an opportunity to legally acknowledge crimes committed against Jews during World War 2 by the French state, according to a French senator involved in drafting the bills. - Artnet
Rabieh Remmo, one of six men — all from a notorious crime family — on trial for the multimillion-dollar theft from Dresden's "Green Vault" in November 2019, admitted taking an axe to display cases and stealing the gems. Two relatives confessed to taking part as lookouts. - Yahoo! (AFP)
"In her lawsuit, Erika López Prater alleges that Hamline University — a small, private school in St. Paul — subjected her to religious discrimination and defamation, and damaged her professional and personal reputation." - AP
Even as those disclosures have flowered into optimism that real progress will soon be made, both sides have made it clear that no deal is yet imminent. Indeed, they remain far apart on some key questions. - The News York Times
