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Do not withdraw the news of the leadership of the museum. last week , he met Her manager said, Max Hollinwill Add CEO his nickname. right Now , Memphis Brooks Museum of Art she has Appointed its next managerThe commercial resume reports. she is zoe electricwho is currently Los Angeles County Museum of Art Deputy Director of Organization and Planning. Kahr replaces Emily Ballou-Nevwho resigned last year and now runs San Antonio Museum of Art in Texas. She will be tasked with overseeing the foundation’s transition to a new downtown language, a $150 million project. while, William Underwood Island he is retired After more than 30 years of driving Georgia Museum of Art In Athens, per everyday artThe CEO and Director Museum of Fine Arts, Saint Petersburg in Florida, Kristen A Shepherdshe has step down After more than five years there, per Tampa Bay Times.

Only legends. business woman Martha Stewart Recently he was an artist Ai Weiwei on her podcast , and noted that the two have a lot in common: they love food (Ai seems to have cooked for her twice; she hopes to return the favor), they love cats, and among other things, they have been imprisoned – Stewart by the US government (after a conviction on charges related to trade from within), Ai by the Chinese government (middle of what it called a tax investigation). Still, Stewart was clear that her time in prison “was like going to a kids’ camp compared to what you had to go through.” Anyway, they cover a lot of details in their 40 minute conversation, and it is worth listening.

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The Hornimann Museum In London she said she would return 72 lots looted from Benin City in 1897 to Nigeria, a move her chief said, Eve Salomon, “Ethical and appropriate”. The material includes 12 panels that have been identified as Bronze Boys.[The Press Association/Bloomberg” href=”https://click.email.artnews.com/?qs=39723bbe3fab98b70372a872919244a8ace388664e5595b549a9072d926d4b721e513cf41d2f64a0676acf8fe859ed5af86a034a6ec6a5ae” data-linkto=”https://”>[The Press Association/Bloomberg and 

Tate He reportedly paid a settlement, without admitting liability, to three artists who filed a complaint against her alleging abuse, breach of contract, and racial discrimination. In the lawsuit, they said that the museum rejected a request made by one of them. Amy Sharrocksto collaborate on a museum project with the artist Good Montserratwho had previously accused an art dealer Anthony DufayTate donor, for sexual misconduct. (D’Offay denied any wrongdoing.) Tate said the terms of the contract did not allow for such cooperation. The project was later canceled. [The Guardian]

The Canadian The government is drafting a legal reform that would provide artists with royalties when they resell their work. Similar programs exist in at least 90 countries, including the United Kingdom and France. [The Globe and Mail]

During excavations in Pompeii Archaeologists have long focused on upper-class dwellings, and have studied the homes of middle- and lower-class dwellers more recently. Officials recently detailed their findings on one of these structures, which includes an ornate cistern and an earthen-floored room. [The Guardian]

The Washington County Museum of Fine Arts In Maryland, he recently received a painting by the Italian artist of the seventeenth century Sassoverato as a gift. Unfortunately, the curator at Eagle Eye, Daniel Fulko, which I identified as an item stolen several decades ago in Munich. On display in the museum now, he’ll be home soon. [The Herald-Mail]

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PYRO – and CRYPTO – MANIAC. As noted late last month in breakfastAnd the Damien Hirst He is preparing to burn thousands of artworks that people have chosen to give away in exchange for keeping NFTs attached to them. (They can only keep one or the other.) It’s a project Hearst called the currency. Of the 4,851 items he will destroy next month, 1000 belong to the same artistAnd the art newspaper Notes. in Twitter theme is boomingHirst said he decided to keep the NFTs rather than the physical pieces. He seems to love the world of NFT. Said Hearst: “I’ve been in the materialistic art world for a long time expecting people to have agendas and ills, and I’ve seen a lot of saliva and I’m amazed at how this community generates support and seems to care about shit.”[TAN” href=”https://click.email.artnews.com/?qs=39723bbe3fab98b74f7dad3b00fb35267f059216122d081137481487f1b03eeb0c62282ff07e92017e1d194ab838deb805d9ecf70d3e4dd6″ data-linkto=”https://”>[TAN and  Lifestyle