April 12, 2022 • View in browser

Good morning. 🌤️ Today, a UN agency has confirmed that the Russian invasion of Ukraine has already partially or completely destroyed 53 cultural sites, Ireland is launching a Basic Income Program for 2,000 artists, and an artist looks at the Mexican Cumbia “renaissance.”

— Hrag Vartanian, editor-in-chief 

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WHAT'S HAPPENING

A mural by James Earley in Dublin, photograph by William Murphy (via Flickr)

• Applications open today for Ireland’s Basic Income for the Arts pilot program, which will give artists €325 a week with no restrictions.

• The British Museum rebuffed the Institute for Digital Archaeology’s request to 3D scan its Parthenon marbles.

• UNESCO identifies at least 53 historical sites in Ukraine that have been severely damaged or destroyed by Russian forces.

• Prolific art forger Mark Landis has his first New York exhibition at Wirth Galerie.

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