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The Headlines
A ‘COMPLETE CATASTROPHE’has taken place in the German city of Manching, according to its mayor,Herbert Nerb. He was referring to the theft of a cache of 450 Celtic coins that wasstolen from a museumthere on Tuesday. According to theGuardian, that group is worth several million euros. To undertake the heist, the thieves cut off the museum’s telephone service and the internet connection, and broke into a showcase.Markus Blume, the minister of arts and sciences for the Bavaria region, did not mince words when he called the occurrence a “disaster.”
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PARTY POLEMIC.The New York politicianCarolyn Maloney, a Democratic Representative in the House,may have gotten herself into a good deal of trouble byallegedly seeking an inviteto the Met Gala,Politicoreports. Investigators with theHouse Ethics Committeehave said that Maloney had calledEmily Rafferty, a former president of theMetropolitan Museum of Art’s board, to procure a seat at the closely watched party after being cut from its guest list in 2016. Maloney said she didn’t remember having done so. The committee also claimed to have found an email in which she sought entrée to the 2020 edition of the gala. Why is any of this a potential issue? “If Rep. Maloney solicited or accepted impermissible gifts, then she may have violated House rules, standards of conduct and federal law,” an official report said.
The Digest
TheFriezeart fair has revealed the exhibitor list for its 2023 Los Angeles edition, its largest-ever event in the city, with more than 120 galleries lined up.[Los Angeles Times]
TwoJust Stop Oilprotestors were found guilty of damaging the frame of aVincent van Goghpainting at London’sCourtauld Gallery. A judge said they’d permanently altered the frame.[The Guardian]
Grace Ndiritu, whose work often forms of healing and decolonization, is this year’s winner of the Film London Jarman Award, which goes to one filmmaker based in the U.K. each year. She will take home £10,000.[The Guardian]
The 26-year-old dealerCierra Brittonis opening a new gallery in New York’s Lower East Side that will count as “the only one of its kind in New York dedicated to representing BIPOC womxn artists,”Folasade Ologunduduwrites.[Artnet News]
ArchitectDavid Adjaye, who’s currently at work on a new building for theStudio Museum in Harlem, will make a rammed-earth sculptural installation that will encircle theGriot Museum of Black Historyin St. Louis. TitledAsaase III, it’s similar to a work that appeared in anAntwaun Sargent–curatedGagosianshow last year.[St. Louis Public Radio]
New York’sHollis Taggartgallery has taken on the estates of two Abstract Expressionists whose estates haven’t had gallery representation for years—Norman CartonandAlbert Kotin—and well as the nonagenarian artist Sheila Isham.[The Art Newspaper]
The Kicker
HOP TO IT.The K-pop starRMhas revealed himself to be art lover and collector as of late, with his Instagram acting as a reliable log of all the museums he’s been to. “As one of many art enthusiasts, I just want to visit great exhibitions when I get a chance and share with people so they can enjoy them as well,” hetoldARTnewsearlier this year.The latest institution he’s attended is theWhitney Museumin New York, where he saw anEdward Hoppersurvey. Of his trip to the city, he wrote, “so good to be back !”[@rkive/Instagram]
