Less than a year later, following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine in February, it has become a symbol of the cultural death knell of the country. - The Art Newspaper
“What makes ArtPrize unique is that awards and prizes are selected by both public visitors casting votes and also by jurors,” revealing “the intersections and incongruities between professional and populist opinions.” - Artnet
"(They're) one of few reminders, along with an 11pm curfew and the regular wailing of air raid sirens, that this bustling city is at war. Boxed up, muffled, veiled and hidden, they also give Kyiv a strange new look — as if the sculptures have been replaced by contemporary artworks." - The Guardian
The world's most expensive artwork has not been seen in public since it was sold at auction for $450 million in 2017. The anonymous purchaser is said to have been Saudi Crown Prince Muhammad bin Salman. Now one scholar says that MBS is building a bespoke museum for the painting. - Artnet
New York's MTA has commissioned the two superstars to create huge floor-to-ceiling mosaic murals for the new Long Island Rail Road terminal deep under Grand Central. - The New York Times
In the book Design and Crime, Hal Foster wrote that Gehry’s spaces “trump” the post-war art they were intended to hold, using its scale “as a pretext to inflate the contemporary museum into a gigantic spectacle-space that can swallow any art, let alone any viewer, whole”. - The Art Newspaper
Beatrix Ruf told The Art Newspaper that the Hartwig Art Foundation's museum will "change the shape of contemporary art not just for the city, but the Netherlands too". - The Art Newspaper
"Once ubiquitous in Hong Kong, the signs ... have been steadily removed in the last few decades. The recent dismantling of some of the largest remaining ones, however, is rekindling interest in the local art form." - Bloomberg CityLab
At first, Mr. Powell says, the artistic mischief was a joke, a test of whether anyone would notice and a strike against the ubiquitous prints he saw at hotel chains. Now, it is part of his brand and his business. - The Wall Street Journal
A leading expert on museum security answers questions about which artworks are and aren't protected by glass (and why), the tensions between protecting the art and letting the public see it, and what he wishes the demonstrators would understand. - The Atlantic
All this is misdirected and counterproductive. It makes the urgency of the crisis seem ridiculous to people who are already disinclined to give credence to the science of global warming. And they create a false moral choice for those who love both art and the environment. - Washington Post
No, not the human kind. "The District was, all jokes aside, a lush swamp back in the Cretaceous period. Dinosaurs, muck-dwelling mollusks and megalodons patrolled the humid wetland" - and left their mark. - NPR
It's not a simple tale. The Orange County Museum of Art asked him what to say to viewers who were made uncomfortable. He responded, "I’ve never believed my role as an artist was to make work that ensured comfort, ... My paintings are purposefully subject to alternate interpretations." - Artnet
A staffer who spoke to The Observer last week was fired, and others were told not to say anything about the union in public. "The move appears to have backfired, however, with six staff members signing up to the union last week." - The Observer (UK)
