Buildings fall for a host of reasons, and their variety is on display here. Fire is a common leveller, as is urban renewal. Why certain structures are deemed worthy of salvation is less concrete. - The Walrus
Mary Mattingly creates "prescient environmental projects that address current crises and potential cataclysms: What might the good life look like if cities that depend on precarious supply chains became more self-reliant? How could public parks help relieve urban hunger?" - The New York Times
Before TikTok, Instagram "became a destination for an endless variety of beautiful, funky, far-out and vibrant images — of food, national parks and everything else — turning into one of the internet’s premier visual repositories." Then, a pivot to video. - The New York Times
"It’s not just Warhol and Prince. Fair use is the doctrine that allows us to record broadcast materials, permits filmmakers to incorporate clips of existing materials into their projects, and ... without it, our cultural experience would be markedly different, and certainly not better." - The Atlantic
As a young man, Sergio Aragonés was confused by MAD's offices. "Where was the whimsy? The MAD-cap frivolity? This was no clubhouse of high jinks." So he drew the high jinks into his cartoons for the magazine - and he hasn't stopped for six decades. - Washington Post
"Rules around deaccessioning have long been controversial, with some holding that museum collections should not be treated as liquid assets to weather difficult times." But many current and former museum directors say this decision is clear, and limited. - Hyperallergic
What people think it means: "A member of the dominant culture — an insider — taking from a culture that has historically been and is still treated as subordinate and profiting from it at that culture’s expense. The profiting is key." - The New York Times
"This weekend the signs that directed V&A visitors to the Sackler Centre for Arts Education, and to the £2m tiled 'Sackler Courtyard' on Exhibition Road, have gone, as the museum finally jettisons its damaging association with the opioid drug market." - The Observer (UK)
Since the Philadelphia union was formed, organizing efforts have succeeded at the Whitney Museum of American Art and the Brooklyn Museum of Art in New York, as well as the Massachusetts Museum of Contemporary Art, the Art Institute of Chicago, the Carnegie Museums of Pittsburgh and the Walker Art Center in Minneapolis. - The New York Times
"If you read his 1984 'carbuncle' speech in full, what follows might come as a surprise. Far from issuing a decree for more Corinthian columns and pumped-up pediments, he outlines principles that are now found in practically every best-practice design guide." - The Guardian
Said one employee at Memphis's Museum of Science and History, "Whether the police couldn't or just wouldn't do anything about them, I don't know. All I know is we had 30 armed bigots trying to break in, and that was when our director made the decision to evacuate." - Hyperallergic
"In January 2022, $17.2 billion was traded on the NFT market, a stunning high that eclipsed 2021's NFT mania. ... But since the start of this year, the market has slowed down significantly. ... As a result, once-thriving NFT businesses have been dissolving or downsizing." - ARTnews
The Association urges legislation to support the repatriation of Indigenous belongings and remains of ancestors, and dedicated funding for the repatriation process. It was funded by the Heritage Department and responds to a call by the Truth and Reconciliation Commission to review museum policies. - Toronto Star
“This is a platform for us to more rapidly scale our digital art offerings and do more frequent emerging artists auctions and work with a more diverse array of artists and collectors.” - ARTnews
