{"id":145813,"date":"2025-08-14T19:04:14","date_gmt":"2025-08-14T19:04:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/145813\/"},"modified":"2025-08-14T19:04:14","modified_gmt":"2025-08-14T19:04:14","slug":"queer-art-in-crisis-and-more-art-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/145813\/","title":{"rendered":"Queer Art in Crisis, and More Art News"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\n\tROMANTIC GETAWAY. <\/strong>Former South Korean first lady Kim Keon Hee<\/strong>, a self-described \u201cK-culture salesperson,\u201d per Artnet News,<\/a> was arrested Tuesday following a court-issued warrant. She\u2019s accused of manipulating the stock price of Deutsch Motors<\/strong> between 2009 and 2012 and illegally interfering in the 2022 and 2024 election candidate nominations. Hee denies the allegations. Known for organizing exhibitions featuring artists such as\u00a0Andy Warhol<\/strong> and Mark Rothko<\/strong>, she now joins her husband, former South Korean president Yoon Suk Yeol<\/strong>, in detention. Yeol was arrested after attempting to impose martial law in December. This marks the first time a former presidential couple in South Korea<\/strong> has been detained simultaneously.\u00a0<\/p>\n

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\n\tQUEER ART<\/a> CANCELED.\u00a0<\/strong>Curators say queer art is being censored in the US.\u00a0NBC News<\/a>\u00a0reports that last month\u2019s cancelation of\u00a0Amy Sherald<\/strong>\u2019s LGBTQ-inclusive\u00a0Smithsonian<\/strong>\u00a0show \u201cAmerican Sublime\u201d marked the latest in a growing wave of LGBTQ-related art censorship<\/a> at major museums in 2025. In February, Washington D.C.\u2019s\u00a0Art Museum of the Americas<\/strong>\u00a0abruptly canceled \u201cNature\u2019s Wild With Andil Gosine,\u201d a group show inspired by Gosine\u2019s book on Caribbean sexuality and activism. Critics noted the timing followed\u00a0Trump<\/strong>\u00a0administration directives to eliminate \u201canti-American\u201d content from cultural institutions. Art historian\u00a0Jonathan D. Katz<\/strong>\u00a0has connected these events to long-standing tensions over sexuality in art, tracing them back to the\u00a0Mapplethorpe<\/strong>\u00a0controversy of the late 1980s.<\/p>\n

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\n\tA 13-year drought may have played a hand in the collapse of ancient Maya<\/strong> civilization. Researchers collected climate data for the years 871 to 1021, a period of decline for Maya society, by\u00a0analysing a stalagmite found in a Mexican cave.\u00a0[The Art Newspaper<\/a>]<\/p>\n

\n\tJustin Sun<\/strong>, the crypto billionaire who bought Mauricio Catelan<\/strong>\u2019s banana duct-taped to a wall, has filed a lawsuit against Bloomberg, claiming the publications plans to \u201crecklessly and improperly disclose his highly confidential, sensitive, private, and proprietary financial information,\u201d obtained to verify his assets for Bloomberg\u2019s \u201cBillionaires Index<\/strong>.\u201d [Delaware Court filing<\/a>]<\/p>\n

\n\tPoland\u2019s culture ministry and the country\u2019s National Heritage body has named Daniel Muzyczuk<\/strong> as the next director of the Muzeum Sztuki<\/strong> in \u0141\u00f3d\u017a<\/strong>. Muzyczuk, who was appointed acting director in July 2024 after artist Andrzej Biernacki<\/strong> left the role, was unanimously recommended by a selection committee. [Artforum<\/a>]<\/p>\n

\n\tFrance <\/strong>reportedly demanded that its citizens be allowed to view the Bayeux Tapestry<\/strong> for free or at a discount when it goes on display at the British Museum <\/strong>next year. [The Telegraph<\/a>]<\/p>\n

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\n\tTRAGIC DEATH OF DESIGNERS.<\/strong> Mario Paglino<\/strong>, 52, and Gianni Grossi<\/strong>, 54\u2014renowned Italian designers celebrated for transforming Barbie<\/a><\/strong> dolls into unique, high-value art pieces\u2014tragically died on July 27 in a car crash on the A4 Turin-Milan highway, reports Italian news agency ANSA<\/a>. Their vehicle was struck by another car traveling the wrong way. Based in Novara, near Milan<\/strong>, the couple married in New York City<\/strong> in 2022 and collaborated closely in both life and work. Their custom-designed Barbie dolls, often sold for thousands of dollars\u2014including one that raised over $15,000 at a charity auction\u2014earned them widespread acclaim within the global Barbie collector community. This dedicated fanbase spans numerous online groups, some with over 100,000 members. \u201cFans either collect Barbies made by Mattel or seek out rare, one-of-a-kind creations by doll artists,\u201d explained Kim Culmone<\/strong>, head of doll design at Mattel. Paglino and Grossi were beloved figures in this vibrant and passionate collector world.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"To receive\u00a0Morning Links\u00a0in your inbox every weekday,\u00a0sign\u00a0up\u00a0for our\u00a0Breakfast with ARTnews\u00a0newsletter. The Headlines ROMANTIC GETAWAY. Former South Korean first…\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":145814,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[648,1032,38468,411,1033,171,86300,67,132,68],"class_list":{"0":"post-145813","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-arts-and-design","8":"tag-arts","9":"tag-arts-and-design","10":"tag-barbie","11":"tag-censorship","12":"tag-design","13":"tag-entertainment","14":"tag-queer-art","15":"tag-united-states","16":"tag-unitedstates","17":"tag-us"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/115028680720249506","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/145813","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=145813"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/145813\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/145814"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=145813"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=145813"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=145813"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}