Mark Rothkos go on view in the town of his birth, Daugavpils, Latvia. (It was part of Russia when he was born there in 1903.) [Bloomberg]
“A 15th-century illustrated volume of the Mishneh Torah that was to be the star of a Sotheby’s auction on Monday was withdrawn from the sale and bought jointly by the Israel Museum in Jerusalem and the Metropolitan Museum of Art.” [NYT]
“Canada’s term leading the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance, a partnership among 31 countries, is off to a strong start. Last week, the government donated $190,000 to fund provenance research for Holocaust-era art at the nation’s museums.” [The Art Newspaper]
Saudi conceptual artist Abdulnasser Gharem will soon start the country’s first artist-run foundation. [The Art Newspaper]
Here’s a look at the Met’s punk show. [NYT]
“Van Gogh’s True Palette Revealed.” [NYT]