Beatrix Ruf told The Art Newspaper that the Hartwig Art Foundation's museum will "change the shape of contemporary art not just for the city, but the Netherlands too". - The Art Newspaper
"Once ubiquitous in Hong Kong, the signs ... have been steadily removed in the last few decades. The recent dismantling of some of the largest remaining ones, however, is rekindling interest in the local art form." - Bloomberg CityLab
At first, Mr. Powell says, the artistic mischief was a joke, a test of whether anyone would notice and a strike against the ubiquitous prints he saw at hotel chains. Now, it is part of his brand and his business. - The Wall Street Journal
A leading expert on museum security answers questions about which artworks are and aren't protected by glass (and why), the tensions between protecting the art and letting the public see it, and what he wishes the demonstrators would understand. - The Atlantic
All this is misdirected and counterproductive. It makes the urgency of the crisis seem ridiculous to people who are already disinclined to give credence to the science of global warming. And they create a false moral choice for those who love both art and the environment. - Washington Post
No, not the human kind. "The District was, all jokes aside, a lush swamp back in the Cretaceous period. Dinosaurs, muck-dwelling mollusks and megalodons patrolled the humid wetland" - and left their mark. - NPR
It's not a simple tale. The Orange County Museum of Art asked him what to say to viewers who were made uncomfortable. He responded, "I’ve never believed my role as an artist was to make work that ensured comfort, ... My paintings are purposefully subject to alternate interpretations." - Artnet
A staffer who spoke to The Observer last week was fired, and others were told not to say anything about the union in public. "The move appears to have backfired, however, with six staff members signing up to the union last week." - The Observer (UK)
Those attempting to preserve the space in the Lake District are having to sell due to England's budget cuts. Schwitters' "use of found objects and rubbish to create collages and surprising imagery laid the foundations for both pop art and today’s thriving conceptual art scene" - The Observer (UK)
Artist Hilma af Klint's first abstract painting came years before Kandinsky's. But "she saw her art as a spiritual message to mankind. She had much bigger ambitions." And because she didn't become famous, almost all of her work is concentrated in one foundation in Stockholm - The Observer (UK)
Tentatively, that is - the workers in the union still must vote to ratify the new contract. "Management compromised on all five of the demands that prompted the strike," and workers vote today (Sunday). - Hyperallergic
Britain’s premier contemporary art fair seemed to demonstrate, by sheer weight of numbers, that London’s contemporary art trade is alive and thriving, despite Brexit, a domestic economy in turmoil, a new rival fair in Paris and other challenges. - The New York Times
The museum also announced Thursday that its $750-million fundraising campaign has reached the $700-million mark. The public-private partnership includes $125 million in Los Angeles County taxpayer funds. Eighty percent of the funds, the museum said in the announcement, will be paid for by private donations. - Los Angeles Times
"Visitors to Florence's Casa Buonarroti can watch a team of experts as they work to restore Artemisia Gentileschi's Allegory of Inclination, using technology to determine how it would look without the prudish draperies that have censored the artist's nude woman for hundreds of years." - Artnet
