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The National Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C., will reopen its outdoor sculpture garden on Saturday. [The Washington Post]
Meanwhile, workers at the Smithsonian have taken to collecting materials related to the protests that have taken place in the capital city. [The Washington Post]
The estate of artist Chris Burden is suing an Indonesian theme park that plays home to an installation that looks a lot like Urban Light, the artist’s work at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art. [ARTnews]
Protests
As monuments topple while protest mounts, Nina Siegal writes, “what city leaders, museum officials, and historians decide will have implications for how we remember the history the statues were designed to represent, as well as our current movement.” [The New York Times]
Jasa Mrevlje Pollak, an artist who represented Slovenia at the Venice Biennale, was arrested at an anti-government protest. [The Art Newspaper]
Lockdown
English artist Tracey Emin is exhibiting paintings she made during lockdown in a new show titled “I Thrive on Solitude.” From a Zoom event launching it: “Appearing from her studio in leopard-print specs with a huge volcanic red painting behind her, she enthused about the experience of being socially distanced and how it has unleashed a new creative happiness.” [The Guardian]
“Museums Embrace Art Therapy Techniques for Unsettled Times.” [The New York Times]
During his time in lockdown, abstract painter and sculptor John Bjerklie has taken to developing “the art of FaceTime portraiture.” [The Wall Street Journal]
Misc.
NASA looked back on a collaborative art project from the past with an ambitious goal: “bringing Einstein’s concepts to life through art.” [NASA]
Francis Alÿs will represent Belgium in the 2022 Venice Biennale. [ARTnews]
See a roundup of Robert Irwin’s most ethereal, evanescent artworks. [ARTnews]
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