A New Culture Crackdown in Hong Kong—and Other Art Matters
In an Artnet Bulletin roundup, Artnet News reports that five people working at two Hong Kong bookstores were arrested this week on suspicion of violating the city’s 2024 national security law banning “seditious content,” which political scientist Victoria Hui told the New York Times reflects a broader crackdown on bookstores. The digest also highlights Colorado Public Radio’s profile of Adam Lerner, former director of the Museum of Contemporary Art Denver and the Palm Springs Art Museum, who is now helping develop a bathhouse in Denver and likens the experience to the transformative aims of museums. Another item notes Cameron Rowland’s 2024 artist book “Dia Art Foundation Real Estate, 1974–2024,” including a detail flagged by blogger Greg Allen that Dia once planned a Cy Twombly museum on West 23rd Street in the early 1980s. The bulletin adds that La Monte Young and Marian Zazeela’s Dream House marks 33 years at 275 Church Street in Tribeca, and mentions “Ian Wilson: Circles,” opening at 41 Bleecker Street in Manhattan, presenting the final two physical artworks Wilson made in 1968 before focusing on purely conceptual work.
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