Not only does the panel side with the already powerful institutions too much, the investigators found, but there’s little empathy for the victims of Nazis. “The findings were provocative enough that two of the panel’s seven members, including its chairman, immediately resigned.” – The New York Times
Category: visual
The Artist Trying Damn Hard To Save Other Artists
Guy Stanley Philoche figured his fellow artists shouldn’t suffer so much because of COVID-19 and the associated shutdowns. “The art world is my community and I needed to help my community. … People say New York is dead, but it’s far from that. There’s an artist somewhere writing the next greatest album. There’s a kid right now in his studio painting the next Mona Lisa. There’s probably a dancer right now choreographing the next epic ballet. People forgot about the artists in these industries.” So the painter has spent $65,000 to help others. – CNN
A Group Of Young Men Chanting ‘Christ Is King’ Remove California Monolith And Install A Cross
Elaborate prank? Culture war? Should we be paying attention to this at all? Seriously: “The men, wearing night vision goggles and camo gear, chanted in the grainy video as they toppled the shiny structure, in a video that was posted to the streaming site DLive.tv by someone using the name CultureWarCriminal, but later removed, according to The San Luis Obispo Tribune. The Tribune described the video as ‘at times racist and homophobic’ and said that the men sang along to country songs.” – The New York Times
A Landmark Supreme Court Case May Change Art Restitution Worldwide
It’s complicated, but basically: SCOTUS “will hear oral arguments on whether the dealers’ heirs can sue in US courts to retrieve the church reliquaries, known as the Guelph Treasure or Welfenschatz, from Germany.” – The Guardian (UK)
How Much Art, Hidden Beneath Wallpaper Or Paint, Is Lost To Renovation?
Or, as the paper calls it, a renovation “craze” in Britain. “Radical home makeovers are increasingly common, reflected by all the TV shows on the theme. This often results in damage and loss of wall paintings, particularly as wattle and daub panelling may be in poor condition. It is usually stripped out and replaced rather than preserved.” – The Observer (UK)
Eight Miles Of Prehistoric Art Found In The Amazon
The archaeology team, composed of Colombian and British researchers, “found realistic drawings of deer, tapirs, alligators, bats, monkeys, turtles, serpents, and porcupines. There are also depictions of creatures resembling a giant sloth, camelids, horses, and three-toe ungulates with trunks” – and human interactions with the animals as well. – Hyperallergic
The Museum Of Latin American Art Is Selling Off Much Of Its Permanent Collection
The massive online sale is the second since the museum shuttered in the March wave of the pandemic. “The unprecedented bulk-removal of works from the museum’s collection, known as deaccessioning, raises the specter of serious financial stress at the Long Beach institution.” – Los Angeles Times
AI-Created Art – A Dystopic Future?
“The glorious trajectory of Western European art, after sputtering to a pause with Pollock and Koons, would succumb entirely as does the world in “The Hollow Men,” “not with a bang, but with a whimper”—only the soft whirring of the computer hard drive will be audible.” – New Criterion
UK Redefines The “Treasure Act” To Protect Found Artifacts
They are intended to ensure significant artefacts are not lost to the public and will instead be able to go on display in museums. The move follows the growth in popularity of metal detecting. – BBC
Altar To Ancient Greek God Found Embedded In Wall Of Byzantine Church
“Researchers excavating a Byzantine church in northern Israel have uncovered a second- or third-century altar to Greek pastoral god Pan. Incorporated into a church wall, the basalt pillar sheds light on the intertwined nature of early Christianity and pagan beliefs.” – Smithsonian Magazine