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MOROCCO PAVILION DOWN THERE. To the surprise of Moroccan exhibitors, after being replaced at the last minute in what would have been the country’s first Venice pavilion, Morocco has completely canceled its participation in the exhibition, which was due to open in April, and it is not clear why, according to reports. Art Newspaper . In January, the artists Safaa Erruas, Majida Khattari and Fatiha Zemmouri, and the curator Mahi Binebine, in what they called a “nightmare”, learned that the artworks they had donated for months to Venice would no longer be shown, and that a new program would replace theirs, curated by Paris-based curator Mouna Mekouar led by Moroccans. Ruas said that the Moroccan government ordered them to reimburse the production costs, and that they would show their works in the future.
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LAVA TREASURE INVITATION. A French court in Marseille has sentenced two men for smuggling gold treasure found on the west coast of Corsica. Lava Golf. “Enough treasure corn” It began in 1985, when three men discovered a mysterious collection of rare third-century Roman gold coins while fishing. one of them Felix Biancamaria , was found guilty of trying to sell a gold plate worth several million, which the court said belonged to the same stash, and is now serving a 12-month prison sentence. His friend Jean-Michel Richaud he was sentenced to eight months, and both have a fine of 100,000 euros. Their lawyers said they were appealing the decision.
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An Andy Warhol It has a screen print of Chinese leader Mao Zedong disappeared From Orange Coast College, California (OCC), where it was stored in the vault of the Frank M. Doyle Art Pavilion. Signed in 1972, the 36-by-36-inch print is valued at $50,000 and has not been publicly displayed since it was donated to the school in 2020. The Costa Mesa Police Department is investigating the case. [Hyperallergic]
In preparation for the construction of the Museum of Fine Arts, archaeologists have found the remains of one. Medieval castle Beneath a 19th-century mansion in Vannes, northwest France. Researchers from the National Institute for Preventive Archaeological Research (Inrap) have discovered two stories of the castle wall and a moat located below street level on the property of a private mansion. [Heritage Daily]
It will be directed by Xue Tan, curator and founder of Hong Kong’s Tai Kwun Center for Contemporary Art. Art House museum Starting this summer in Munich. Emma is the heiress of Enderby. [Art Review]
NFT factoryWhat is considered to be the first international art gallery dedicated to NFT, which opened near the Pompidou Center in Paris in October 2022, has been forced to close shop because it cannot rent. [Le Quotidien de l’Art]
Romanian sculptor to Constantin Brancusi he has a rare retrospective at the Center Pompidou in Paris, with 120 sculptures, on display until July 1. [The Times]
Robert MoskowitzThe New York City skyline painter has died at the age of 88. [The New York Times]
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DAVID’S DERRIERE PROTECTION. It might be more difficult to bring home honest souvenirs from Italy, like colorful magnets shaped like sculpted buttocks. Michelangelo’s david. Academy GalleryThe museum, which houses the Renaissance masterpiece, is waging a successful legal battle against souvenir shops and other trademarks and even the media, which the organization’s director says have reproduced “derogatory” images of the sculpture. Cecilia Hollberg. He sees these reproductions, which are magnified david genitalia and everything from t-shirts to keychains are found as a form of derogatory and unauthorized commercial use, which he has been working to stop. The organization’s legal success has also influenced other museums, which increasingly want to protect Leonardo’s paintings. The Vetruvian Manand Botticelli’s Birth of Venus. “I feel that for centuries there has been so much ignorance and so little respect when using a work for its beauty, purity, meanings, symbols, to make products with bad taste. plastic,” Hollberg told The Associated Press. Would Michelangelo’s sense of humor have allowed it? Alas, we’ll never know.
