Welcome to Art Spell, a daily, comprehensive roundup of art news and reviews for the visual arts community. Today’s Editor’s Pick is ‘Poor Management’ Is Driving Workers from US Art Museums by Imogen Lees for Ocula. A new study finds that poor management, low pay, and burnout are driving workers to leave U.S. art museums.
Art in America
Emily Watlington, We Asked Benjamin Moser to Name One Artwork He Considers a “Revelation”
The Art Newspaper
Jori Finkel, The Big Review: Lucas Museum of Narrative Art ★★★½
Gareth Harris, Santiago Sierra’s latest piece, a non-stop reading of names of Palestinians killed since 1948, opens in London
From the Editors, Sylvie in Paris? Netflix star to lead weekend rehang at this year’s Art Basel Paris
Joanna Moorhead, From a murder case to hidden works: new details about mysterious 17th-century painter Claudia del Bufalo revealed
Hadani Ditmars, Amid affordability crisis for artists, Vancouver’s city council establishes cultural land trust
Hilarie M. Sheets, Aperture’s new home reflects the non-profit’s commitment to ‘a democratic medium’
Annabel Keenan, Rising costs force museums across North America to rethink climate control guidelines
Artforum
Du Keke, Requiem for Photography: Hiroshi Sugimoto’s Aesthetics of Ruin
Artnet
Richard Whiddington, Herbert Lust’s Prized Collection Lands at Christie’s, Led by $30M Giacometti
Margaret Carrigan, The Met Is Rewriting the Rules on Returning Contested Art
Jo Lawson-Tancred, U.K. Bars Export of ‘Small but Mighty’ $6.2M Renaissance Sculpture
Jo Lawson-Tancred, Never-Before-Seen Sargent Portrait Doubles Estimate at Auction
ARTnews
Alex Greenberger, Dealer Emanuel Layr Scales Back Vienna Gallery in Response to ‘Increasingly Congested’ Market
Joelle Diderich, Louis Vuitton Unveils Keith Haring Artycapucines Handbag Collection
Andy Battaglia, See 11 Treasures at the Lucas Museum of Narrative Art
Tessa Solomon, See 10 Paintings from the Met’s Landmark Chang Dai-Chien Acquisition
Devorah Lauter, Art Basel Paris Unveils Highlights, With ‘Emily in Paris’ Star Philippine Leroy-Beaulieu to Organize Oh La La! Initiative
ArtReview
Max Crosbie-Jones, Lin Htet Aung: Art After the Myanmar Coup d’Etat
From the Editors, Maria Arusoo appointed director of Tallinn Art Hall
Financial Times
Victoria Woodcock, A trip to Nymphenburg, Munich’s porcelain paradise
From the Editors, Alison Knowles — the artist who turned lunch into a heroic display
Frieze
Andrew Hodgson, Wolfgang Tillmans Follows the Contours of Sight
Agnish Ray, Simón Vega Recasts Ancient Power for the Digital Age
The Guardian
Claire Armistead, The amazing life of 101-year-old art warrior Ce Roser: ‘We made noise. We closed the streets’
Ben Eastham, Amar Kanwar review: unflinching Indian artist dares you to step into the darkness (literally)
Claudia Casper, ‘To sleep in a sculpture is a wonderful idea’: a hike along Andy Goldsworthy’s epic art trail in Haute-Provence
Hyperallergic
From the Editors, Venice Pavilions That Missed the Mark
Hrag Vartanian and Aruna D’Souza, The Worst National Pavilions at the Venice Biennale
Lakshmi Rivera Amin, Poems for Alma Thomas
Jennifer Samet, Beer With a Painter: Barbara Takenaga
Danielle De Jesus, A Bushwick Kid at Bushwick Open Studios
Silvia Benedetti, Photographer Nelson Garrido, Who Embraced an “Aesthetics of the Ugly,” Dies at 73
Leah Triplett Harrington, The Book of Alison Knowles
Rhea Nayyar, Naomi Beckwith Says She’s “Not Afraid” of Pro-Palestine Protest at Documenta 16
Anna Lee, German Duo Arrested After Hanging Paintings Next to Mona Lisa
Crystal Vance Guerra, In Chicago, Mexican-American Altars Reimagine Home
From the Editors, Taryn Simon’s Evidence as Spectacle
The Los Angeles Times
Jane Horowitz, A dying gallery owner’s African art collection numbers 15,000 pieces. His family wants to find it a home
The New York Times
Victoria Burnett, This Forgotten Artist’s ‘Extraordinary’ Work Was Saved From a Dumpster
Hilarie M. Sheets, He Asked ‘Why Such a Nice Girl Would Paint Such Wild Pictures.’ The Rest Is Art History.
Amelia Nierenberg and Alex Marshall, British Museum Bans Photography of Bayeux Tapestry to Keep Lines Moving
Observer
Elisa Carollo, Collector or Dealer? Lio Malca Built a Cultural Ecosystem by Refusing to Choose
Mary Gregory, The Women of the Legendary 1913 Armory Show
Elisa Carollo, The New York Gallery Shows Not to Miss During Armory Week
Elisa Carollo, Mila Askarova Adds Chelsea to Gazelli Art House’s International Footprint
Ocula
Julieta Caldas, Ed Atkins: ‘I Would Like to Be an Artwork’
Shanyu Zhong, In Seoul, Henri Alexander Levy Reconstructs a Past He Never Lived
EDITOR’S PICK - Imogen Lees, ‘Poor Management’ Is Driving Workers from US Art Museums: A new study of almost 700 former art museum workers suggests that a lack of communication and accountability at board and director level is a key factor in staff departures, alongside low pay and burnout.
From the Editors, Amy Sherald, David Zwirner and Alicia Keys Among Time’s First-Ever Art 100
Urgent Matter
Adam Schrader, Hyperallergic adds paid-only articles and a sign-in requirement
Adam Schrader, Tim Kent paints the city at rest in ‘Sojourn’ at Hollis Taggart
Adam Schrader, A bronze faun stolen from a French zoo in 1993 turns up at a U.S. auction house
Adam Schrader, Heritage group asks UNESCO to intervene over road work in Iran’s Lut Desert
Adam Schrader, Outsourced Art Institute of Chicago custodians face short paychecks and lost benefits
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