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MOCA remains closed amid protests. this Museum of Contemporary Art in Los Angeles (MOCA) Say it will remain Gefen Contemporary On weekends, the public closed space is National Guard Alex Greenberger reports Artnews. On June 8, MOCA closed the space, and yesterday the museum said the closure would “set priority to the safety and well-being of our staff and visitors,” said on Instagram. The area around the museum is also not curfew at 8 p.m. also, Cat riot member Nadya TolokonnikovaThe performance, Police StateThe museum says she turned a contemporary part into a space similar to a prison cell that would be stopped. Even if people were arrested outside the museum, the artist continued to perform after the end of June 8. Tolokonnikova has been joining anti-ICE protests in the city and commented on Moca’s Instagram post about an extended closing ceremony that read: “See you on the street this Saturday” and “immigration makes America great”.
Crime scene. Two Frenchmen who sold chairs, they claimed to have glorified the room in the room Queen Marie Antoinette It is reported Le Figaro. Once a field leader expert, expert Bill Pallot, 61, And his criminal companion, the carpenter Bruno DesnousThey were sentenced to four years and three years for selling forged 18th-century furniture for millions of euros respectively. Versailles Castle. The scandal, one of France’s biggest, involved Prince Catari, and the prestigious wine castle, had paid thousands of dollars between 2008 and 2015 to pay what they considered historic items. Pallot was also fined 200,000 euros ($232,000), and he was banned from trading for five years. Desnous, who ironically worked for Fasteau de Fersailles, was also fined 100,000 euros ($116,000). Dealer Laurent KraemerThe gallery sold four fake chairs and was acquitted of negligence charges. Versailles Castle was condemned by government inspectors in 2017 for “serious failure” because they did not find fake furniture and on Wednesday admitted that the museum recognized “partially” responsibility for neglecting to find fakes. Their lawyers said they were disappointed with the ruling. Meanwhile, Sotheby’s has no responsibility for any responsibility for selling fake furniture.
Digestion
President Donald TrumpWednesday night Kennedy Center performance The sad Misérables In Washington, the audience met with Boos, some cheers and five protesting drag performers. [The Washington Post]
Decorative Art painter Tamara de LempickaWidely praised La Belle Rafaëla (1927) Will be auctioned Sotheby’s London was estimated to be between £60 and £9 million (80 and £12 million) on June 24. [The Guardian]
The UK government has funded £12 million ($16.29 million) Tate LiverpoolThe initial estimated cost of £29.7 million (US$40.32 million) of reconstruction projects. Tate Liverpool will reopen this year, but difficulties in raising funds for the overhaul have delayed opening until 2027. [The Art Newspaper]
Caroline Lang,President Sotheby’s Switzerland and Sotheby’s vice chairman of Europe will resign from her role at the auction house, where she has worked for nearly 40 years. She was one of the first women to hold a court from the international podium and was praised for securing a key shipment of the main collection. [Press release]
Kicking
Wash hands now. Since 1977 Mierle Laderman Ukeles She is the first and only official, only official, unworked artist for the New York City Department of Health, a role she created for herself. In one of her living projects, Touch hygieneshe thanked all 8,500 health workers in the city and shook hands. Probably known for her feminist work Maintenance of the art of declaration A new documentary about her in 1969 titled “Preservation Artist” Toby Perl Freilich The report said it will illuminate her charming life and practice. Cultural Magazine. Before the movie premieres Tribeca Film FestivalFreilich and Ukeles talked to the magazine about the current state of feminism, the process of social change, Ukeles’ practices and the development of film. “I hope people get out of this movie and think you can do more than just big things in general, but actually face everyone involved,” Ukeles said. “You can listen to them, but you can do something. We can change. We can build a band. We can always build.”
