Art Industry News is a daily digest of the most consequential developments coming out of the art world and art market. “The second purpose,” she added, “was to be together in community to spark a political reckoning that will be felt come November.” (Hyperallergic)Palm Springs Will Sell a Helen Frankenthaler – The Palm Springs Art Museum has become the latest institution to take advantage of the Association of Art Museum Directors’ temporarily relaxed rules surrounding deaccessioning. (ARTnews)V&A in Talks to Return Ethiopian Treasures – London’s Victoria & Albert Museum is in discussions with the Ethiopian embassy to return objects that were looted during the 1868 capture of Maqdala (then Abyssinia). After their efforts failed, the sculpture sold to an American buyer for £15.8 million, who moved the sculpture out of the country. The Herzog & de Meuron-designed building’s price tag has soared from HK$21.6 billion ($2.8 billion) to HK$70 billion ($9 billion).

Source: Ethiopian News October 09, 2020 13:07 UTC