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\n\tARE CHINA\u2019S PRIVATE ART MUSEUMS IN CRISIS?\u00a0That was the question the\u00a0South China Morning Post<\/a>\u00a0asked, writing, \u201cA wave of closures and cutbacks is sweeping through\u00a0China\u2019s private art museums, ringing alarm bells about the sector\u2019s sustainability and raising questions about the outlook for one of the world\u2019s biggest art markets.\u201d Shenzhen\u2019s\u00a0Jupiter Museum of Art\u00a0shut down in June, and days later, Qingdao\u2019s\u00a0TAG Art Museum\u00a0followed suit. Others museums, like the\u00a0Ennova Art Museum\u00a0in Langfang, founded by the company behind Hong Kong-listed\u00a0ENN Energy Holdings, \u201chave been dormant for months.\u201d The UCCA Center for Contemporary Art, one of the most well-known institutions in China, also\u00a0appears to be facing<\/a>\u00a0financial difficulties. What\u2019s to blame for this crisis? Apparently, it\u2019s a result of corporate backers tightening their belts, consumers \u201ccurtailing their discretionary spending\u201d and rising costs. Plus, there is the government\u2019s \u201cunwillingness to provide backing for art that does not fit in with the range of artforms that the\u00a0Communist Party\u00a0condones.\u201d<\/p>\n \n\tThe Digest<\/p>\n \n\tAfter removing a display that mentioned\u00a0Donald Trump\u2019s\u00a0two impeachments from the\u00a0National Museum of American History,\u00a0the\u00a0Smithsonian Institution<\/a>\u00a0said it would create an \u201cupdated version.\u201d The removal did not come at the behest of \u201cany Administration or other government official,\u201d the Smithsonian said.\u00a0[ARTnews]<\/a><\/p>\n \n\tTwo artists have been left \u201cheartbroken\u201d after vandals broke in and destroyed their gallery days before it was set to open.\u00a0Laura Robertson\u00a0and\u00a0Theodore Godfrey-Cass\u00a0were set to launch the\u00a0Market Gallery\u00a0at a former Wilko store in\u00a0South Shields, but discovered on Tuesday their hard work had been ruined overnight. [Shields Gazette<\/a>]<\/p>\n \n\tSotheby\u2019s\u00a0has revealed the headline lots for the blockbuster sale of British socialite and arts patron\u00a0Pauline Karpidas\u2019s\u00a0collection, which is due to hit the auction block on September 17, 18, and 19 in London. [ARTnews<\/a>]<\/p>\n \n\tLondon-based artist\u00a0Lucy Sparrow\u00a0has opened a fish and chip shop where everything is made from felt. The interactive creation includes hand-stitched fish and chips in sewn-together boxes, bottles of vinegar and mayonnaise, tubs of salt, ketchup sachets, and menus. There are a total of 65,000 individually hand-crafted pieces including 15 different chip shapes in five different colors. [BBC<\/a>]<\/p>\n \n\tThe Kicker<\/p>\n \n\tIFTED SANCTIONS RAISE HOPE FOR SYRIAN HERITAGE.\u00a0In May, Donald Trump\u2019s surprise announcement to lift sanctions on Syria brought hope to cultural workers like\u00a0Rima Khawam,chief curator of the\u00a0Damascus National Museum. Years of war and sanctions had left Syria\u2019s museums in disrepair, starved of resources and international support. The sanctions, imposed since 2011 to pressure\u00a0Bashar al-Assad\u2019s\u00a0regime, also hurt cultural institutions. But Khawam now sees a chance for real collaboration to restore Syria\u2019s damaged heritage, the\u00a0Art Newspaper<\/a>\u00a0reports. The Damascus Museum suffers from cracked walls, damaged ventilation, and overcrowded storage, housing items rescued from six other museums.\u00a0B\u00e9n\u00e9dicte de Montlaur\u00a0of the\u00a0World Monuments Fund\u00a0(WMF) says that conflict and sanctions severely limited funding and support. Syrian professionals have shouldered the protection of heritage alone, often under dangerous conditions. With sanctions possibly easing, WMF is preparing to re-enter Syria to support restoration efforts. Meanwhile, local initiatives like\u00a0Syrians for Heritage\u00a0are already at work.\u00a0Salam Al Kuntar,\u00a0a founding member, says funding has long been difficult to secure, especially from Europe.\u00a0Ayman Al Nabo\u00a0of the\u00a0Idlib Antiquities Center\u00a0recalls years of delays in receiving support. Now, both see renewed interest and partnerships emerging. \u201cIt feels like a breakthrough,\u201d says Al Nabo.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Headlines ATTENDING TO CRITICISM.\u00a0The director of the\u00a0Tate\u00a0museum network,Maria Balshaw,\u00a0hit back at the critics who blamed\u00a0Tate\u2019s programming on…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":58227,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[56],"tags":[228,226,227,229,88,43854,36124,16908],"class_list":{"0":"post-58226","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-artsanddesign","11":"tag-design","12":"tag-entertainment","13":"tag-maria-balshaw","14":"tag-smithsonian-institution","15":"tag-tate"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/58226","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=58226"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/58226\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/58227"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=58226"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=58226"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=58226"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}