Welcome to Art Spell, a daily, comprehensive roundup of art news and reviews for the visual arts community. Today’s Editor’s Pick is What Is the Value of a Museum? by Sonia Manalili and Margaret Carrigan for Artnet. Whitechapel Gallery is rethinking how museums demonstrate their public value amid growing funding pressures.
The Art Newspaper
Hadani Ditmars, Egyptian queen’s 673-diamond necklace stolen from Vienna museum in brazen daytime heist
Artforum
Hana Ostan-Ožbolt-Haas, Cosmic Interiors: Stano Filko’s Manic Ambition on View in Salzburg
Artnet
Min Chen, The Photographer Who Followed David Bowie Around the World
Katya Kazakina, Billionaire Ken Griffin’s Leonardo da Vinci Loan to the Met Signals Big Ambitions
EDITOR’S PICK - Sonia Manalili and Margaret Carrigan, What Is the Value of a Museum?: Whitechapel Gallery director Gilane Tawadros has tapped an economist to help rethink the public value of art institutions.
Andrew Russeth, South Korea Beckons! Here Are 10 Essential Art Museums in Seoul
Min Chen and Vittoria Benzine, 8 New York Museum Shows You Need to See This Fall
Vittoria Benzine, Frank Lloyd Wright’s Only Usonian Home in L.A. Is Falling Into Disrepair
Vittoria Benzine, John Giorno’s Multifarious Legacy Gets a Spotlight in Mexico City
Vittoria Benzine, Will the U.S. State Department Purge More Art? And Other Art World Matters
Margaret Carrigan, Top Execs Depart Phillips—and More Industry Intel
ARTnews
Alex Greenberger, Met Museum Cancels John Galliano Exhibition Amid Controversy over Designer’s Antisemitic Comments
Alex Greenberger, 84 Museum Exhibitions and Biennials to See This Fall
Alex Greenberger and Maximilíano Durón, Pace Gallery Founder Arne Glimcher Criticizes Met Museum Over Planned Galliano Show: Report
Daniel Cassady, Robert Indiana’s Maine Home Is for Sale, Despite Late Artist’s Intentions to Make It an Art Space
Francesca Aton, Robert Mapplethorpe Foundation Denied Use of Roy Cohn Portrait for New Biography Over Political Concerns
Tessa Solomon, China Pulls Artists from Gwangju Biennale as ‘Taiwan Pavilion’ Moves Forward
George Nelson, Rotterdam’s Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen Embroiled in Alleged Bribery Scandal
Daniel Cassady, $4.3 M. Van Cleef & Arpels Necklace Stolen From Vienna Museum
Maximilíano Durón, UK Government Puts Temporary Export Ban on $97.2 M. Rembrandt Painting
Francesca Aton, Chief Executive of Sydney’s Forthcoming $915 M. Cultural Institution Steps Down Amid Ongoing Investigations, 10 Weeks Ahead of Its Opening
Tessa Solomon, Kennedy Center Board Says It Will Delay Adding Trump’s Name to the Center by One Month
The Atlantic
Sebastian Smee, The Limits of Yayoi Kusama’s Infinity
Financial Times
Louis Wise, Rugged Americana’s age of innocence
The Guardian
Rafqa Touma and Tom McIlroy, The American painting that sparked an Australian culture war – Full Story podcast
Lorenzo Tondo, Messina mystery: theft of Renaissance art from Sicilian museum leaves investigators baffled
Hyperallergic
Rhea Nayyar, Thieves Snatch $4.6M Diamond Necklace From Viennese Museum
Natasha Seaman, The Belgian Exhibition That Strives to “Decenter” the West
Anna Lee, Demolition of Georgian Architectural Landmark Sparks Outcry
Lia Strasser, What I Got Wrong About Krasner and Pollock
Anna Lee, The Art World Reacts to Yayoi Kusama’s Passing
Lakshmi Rivera Amin, A View From the Easel
The Los Angeles Times
Deborah Vankin, The Broad and Lauren Halsey join forces to bring South L.A. students free art programming
The New York Times
Alex Williams, Roy Slaper, Unlikely ‘Legend’ of Denim, Dies at 54
The New Yorker
Zachary Fine, Matisse’s Ugliest Painting
Observer
Christa Terry, How Tom Gilleon Turned a Genre of Nostalgia Into One of Invention
Elisa Carollo, In Seoul, Pavilion’s Debut, Design Miami’s Return and Frieze’s “Beyond the Canon” Approach
Elisa Carollo, How Collectors Bob and Jane Clark Turned Collecting into Community Building
Dan Duray, One Fine Show: “Timeless Mucha, The Magic of Line” at the Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art
Daniel Grant, The National Park System’s Lesser-Known Role as Patron of the Arts
Vanity Fair
Nate Freeman, According to the State Department, Kehinde Wiley Is Just the Beginning: More Art Could Be Removed and Sold From Embassies
The Wall Street Journal
From the Editors, Arts Calendar: Happenings for the Week of August 30
Karen Wilkin, ‘An Exquisite Eye: Introducing the Aso O. Tavitian Collection’ Review: The Clark’s New Trove
The Washington Post
Harrison Smith, Sliman Mansour has died. His art became a symbol of Palestinian resilience.
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