Field Notes - ART Walkway (Page 3)

A sweeping aerial view of the futuristic, curved Lucas Museum of Narrative Art rising above Los Angeles’s Exposition Park.

Field Notes

Lucas Museum of Narrative Art Sets 2026 Opening as Los Angeles Braces for a New Cultural Beacon

The long-delayed Lucas Museum of Narrative Art will open in Los Angeles on September 22, 2026, bringing 40,000 works of storytelling art and the complete Lucas Archives to Exposition Park.

The British Museum’s neoclassical façade under grey London light, with visitors moving across the stone forecourt.

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British Museum Ends Tobacco Sponsorship After 15 Years, Signalling Ethical Shift

The British Museum has quietly ended its long-running sponsorship with Japan Tobacco International, following mounting ethical pressure and new guidance on funding.

Guard facilities and barbed-wire fencing at concentration camp on a grey day.

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Scandal in Neuss: Outcry Forces German Auction House to Pull Holocaust Relics

A planned auction in Neuss offering letters and documents from Nazi concentration camps was abruptly cancelled after survivors, diplomats, and cultural officials denounced the sale as a betrayal of historical dignity.

The White House seen in daylight, framed by green lawns and clear skies.

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When Washington Turns Away: How Federal Cuts Are Draining America’s Museums

A new wave of federal cutbacks is stripping U.S. museums of lifelines — shuttering programs, slashing grants, and leaving culture itself to fight for survival.

Exterior view of the University of Arkansas campus in Fayetteville, showing the red-brick architecture of Fulbright College

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The New Vanguard: How the University of Arkansas Is Rewriting the Rules of Art History

The University of Arkansas’s tuition-free MA in Art History, fueled by museums and open borders of creativity, is quietly redefining how the next generation studies — and shapes — American art.

The heart of Venice’s Biennale beats on — but America’s place in it hangs in the balance

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America Without a Pavilion: When Bureaucracy Chokes the Art

The United States was supposed to land in Venice with an eagle — instead, it’s showing up with silence.

Art classroom with brushes, paints, and unfinished student work — symbolizing the revival of creative subjects in UK schools.

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Britain’s Schools Bring Back the Arts: Why Scrapping the Ebacc Could Spark a Creative Revival

After years of decline in arts education, the UK’s move to scrap the Ebacc marks a turning point. Teachers and artists call it a long-overdue revival — but without funding, can creativity truly return to every classroom?

Artist awake at 3 a.m. writing under soft light—creative wakefulness in the midnight interval.

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Why Artists Once Slept Twice: Rediscovering the Lost Art of the Second Sleep

Artists, insomniacs, and dreamers may still carry the old second sleep rhythm in their bones.

JFK’s New Terminal One merges flight and art — a billion-dollar gateway where travelers encounter global creativity before takeoff.

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JFK’s $9.5B Art Terminal: Where Air Travel Will Meet Culture

JFK Airport’s Terminal One promises to blend aviation and contemporary art, with major installations planned by Yinka Shonibare, Tomás Saraceno, Firelei Báez, and others.

The Louvre Museum’s glass pyramid in Paris after the 2025 jewel heist

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Verified Details of the 2025 Louvre Heist

A verified summary of the 2025 Louvre jewel heist — what was stolen, who’s been charged, and how investigators used DNA to identify suspects.

Unit Gallery’s Don’t Look Back exhibition curated by Beth Greenacre and Sigrid Kirk.

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Don’t Look Back With Teeth: UNIT Gallery’s Survival Gig

Curators Beth Greenacre and Sigrid Kirk stage a festival-style exhibition that swaps swagger for stamina, pitching ’90s legacies against today’s precarity and digital myth-making.

Historical image showing Plato teaching students in an olive grove at the Academy.

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Plato’s Academy: A Grove Where Thinking Became an Art

Walk into Plato’s olive grove in Athens, where dialogue shaped early higher learning—and discover how the Academy’s spirit still guides art and ideas today.