Art Industry News: The Orlando Museum’s Leadership Departs as Fallout From the Ill-Fated Basquiat Show Expands + Other Stories
Plus, Arthur Jafa's Golden Lion-winning"White Album" is coming to New York, and the Uffizi's director warns of looming staff shortages.Installation view of the"Heroes & Monsters: Jean-Michel Basquiat, The Thaddeus Mumford, Jr. Venice Collection" at the Orlando Museum of Art, 2022. Courtesy of the OMA.
Art Industry News is a daily digest of the most consequential developments coming out of the art world and art market. Here’s what you need to know on this Monday, August 29.The results of a citywide community-advised review of monuments has concluded that more than a dozen monuments and plaques, including all of Chicago’s statues of Christopher Columbus, should be removed. Other items under examination in the report include sculptures that reinforce Indigenous stereotypes and a plaque that commemorates the city’s “first white child.”While museum visitor numbers continue to rise, the number of staff members working at the same institutions is declining.