The Museum of London Has Added the ‘Trump Baby Blimp’ to Its Protest Collection
Parody art has always been a staple of political criticism, but this example certainly feels unique.
Museum of London
UK Bars Export of Lawrence of Arabia Robes, London Tattoo Culture on View—and More
Britain’s culture minister Ed Vaizey has placed an export bar on artifacts that once belonged to T.E. Lawrence in an effort to keep them in the U.K.
Art World Abstracts: Crowdsourced Museum Shows are Trending, and More!
Crowdsourcing shows at museums to the public, and putting out open calls to amateur curators, is creating a shift in the curatorial power structure at major museums. Shows like “#SocialMedium” at the Frye Art Museum in Seattle, a show of 40 paintings chosen by the public, and “Boston Loves Impressionism” at the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston, the institution’s first crowd sourced exhibition, are proving that its possible “disrupt” just about any industry—thanks tech kids.
