Category: visual

The opinion of Hirshhorn officials about whether the sculpture garden is a work of art is central to their stewardship and decision-making about the sculpture garden’s proposed redesign. – Cultural Landscape Foundation

In addition to the New York Magazine covers, 500,000 stickers will be distributed for free at retail locations including Crate and Barrel and CB2, who, along with Warby Parker and EHE Health, are supporting the project’s printing costs. The sticker sheets will also be distributed by book stores and museums across the country, and at nonprofit organizations including the Florida Rights Restoration Coalition, as well as official polling sites such as the Hammer Museum in Los Angeles and the Brooklyn Museum in New York. – New York Magazine

The Tidal Basin connects centuries of American history and includes memorials to Thomas Jefferson, Franklin Delano Roosevelt and Martin Luther King Jr. Some 1.5 million people walk along the basin’s rim during the annual Cherry Blossom Festival each spring. But with increased car and foot traffic, the ground underneath is dipping. As sea levels rise, the walkways flood daily. – NPR

“Last week a friend of mine went to the show and said, ‘There’s a blank spot on the wall and I believe that’s where your painting belongs,’ ” she continued. “I felt I owed it both to the artist and the Met to allow them to show the painting.” – The New York Times

“The seven-story Seiyun Palace in Hadramawt province, currently a museum, fell into disrepair after the country descended into civil war in 2015. That left it vulnerable to the heavy rains and flash floods that hit Yemen this summer, killing dozens of people” and ravaging the medieval mud-brick buildings of Sanaa, Yemen’s capital. “An engineer said the [Seiyun Palace] was now ‘dangerous’ and appealed for help.” – BBC

Stéphane Aquin, a native Montrealer who is currently chief curator at the Hirshhorn in D.C., takes over his hometown’s flagship museum next month after the ouster of Nathalie Bondil, a prominent Frenchwoman who had raised the MMFA’s profile and reputation overseas. “One thing I’m keen [on] is to establish our relevance in North America,” said Aquin. “We are not a suburb of Paris.” – The Art Newspaper

“Objects including Egyptian sarcophagi, stone sculptures and 19th-century paintings held at the Pergamon Museum, the Alte Nationalgalerie and the Neues Museum sustained visible damage during the attack on 3 October. … German media have linked the museum island attack to conspiracy theories pushed through social media channels. … One such theory claims that the Pergamon Museum is the centre of the ‘global satanism scene’.” – The Guardian

“Difficult times bring out the best in us, and sometimes, encourage the worst. The current manifestations around deaccessioning are beginning to be solved by the courts. Unfortunately, when ethics can no longer endure, we turn to the courts for resolution. The (museum) professionals are abrogating their authority to another group of professionals (lawyers).” – James Abruzzo

“We wanted to create the idea that we are everywhere, and we are listening. We could be working at the MoMA or even at Leo Castelli’s gallery. We wanted to create this idea that the art world was being watched, surveilled and scrutinized. Anonymity has protected us, but now I’m not sure anyone cares any more who we are. It has changed.” – The Guardian