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Museums
The Portland Museum of Art in Maine has won an appeal in a lawsuit over a disputed bequest. It will now receive nearly $3.3 million because of a change in a donor’s will, as well as $1 million in damages. [Press Herald]
Artist Gary Hume has urged the National Portrait Gallery to cut ties entirely with the oil giant BP. “The board need to realize that they are now seriously out of step,” he said. [The Art Newspaper]
Almost one year after racism allegations from visitors emerged, the Museum of Fine Arts Boston has said it will launch a $500,000 diversity and inclusion program as part of an agreement with the Attorney General’s Office. [ARTnews]
Money
To buoy losses after declines in ticket sales and attendance, arts organizations have filed insurance claims for coronavirus-related losses. Often, however, insurance companies have pushed back, declining many claims. [The New York Times]
The German Lost Art Foundation has earmarked €2.87 million ($3.1 million) for research into Nazi-looted artworks during the first half of this year. [Monopol]
The Future
Carriageworks, an important art space in Sydney, has canceled six months of programming. Now, the local government has brought on the Sydney Opera House to assess its sustainability. [The Art Newspaper]
The Critics
Should the U.S. build a “plague column” memorializing those we’ve lost because of the coronavirus pandemic? Christopher Knight ponders the question. [Los Angeles Times]
Earlier this week, Knight became one of the few art critics ever to win a Pulitzer Prize. [ARTnews]
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