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posted by CAA — May 16, 2018

Bernini’s Santa Bibiana, with its missing finger — which has since been reattached. Image: Silvia Mosetti via NYT

DC’s Defunct Corcoran Gallery Announces the New Homes for Over 10,000 Works of Art

Four years after the gallery was abruptly closed, trustees of the institution have announced how more than 10,000 objects from its original $1 billion trove will be distributed. (artnet News)

No Pain, No Brain Gain: Why Learning Demands (A Little) Discomfort

Quality learning requires what brain scientists call “desirable difficulty.” (Fast Company)

Bloomberg Expands Arts Grant Program to Seven More Cities

Bloomberg Philanthropies is investing $43 million in more than 200 small and midsize cultural organizations. (New York Times)

The Risk of Moving Artworks: A Broken Finger and Public Outcry

An art history professor was taking a group of students through the baroque Church of Santa Bibiana when he made what he called a “macabre discovery.” (New York Times)

The Blueprint for Saudi Arabia’s Multi-Billion Euro Cultural Partnership with France

The ten-year deal gives France an exclusive role in an area almost the size of Belgium. (The Art Newspaper)

Soon You May Be Able to Text with 2,000 Egyptian Hieroglyphs

Over 2,000 new Hieroglyphs may soon be available for use on digital devices, thanks to collaboration between Egyptologists and digital linguistics. (Hyperallergic)

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