Harvard University is removing Philip Johnson’s name from a private residence he designed as a thesis project after a group of architects and designers denounced Johnson’s “widely documented white supremacist views.”The Middle Collegiate Church, a 128-year-old Gothic Revival church that houses the New York Liberty Bell, was destroyed in a fire. Tens of thousands of paintings of animals and humans, made up to 12,600 years ago, were found along the Guayabero River in the Colombian Amazon. Mysterious monoliths have appeared in Germany, Spain, the Netherlands, Colombia, California, Las Vegas, New Mexico, and the Isle Of Wight. Several artists have come forward to claim credit for the structures, with varying degrees of proof.Artist Reggie Black is projecting a message about the history of slavery in New York City on the façade of the Dyckman Farmhouse Museum in Manhattan, where six people were enslaved.The first-ever commercial Christmas greeting card, which sold at Christie’s Valuable Books and Manuscripts sale in London on December 9 for £13,750 (~$18,370), features a scandalous 19th-century scene of underage drinking.Awards & AccoladesA total of 35 multidisciplinary projects have received $50,000 in funding each thanks to the 2021 Creative Capital Awards.The 659 winners of the 2021 YoungArts award, all in 10th, 11th, or 12th grades, were announced.Transitions Ghislain d’Humières was named director and CEO of the Norton Museum of Art. Larissa Harris will be the first executive director of the Teiger Foundation. | Broadway World Ute Meta Bauer, Amar Kanwar, and David Teh were named curators of the 2021 Istanbul Biennial. | ARTnews Annie Polland was appointed the president of the Tenement Museum. Courtney Willis Blair was promoted to partner at Mitchell-Innes & Nash. | The Art Newspaper In MemoriamRichard Corben (1940–2020), comic book artist and illustrator of Meat Loaf’s Bat Out of Hell album | Syfy Cliff Joseph (1922–2020), artist, activist, and art therapist who advocated for diversity in art | New York Times Helen LaFrance (1919–2020), Kentuckian folk artist | New York Times Jack Pappalardo (1960–2020), co-founder of Art District on Santa Fe | The Know Lois P. Revlock (1923–2020), watercolor artist | Philadelphia Inquirer Jackie Saccoccio (1963–2020), abstract painter | ARTnews Dale Sheets (1929–2020), Hollywood studio executive and manager | Deadline Maria Tritico (1988–2020), artist and education director at the Tequesta ArtCenter | The Palm Beach Post |
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