Category: visual

Fair organisers say they will instead hold a programme of exhibitions, events and talks tailored to Dubai-based galleries, museums and artists from 25 to 28 March, when the fair was due to take place. Parts of the fair including the Global Art Forum, Residents section and Campus Art Dubai are still expected to go ahead. No alternative dates for Art Dubai to be held later in the year have so far been offered. – The Art Newspaper

Kriston Capps reviews the 26-year-long process of convincing the City of New York to allow the project to happen in Central Park — and allows as how, when it was over, the biggest question was why anyone had ever objected. – CityLab

A big part of the appeal of classical architecture for the right is this perceived ability to endure. Buildings can be read as part of an unbroken chain, supposedly embodying an uncomplicated continuity between the past and present, with little or no “revisionism” getting in the way of our admiration of the way things were. – The Guardian

“For outside observers, this was yet one more sign of the American university’s dereliction of its responsibility as the carrier of Western culture. Yale “has succumbed to a life-draining decadence” (Wall Street Journal), perpetrated by “a band of hyper-educated Visigoths” (New York Post). As Visigoths go, Yale comes late to the pillaging; for a generation now, universities have quietly been shelving their introductory surveys. Had Yale done so in the 1990s, as Harvard did, it would have passed unnoticed. Or perhaps not, for Yale holds an exceptional place in the history of American art education.” – Commentary

Artemnesia Gentileschi was raped by a co-worker of her father’s – what a surprise, right? They took the rapist to court, where she, an artist, was tortured to see if she was telling the truth, and he never served any time. But she absolutely persisted, becoming the first woman member of Florence’s Accademia. Some (who knows? Perhaps many) of her paintings have been attributed to other, male artists, with one only rediscovered in the last two years. – The Observer (UK)

The Oakland-based painter, who has a current solo show after a curator saw one of her paintings in Baltimore last year, says that she fought for recognition in New York when she was young. But, she says, “when you achieve stardom early on, you feel you cannot change your style. It was not that way with me. I could follow any thread I found. I could sit on something for months or years; something would come out of that incubation.” – The New York Times

When the mayor saw the sprinklers turned on in a place where people had been camping all winter, the city got involved. “After people from the mayor’s office tried to contact officials at The Leonardo, a city crew was sent over to shut off the water. The water had been running about 20 minutes.” The museum’s chief engagement officer responded, “We believe we have been more than understanding” about the homeless encampment. – The Salt Lake Tribune

On Sunday, the museum closed “after workers expressed fear of being contaminated by the stream of visitors from around the world. Staffers were also concerned about museum workers from Italy who had come to the Louvre to collect works by Leonardo da Vinci that were loaned for an exhibition.” – Associated Press

King is generally regarded as a white nationalist; he has a decades-long history of xenophobic and racist comments which earned him censure from other Republicans. One of the comedians said the four-inch statue should definitely be seen as a metaphor. “Racists are trying to bring down others so they can make themselves feel better. That’s the mark of somebody who is very small.” – The Guardian (UK)

The whistleblower account Scene and Herd took down its 2018 posts accusing artist Subodh Gupta of sexual harassment, and the courts in Delhi allowed the creators to remain anonymous. – Hyperallergic