Archive for January 2021
SFAI Board of Trustees elects Lonnie Graham to succeed Pam Rorke Levy as Chair
The San Francisco Art Institute (SFAI) has announced that Pam Rorke Levy will be replaced by Lonnie Graham as Chair of the Board of Trustees. The SFAI has been fighting […]
Art World Roundup: the future of Nick Cave’s “Truth Be Told”, an update in the notorius Gurlitt trove, a faked Albers, and more
In this week’s Art World Roundup we look at the future for Nick Cave’s Truth Be Told and the Robert S. Duncanson artwork gifted to President Joe Biden and Vice President […]
Prado announces a re-evaluation of collection to better represent women artists
For the director of the Prado, Miguel Falomir, the pandemic has led to at least one positive: a re-evaluation of their collection. With that, the Madrid museum has announced that […]
Fire breaks out at Bozar in Brussels resulting in damage to main music hall
On January 18th, a fire broke out at the Brussels Center for Fine Arts, often referred to as Bozar. While no artworks were damaged in the blaze, the building sustained […]
Among his final executive orders, Trump lists 244 names for proposed National Garden of American Heroes
Just days before leaving Washington DC, soon to be former President Donald Trump issued an executive order with a list of 244 people who could be memorialized with a statue […]
New UK laws to make it more difficult for “woke militants” to remove public statues
In the last year, there has been a reckoning with statues and monuments honouring and glorifying problematic events and people of the past. This week, UK Communities Secretary Robert Jenrick […]
As Trump exits the White House, the Trump baby balloon enters the Museum of London
On the week that President Donald Trump will leave the White House, a six-metre tall inflatable caricature of The Apprentice star turned president will enter the Museum of London’s collection. The […]
