Category: visual

“The White House is actually an accredited museum, with a curatorial staff and a committee dedicated to its preservation. So if the Trumps do decide to add to its collection, they’ll have plenty of help.”

The museum now will be known as the Henry Ford Museum of American Innovation. The museum was founded by auto pioneer Henry Ford and is part of The Henry Ford, a popular tourist destination in Dearborn, Michigan.

Well, the antiques business is at its lowest point since the 1930s, and IKEA is cruising along. One design critic lists six alternatives, including an open-sourced furniture design shop.

A former minister of culture said that junior officials gave him evidence of the blacklists:”They were told to destroy the data, but they collected and saved it.” Up to 10,000 artists and writers were on the list by 2015, sources say.

Catherine Opie sums it up for some of the artists who joined the estimated 750,000 people marching and protesting on Saturday: “Artists need to bring that voice of opposition to this cause — with every drop of blood and every tear.”

Grand Park could handle the numbers, while Pershing Square … let’s just say it had some issues. And don’t ask about intersections: “This was a sign, perhaps, that the size of the march had caught the Los Angeles Police Department and other officials by surprise; otherwise this intersection would have been closed to cars far earlier.”

Shia LaBeouf, actor and artist, “has created a new interactive performance, which asks passersby at the Museum of the Moving Image in New York to stand in front of a camera (available 24/7) and say, ‘He will not divide us.'” It lasts for four years – “or the duration of the presidency.”

Geneva-based Phoenix Ancient Art “is seeking $77 million in damages, claiming that through years of ‘hard work, professional judgement, and extensive knowledge regarding antiquities,’ it devised a plan under which the Getty could acquire a [private] collection of antiquities.” That plan was never executed.

“The State Hermitage Museum in St Petersburg has joined forces with a Russian archaeological institute to build an interactive virtual model of Palmyra, as reports emerged today that Islamic State militants have destroyed the ancient city’s amphitheatre and four pillared gates.”

“Current political events compel me to turn my attention to pressing needs in the cultural sector,” said Jorge Daniel Veneciano in a statement.