Whitney’s fired deputy director of ISP speaks out loud, and more art news
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Whitney “victim” spoke out loud. Sara Nadal-Melsió’s role Whitney Independent Research Program (ISP) Ended in June. After the museum director, she received news Scott Rothkopfsent an email announcing his “suspension” of the 50-year-old ISP to his selected alumni. “I lost my job at Whitney, but the art world lost a lot.” Nadal Mercio Write Extra image filling. She made a public statement for two weeks in protest of Whitney’s cancellation of the show No aesthetic outside of my freedom: mourning, arming and expression“The expression of transnational solidarity with the Palestinian people is part of the ISP curator’s performance Pay attention to the syntax. “She added that her sack and ISP’s “pause” were “the highest point in the museum’s integration and review of the program in months”. Gregg Bordowitz“Downgrade” on February 2. If this sounds confusing, you are not alone. It is design. “She said talking about her experience was “paining in a personal and totally impersonal way,” she said, “I couldn’t help but realize it followed a shabby institutional script…it was a witness and victim of Whitney’s action, which taught me in a new way. Worker’s Rights and raises a mean attitude; the universal corporate culture about the universal non-public agreement (NDA) that has put most of us in the dark to protect our own frequency by concealment; about the stubborn misogyny and scapegoat; about the systemic racism that continues to find cover-up in tokens. ”
Bone collector. “Dinosaurs dominate the headlines this summer.” Artnet News write a letter. “Hollywood blockbusters Jurassic World Rebirth Global bonuses were $718.4 million as of Sunday, powering the global box office, while Teenagers were sold in July Ceratosaurus Fossils in Sotheby’s New York It’s been in the news as well. ” 154-59 Megafauna fossils from millions of years ago have recently sold for $30.5 million, estimated at $6 million – a booming market holding dinosaurs, although it has no record of more than $44.6 million. Stegosaurus “Apex”, Interest in prehistoric fossils is rising dramatically, attracting collectors but also sparking moral debates around ownership, scientific access and source. Nowadays, buyers range from private collectors and celebrities to museums and governments. Abu DhabiFor example, T. Rex “Stan” was purchased for $31.8 million in 2020 and will be in the upcoming Natural History Museum. Hollywood celebrities like it Leonardo DiCaprio,,,,, Nicholas Cageand Russell Crowe It also entered the fossil scene, aggravating global obsession. “We all grew up from dinosaurs,” said the art consultant Nicolai Frahmthey helped broker several major fossil sales. Ken GriffinThe owner of Apex responds to emotions with a lifelong passion and the desire to inspire future scientists. Today’s collectors are often professionals in their 30s, especially in the fields of technology and science. Prices vary widely – from fragments to thousands of complete bones. Skull fossils and carnivores are still particularly popular and need to be validated, with growing demand for well-preserved specimens. The charm of dinosaurs (especially timeless) is stronger than ever.
Digestion
Next Edition declaration Will happen Coimbra, Portugalin 2028. Nomadic Biennalethe festival travels to another host city every biennially with the aim of “interacting with local culture, cities and environmental environments while working with citizens and communities to reimagine how we live, work and envision our shared future Europe. ” [ArtReview]
Twelve art collectors revealed their “The biggest rookie mistake” so that aspiring collectors can avoid the same pitfalls. [Cultured]
National Museum of Bosnia and Herzegovina Has accused Israel of “genocide” and said profits of selling historic publications Hagada, Will donate basic Jewish texts of the Passover Seder order to help Palestine reason. [The Times of Israel]
The British government provides opportunities to study the art collection of Labour Prime Minister Kier Starmer On a special trip No. 10 Downing Street. Anyone can enter a public vote for a September 13 visit as part of their popular Open Day festival. [The Art Newspaper]
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The art of Radiohead. Radiohead’s lead singer Thom Yorke He made a comeback as a visual artist, Art newspaper This is “absolutely terrible”. York and his long-time collaborators Stanley Donwood The first institutional performance opened this week at Oxford University Ashes Museum. The exhibition, titled “This is What You Get”, has been charting for 30 years Radiohead Record the cover, first bendingplus previously unpublished sketchbooks and the latest paintings made by the duo. York said his uneasiness with claiming he was an artist was “perhaps a response to the climate of the British music industry at that time”. Citing self-evident strictness “’the notion that musicians cannot be artists and vice versa – what he now admits is “totally nonsense”, especially considering how the sound and visual art forms of Radiohead are intertwined. [the art forms] Evolving at the same time, none of them are fixed, like chasing smoke. ” [the music store] hmv in Oxford [where the pair are from] Think about how we’re going to make the record sleeves, and now we’re doing museum performances in almost the same location. “This is an “unorthodox way to enter the arts institutions”, Sepia Donwood thinks: “But people who work for them think: ‘It’s like the title Ashmolean Show says – this is when you have two former Art students who have been making record sleeves for 30 years, and that’s what you get.
