Says the excavation's lead archaeologist, "It's the first time that the ruins of a shrine painted with such a wide palette of colors in an incredibly well-preserved state — and with such rich, elaborate decorations — has been unearthed." - CNN
Luder Whitlock took the temporary post on July 5, following the firing of director Aaron De Groft after the FBI confiscated as forgeries the works in the museum's big Basquiat exhibition. Whitlock had already served as the museum's interim director once before, for nine months in 2020. - ARTnews
Shortly after federal agents descended upon the institution in June following questions about the authenticity of works in a Basquiat show, the Orlando Museum of Art canned its director Alan De Groft. Mounting evidence alludes to his involvement in a greater scam. - Artnet
One wouldn't expect to consider a designer of advertising posters to be historically important, but Jules Cheret's work — widely imitated and now found in reproductions in countless homes, restaurants and offices — established the visual vocabulary that we now associate with the Belle Epoque. - Artnet
The long-planned institution on Charleston's waterfront, set to open next January, will tell stories of the Africans involuntarily brought to the U.S. and their descendants. Here's an overview of its construction, what will be in its galleries, and a few small controversies. - Charleston City Paper
The revelation begs a question: At a time when TV and film productions are churning out increasingly elaborate sets in the streaming era, and audiences remain hungry for IRL immersive experiences, could installations like Netflix’s Sistine Chapel have a second life? - Artnet
“The democratic battles fought worldwide in the name of human rights urge museums to take an active stance towards a fair advancement of civil society. Believing that the cultural sector can remain neutral in the face of exclusion and discrimination would endanger museums’ own relevance.” - The Art Newspaper
For young graffiti artists, their highly stylistic and calligraphic “wickets” were an alternative to gang life in communities abandoned by slumlords and the city. The city spent $3 million a year and brought in the National Guard to rid Philadelphia of graffiti. - Philadelphia Inquirer
Artist Varvara Logvyn has been painting the steel obstacles, which look like giant jacks from a children's game, in the traditional, brightly colored Petrykivka style. She describes the project as "my way to talk with the world about Ukraine, about our war, about our values." - MSN (The Washington Post)
Half a century after Heizer stuck his first shovel in the ground, “City” is finally opening to visitors, which may be the most unbelievable thing of all. It had become the art-world version of ancient Atlantis, a chimera. - The New York Times
The state senator who introduced the bill said, "Today, artwork previously stolen by Nazis can be found hanging in museums around New York with no recognition of the dark paths they traveled there." But no longer. - Hyperallergic
“There are people outside of here who can do it now, but I tell you they all came here to learn how. If this place didn’t exist, perhaps the experts would have said: no it’s not possible to reproduce the roof of Notre Dame. We it is. - The Guardian
His massive sculptures are on display on Long Island, on the oldest continuous working ranch in the United States. But he says it's not so easy for his artwork to compete with the beauties of the natural world. - BBC
