Sometimes buildings are designed as a way to create prototypes and visionary schemes for the future – architects allowing their creativity to be unbounded by the concerns and confines of the real world, such as space or cost or limited technology. - The Conversation
"The Russian Ministry of Culture reportedly sent a letter to Moscow's Tretyakov Gallery demanding that it change its exhibits to be in line with 'spiritual and moral values' after a man complained about several works on display. The complaint accused the museum of displaying artworks with 'a destructive ideology.'" - ARTnews
The five residents had applied for an injunction requiring the gallery to prevent members of the public observing their flats by "cordoning off" parts of the platform or "erecting screening". - BBC
"After years of stuttered construction, the $11 billion Long Island Rail Road terminal in Grand Central has opened — and commuters have already noticed a design oversight. Homages to New York City landmarks and luminaries line the concourse walls, including an engraved quote from 'Georgia O'Keefe'." - ARTnews
In a recent interview on that show, which has an estimated audience of 11 million listeners per episode on Spotify, a guest from Alaska presented an explosive discovery: There are tens of thousands of priceless woolly mammoth tusks lying on the river floor. - The New York Times
"In 1960, British painter John Craxton was passing by the store when he recognized the Alberto Giacometti light fixture as a piece once owned by his late benefactor Peter Watson. ... (The) masterpiece is 53 inches tall, 60 inches wide, and has an estimated value of $1.9 million-$3.7 million." - CNN
"Security and visitor services staff at the British Museum in London and civil servants at the (culture ministry) said they would refuse to continue working under current conditions. Workers at the Wallace Collection, Historic England, National Museums Scotland, and the National Museum of Liverpool are expected to join." - ARTnews
A vandal had more than 15 minutes to smash vitrines and priceless art before security realized something was wrong - and the photos show the extent of his rampage. - Dallas Morning News
Part of the problem lies in the rhetoric of "terrorism" - something that Lima's political elite seems to use whenever any other part of the country disagrees with, or protests, their policies. - Hyperallergic
"sdf"The Vermont Law and Graduate School wants to take down a mural that some consider outdated and racist. But a law protecting artistic expression could preserve the painting." - WCAX (Burlington)
The proposed architectural overhaul for London's Liverpool Street Station has some issues. "The new work was represented as a white substance impervious to weather and dirt. Trees were shown flourishing in overshadowed locations where they would struggle to grow." - The Observer (UK)
The term is now "mummified person." Museums in the UK and some in the US "have rewritten their display labels and online resources with the new language as it 'can encourage visitors to think of the individual who once lived.'" - Hyperallergic
A hundred years post-Dada, Corecore "confronts viewers with an onslaught of media tidbits stitched together and overlaid with melancholy orchestral (or piano) compositions and pseudo-deep talking points that waver between encouraging defeat and sparking a revolution." - Hyperallergic
They uncovered a rock with a prehistoric carving of a mastodon, as well as a collection of stones arranged in a Stonehenge-like manner. - The Archeologist
