With the attacks showing no sign of abating, museum directors across Europe are settling into a nervous new equilibrium, fearful for the works in their care but unwilling to compromise on making visitors feel welcome. - The New York Times
A $20 million commitment from New York State, announced Monday by Gov. Kathy Hochul, completes the Buffalo museum’s $230 million capital campaign, believed to be the largest for a cultural institution in the history of western New York. - The New York Times
Yes, "a shock" is the term used by the army general overseeing the project for visitors' anticipated reaction to the interior stonework once centuries' worth of dirt and smoke have been peeled away, adhering to a coat of latex which cleaners are spraying on and then removing. - The Art Newspaper
"Following a climate protest in which activists threw flour on a Warhol-painted BMW in Milan, Italy's cultural minister warned that museum admission prices could rise as museums increase security measures put in place to foil future climate protests." - ARTnews
On Friday, November 18, the anonymous graffiti artist took to Instagram to accuse the clothing retailer of using his work without his permission before telling his 11.7 million followers to shoplift from one of its stores. - Paper Magazine
"The art-attack tactic ... shows how social movements are warped and distorted by the logic of spectacle, undermining their longer-term viability by forcing them to become the worst version of themselves just to get a media hit." - Artnet
"On Friday in Paris, Milan, and Oslo, climate activists from local organizations under the umbrella group A22 Network doused sculptures with orange paint or flour, as U.N. climate talks were taking place in Egypt. This time, the works were hit directly, and lacked protective covering." - ARTnews
Hill, the inaugural Audain senior curator of Indigenous art, had worked at the gallery for 22 years. He is a specialist in Iroquoian languages and culture, and in global contemporary Indigenous art. - The Globe & Mail (Canada)
"Naturally, the theft has shaken the Yale School of Art, but it has opened up a conversation about frustrations with the university’s policies as well." - Hyperallergic
The Temple of Boom "is made of glass-reinforced concrete and rises from the NGV gardens like a piece of sumptuous Meccano. It invites the public to reflect not only on the Parthenon’s beauty, but its complicated history." - The Guardian (UK)
Eco-artists aren't trying to shock, generally speaking: "The climate crisis has inspired visual artists to create works that challenge viewers—and themselves—to move beyond shock and outrage, and toward action." - The Atlantic
"An outspoken member of the Asheville Art Museum’s board, the only current trustee to speak publicly about employee complaints of mistreatment, was ousted from the board Tuesday and removed as a museum volunteer." - Asheville Watchdog
"Christopher Oakley, a former Disney animator turned Civil War sleuth, has combined intense analysis of 19th-century photographs with 21st-century 3-D modeling software to argue that Lincoln was standing inside the national cemetery." - The New York Times
Messages flashed on Twitter's flagship building in San Francisco read "Musk's Hellscape," "launching to bankruptcy," and "worthless billionaire." You can thank artist Alan Marling. - Los Angeles Times
