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ART HISTORY
The Israel Antiquities Authority announced that divers had discovered an extremely well-preserved Roman shipwreck dating back 1,600 years ago. Inside, they found statuary fragments, figurines, and coins. [CBS]
Visitors can now tour the former art studios of Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney, where the Whitney Museum was headquartered until 1954. [The New York Times]
The art and life of Mark di Suvero. [The Paris Review]
JAIL
Dissident Russian artist Pyotr Pavlensky suffered broken ribs after a guard beat him on the way back to his cell after a court hearing. [Artforum]
YouTube pranksters were sentenced to jail after they faked art heists at a number of museums. [Hyperallergic]
MUSEUMS
Kader Attia built a model of an Algerian fortress out of couscous in the Guggenheim. [The New Yorker]
“The Palestinian Museum in the town of Birzeit, north of Jerusalem, is being inaugurated today, even though the institution is currently without a collection.” [The Art Newspaper]
Kathryn Kanjo has been named new director of the Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego. [L.A. Times]
Dr. Marcelle Polednik has been named director of the Milwaukee Art Museum. [Milwaukee Journal Sentinel]
LISA OPPENHEIM
Lisa Oppenheim at the Approach in London. [Contemporary Art Daily]