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Belgium’s Gorgeous New Calatrava Train Station

Conceptualised by Calatrava as a "monumental bridge", its volume traverses a series of 350-metre-long platforms and bus stops that extend outwards from the gallery's underside. - Dezeen

Wexner Center Director Resigns, Effective Immediately

Gaëtane Verna inherited a Wexner facing financial turmoil worsened by the Covid-19 pandemic. The center’s fiscal health and workplace culture appeared to deteriorate further after her arrival. - ARTnews

This San Francisco Museum Decided To Be Nomadic

The museum will henceforth be presenting exhibitions in new spaces each cycle. The intent behind this is both to pair artistic projects with architecturally or historically significant sites and to bring attention to lesser known spaces that can inspire more site-specific art. - San Francisco Chronicle (MSN)

The Grand Reveal: At Long Last, The Grand Egyptian Museum Has Its Grand Opening

The $1 billion, 5 million square-foot complex. for which planning first began in 1992, includes 12 main galleries holding over 50,000 items, a conference center, a children’s museum, and a large conservation center. Among much else, the GEM will bring the entire contents of King Tutankhamun’s tomb together for the first time. - The Guardian

Museum Employees Are Unhappy. Is It Getting Better?

Fifty-four percent of museum employees have considered quitting their jobs in the last five years, and more than one-quarter of full-time workers earn salaries that fall below a living wage, according to a new survey. - The New York Times

Some Of The Loot From The Paris Treasure Heist — The One Last Year — Has Been Recovered

Last November, thieves used axes to break into the Musée Cognacq-Jay and steal seven antique snuffboxes, all highly bejeweled and all on loan from major institutions: the Louvre, the V&A, and Britain’s Royal Collection. Five of the snuffboxes have been recovered following what appears to have been a ransom payment. - Artnet

Sotheby’s To Auction Maurizio Cattelan’s Gold Toilet (Wait, Didn’t That Get Stolen?)

Yes, one copy of the 18-karat commode was purloined from an exhibition in England last year. That was the one first displayed at the Guggenheim in 2016. This one, the only other copy, was bought by a collector in 2017 — and now, with the price of gold soaring, it’s again for sale. - AP

New JFK Terminal Will Be Full Of A-List Art

The swish new $9.5 billion terminal currently in the works at New York’s John F. Kennedy International Airport. The Port Authority of New York has just announced a fleet of commissions that will decorate the new hub. - Artnet

What Does The Philadelphia Museum Of Art’s Rebrand Signal?

The change may seem cosmetic, but as a marketing scholar at Temple University whose research focuses on branding and digital marketing strategy, I know that in the tight geometry of naming and branding, every word matters. - The Conversation

1000 Artifacts Stolen From Oakland Museum In Early Morning Heist

Stolen items include Native American baskets, jewelry, laptops, historic photographs and intricately carved ivory tusks. - Los Angeles Times

LACMA Employees Unionize

Employees at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art announced Wednesday that they are forming a union, LACMA United, representing more than 300 workers from across all departments, including curators, educators, guest relations associates and others. - Los Angeles Times

Dubai To Get Its First Real Art Museum

While the extremely affluent emirate has had commercial galleries and art fairs for years, the Dubai Museum of Art will be its first museum. (However, it will include space for art fairs and other commercial projects.) The architect is Pritzker Prize winner Tadao Ando. - Artnet

Five Additional Suspects Arrested In Louvre Jewel Robbery Case

“One of the men detained ‘was a target of the investigators – we have traces of DNA linking him to the robbery’, (prosecutor Laure) Beccuau said. ‘He’s one we had in our sights.’ The other four ‘can give us information about how the theft was carried out’, she said.” - The Guardian

Two Suspects In Louvre Jewel Robbery Confess Involvement, Says Prosecutor

Prosecutor Laure Beccuau also said that the pair are believed to be the men who forced their way into the museum on Oct. 19. They have been given preliminary charges of criminal conspiracy and theft committed by an organized gang and remain in custody. - AP

Museums Aren’t Quite As Miserable To Work In As They Used To Be, Says Study

“More than 3,000 museum employees from over 90 arts organizations, and representing different roles, participated in it; it is the second edition of a longitudinal study that will continue through 2030.” Job satisfaction is higher than in 2022-23, but ongoing concerns include low pay and the “new culture wars.” - The New York Times

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