Two other employees fired from the Kennedy Center after Trump takes over
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- Two more major staff members have been fired in the latest turmoil since President Trump took over the Kennedy Center.
- Canadian artist Armand Vaillancourt asked San Francisco officials to stop and prevent the lawsuit from being stopped and potentially destroyed the 1971 city fountain named after him.
- It is believed that the still life painting held by the Nazis was believed to have surfaced from an abandoned safe.
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More Kennedy Center Cuts. this Kennedy Center The head of its jazz program has been fired, and the last member of its social impact team Washington Post. Kevin Strutherssenior director of music programs, and Malka Lasky It was reported that the social impact staff and coordinator of the center’s free millennium stage performances were fired Wednesday without any explanation. Shooting is the latest reorganization since President Donald Trump Take over the institution, remove its former leaders, and replace them with their own political allies. Trump is currently the chairman of the board of directors of the Washington, D.C. Center for the Arts.
Stop and stop. Making iconic Canadian artist Barbarians The water fountain in Embarcadero Plaza in San Francisco, Armand Vaillancourt96, sent a stop letter through his lawyer to block plans to remove art made in 1971. Art newspaper. Reconstruction projects in the city Department of Entertainment and Parks Special requirements San Francisco Arts Committeethe person who owns the sculpture, “continues the formal deactivation of the Vaillancourt fountain…and its removal.” Today’s sculptures are still enclosed as it collapses in various parts and is considered a dangerous risk. News of the plan sparked fierce protests from groups calling for the preservation of the sculpture. The artist is one of them, and his letter was sent by a lawyer dated August 29, asking everyone involved: “Stop immediately and stop taking any steps that may endanger or damage the fountain of Vaillancourt.”
Digestion
Two still life paintings of flowers by Dutch artists Abrosius Bosschaert (1573-1621) Plundered by Nazi and French collaborators, it seems to have surfaced at the Ohio auction house. The paintings are recycled from abandoned safes and will be returned to Adolphe and Luci Haas Schlossa family of Jewish art collectors who lived in Paris during World War II. [The Columbus Dispatch]
In his will, Giorgio Armani name LVMH and O’Leir Among his preferred buyer of his private luxury record label, he started a contest to control his own brand of the same name. Lucentica Also named among the three preferred buyers. The 91-year-old designer who died last week is also an active art patron. [The Financial Times]
this Maison Européenne de la Photographie (MEP) Dismissed director in Paris, Simon Bakerand are quickly looking for alternatives. Baker was elected to lead the French Museum after leading the photography department in London Tate HyundaiOver the past seven years, it has held a well-received international exhibition. His dismissal was reportedly followed by an internal investigation of the museum’s “psychological harassment” and the subject of several employees leaving. [ Le Monde]
Severe drought in northern Iraqi Khan is causing a humanitarian crisis and exposes about 40 ancient graves, believed to be about 2,300 years old Mosul Dam. Researchers say more archaeological sites are expected to surface as water levels drop. [France 24 and AFP]
On September 15, five people quit the seminar on Jews living in Paris, which will be held in Paris Judaism Mus’ Art In the French capital. They said the cancellation was for protest Hebrew University of Jerusalem Funding for travel expenses of another researcher and participant, Elisheva Baumgarten. But Baumgarten and several so Israeli universities are blunt Benjamin Netanyahu The government has also publicly called for a ceasefire in Gaza. “Universities are one of the most powerful forces against the current government and war,” two Israeli scholars said in Lemond editorial. “By boycotting us, our colleagues did not help the Palestinians in Gaza.” [Le Monde]
Kicking
What about humans? Art critic Emily Watlington takes readers to visit Paul Bienal And its latest central theme American Art read. The broad question of what it means to be human is certainly the key to the exhibition, but the way birds ignore borders, and the structure of estuaries and tributaries. At this point, Waterlington noted that the program organizers also repeatedly mentioned the connection between the waterways from “river to sea”. “The show is more about thriving than survival, but rather select works that hold on to all the rights of human beauty, dreaming and entertainment,” she observed. “Waterlington continues to provide outstanding works by her considerate Brazilian artists.” Gervane de PaulaHatian painter and poet Frankétienne,,,,, Sharon Hayes,,,,, Nguyen Trinh-Thi, Leonel Vásquezand Myriam Omar Awadi, To name just a few.
