Climate Activists Target Botticelli’s ‘The Birth of Venus,’ Loewe’s Next Craft Prize Set for Paris, Protestors Crash New York’s Jewish Museum, and More: Morning Links for February 14, 2024
Climate activists are continuing their greatest-hits museum tour and have targeted Botticelli’s fifteenth century masterpiece The Birth of Venus at the Uffizi Gallery in Florence. Their curatorial choice is not lost on observers, with Botticelli’s work also depicting the subject of water, as Venus rises from the sea. The DigestProtestors crashed a talk at New York’s Jewish Museum Tuesday night, featuring Israeli artist Zoya Cherkassky and the museum director James Snyder. [The Art Newspaper, France]The Center for Art & Advocacy has announced the six 2024 recipients of its Right of Return Fellowships. The idea to use the wood from the discarded boats to make instruments originally came from inmates trained as luthiers.
Source: Ethiopian News February 14, 2024 13:47 UTC
