| Check out artist Mira Schor‘s critical annotations of the New York Times.A researcher discovered early paintings by Edward Hopper are in fact copied from a how-to arts magazine.In order to protect 150 jobs, London’s Royal Academy of Arts is considering selling Michelangelo‘s “Taddei Tondo.” Awards & Accolades David Adjaye was awarded the Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA) gold medal. | Guardian The inaugural Marian MacDowell Arts Advocacy Award will be awarded to ARRAY, Ava DuVernay‘s media company and arts collective. | McDowell News Vincent Namatjira was named the recipient of the Archibald Prize. | BBC As part of the Helen Frankenthaler Foundation’s $5 million emergency relief program, seven small and mid-sized museums will receive $50,000 emergency relief grants, and six additional organizations will get awards between $60,000 and $500,000 for equity and access initiatives.Transitions Peter Eleey will step down as Chief Curator at MoMA PS1. | ARTnews James P. Folsom will retire as director of the botanical gardens at the Huntington Library, Art Museum, and Botanical Gardens. Tim Griffin will step down as director and chief curator of the Kitchen. Ebony L. Haynes was appointed director of a soon-to-open outpost of David Zwirner Gallery with an all-Black staff. | New York Times Cyrée Jarelle Johnson was named the Brooklyn Public Library’s inaugural Poet-in-Residence. Tyler Mitchell is now represented by Jack Shainman gallery. | Artsy Kevin Young was named director of the Smithsonian’s National Museum of African American History and Culture. | NPR ObituariesRobert Bechtle (1932–2020), photorealist painter | Datebook Christiane Eda-Pierre (1932–2020), soprano opera star | New York Times Verne Edquist (1931–2020), famed piano tuner| New York Times Michael Lonsdal (1931–2020), actor known for his role as a Bond villain | Guardian Sam McBratney (1943–2020), children’s author | Publisher’s Weekly Helen Reddy (1941–2020), feminist musician | Washington Post |
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