"Since we were last on air in June, the US government has announced what it calls a comprehensive internal review of activities at eight of the 21 museums under the umbrella of the Smithsonian Institution. Meanwhile, one of those museums, the National Portrait Gallery in Washington, D.C., saw the artist Amy Sherald cancel a long-scheduled exhibition of her work, citing censorship and institutional fear of the US government."
"This landmark of video art is part of a new exhibition at San Marco Art Centre, or SMAC, a new space in the Procuratie Vecchie in St Mark's Square, Venice. The show, called The Quantum Effect, explores the work of several leading contemporary artists in the context of quantum theory. I talk to the exhibition's curators, Daniel Birnbaum-no relation-and Jacqui Davies, and to Ulf Danielsson, a physicist who has suggested quantum equations to accompany each of the pieces in the show."
The US government announced a comprehensive internal review of activities at eight Smithsonian museums, prompting heightened scrutiny of institutional practices and political oversight. The National Portrait Gallery experienced the cancellation of Amy Sherald's long-scheduled exhibition, which the artist attributed to censorship and institutional fear of governmental pressure. Commentators observe growing interference from the Trump administration in museum affairs and debate whether Sherald's withdrawal signals a broader art-world response. Frieze Seoul opened amid recent political turmoil in South Korea, with attendees gauging the fair's atmosphere. In Venice, SMAC's The Quantum Effect pairs contemporary artworks with quantum-theory concepts and features Dara Birnbaum's landmark video work.
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