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Hi there, everyone. Hello, it's Friday. This is Jennifer here as always with your short form

news roundup that will bring you

up to date on some of the latest goings on in art history. This is Art Curious News this week.

And today is Friday, March 24th, 2023. It is nice to be back here with you, and I loved

being able to bring you a little bonus content last week with our

interview with Damien Dibbon about his new novel, The Colorstorm. If you haven't already

done so, please check out that episode, and I loved this book, and I encourage you to buy it if you

are so inclined. Now, on to the news. Today, I want to begin by talking about another climate protest focused on the art world, and one that had an outcome that we might have predicted a few months ago.

A climate protest forced the closure of one of the most iconic museums in the U.S., the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum in Boston.

The Gardner closed its doors to visitors last weekend on March 18th, the anniversary of the

infamous heist at the Gardner, after members of the climate activist group Extinction Rebellion

staged a protest outside the museum. As usual, extinction rebellion Rebellion, like many climate protest organizations

around the world, demanded that the Gardner take action to address climate change and its impact on the art world.

According to a statement released by Extinction Rebellion, the group was targeting the museum

specifically because of its association with the fossil fuel industry.

Isabella Stewart Gardner, the founder of the museum, was married to a wealthy businessman who made his fortune in the coal industry.

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