| The director of the Iraqi State Board of Antiquities and Heritage said the Taq Kasra, a 1,500-year-old Persian archway, is in “dangerous and critical” condition and needs immediate support to prevent further collapse.The city of Chicago, Illinois promised $2.5 million in grants to local cultural organizations. It will allocate $500,000 to commission up to 10 public artworks; $250,000 for small local projects; and $1.7 million for nonprofit arts organizations throughout Chicago.A pristine copy of Batman No. 1 (1940) recently became the most expensive Batman title ever sold, and a rejected 1936 Tintin cover illustration became the most expensive work of comic book art to go to auction.Awards & AccoladesShani Peters was named the 2021 national artist-in-residence of the Mississippi Museum of Art’s Center for Art and Public Exchange.The Carolyn Glasoe Bailey Foundation Art Prize will be awarded to Porfirio Gutiérrez, and the Carolyn Glasoe Bailey Foundation Minnesota Art Prize will be awarded to Jovan C. Speller.TransitionsRele Gallery from Nigeria will open an outpost in Los Angeles, California on February 1.Flora Yukhnovich is now represented by Victoria Miro gallery.In MemoriamMary Catherine Bateson (1939–2021), writer and anthropologist | Washington Post Roger Mandle (1941–2021), museum director who helped establish the Massachusetts Design Art & Technology Institute and helmed the Qatar Museums Authority and Rhode Island School of Design | New York Times Elijah Moshinsky (1946–2021), opera director | Opera Wire Randy Parton (1953–2021), country singer and brother and collaborator of Dolly Parton | CNN Margo St. James (1937–2021), artist and sex worker advocate | SFist Helga Weyhe (1922–2021), bookseller at one of Germany’s oldest bookstores | New York Times |
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