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To receive\u00a0Morning Links\u00a0in your inbox every weekday,\u00a0sign\u00a0up\u00a0for our\u00a0<\/em>Breakfast with ARTnews\u00a0newsletter<\/em>.<\/p>\n \n\tGood Morning!<\/p>\n \n\tThe Headlines<\/p>\n GET OUT OF THE KITCHEN.<\/strong>\u00a0Staffers at London\u2019s\u00a0Victoria and Albert Museum<\/strong>\u00a0are voting on possible \u201cheatwave\u201d strike action over concerns about workplace temperatures, access to drinking water, and low pay. The\u00a0Guardian\u00a0<\/strong>reported\u00a0<\/em>\u00a0that more than 300 staff across the V&A\u2019s four London sites are taking part in the ballot, organized by the\u00a0Public and Commercial Services Union<\/strong>\u00a0(PCS). The union wants galleries closed when the mercury rises above 86 degrees Fahrenheit, better heat protections, water access for staff, a 4 percent pay rise, and for the museum to become an accredited London Living Wage employer. The V&A says it has offered pay increases, provided safety measures during heatwaves, and remains committed to staff wellbeing.<\/p>\n GONE MISSING.<\/strong>\u00a0A\u00a0Vancouver<\/strong>\u00a0real-estate collapse has exposed an alleged art-fraud dispute involving artworks worth almost $5 million. A lawsuit claims\u00a0Coromandel Properties<\/strong>\u00a0CEO\u00a0Jerry Zhong<\/strong>\u00a0used company funds to buy 12 paintings and two sculptures, including works by\u00a0Jean-Michel Basquiat<\/strong>\u00a0and\u00a0Javier Calleja<\/strong>, then used them as loan collateral while the company faced $500 million in debt. Zhong denies wrongdoing. The works, which are now missing, were reportedly acquired from the\u00a0Centre of International Contemporary Art Vancouver<\/strong>\u00a0(CICA) and\u00a0Talisman Gallery<\/strong>.\u00a0The\u00a0Art Newspaper<\/em>\u00a0tried\u2014and failed\u2014<\/strong>to determine the whereabouts of the artworks allegedly purchased by Zhong and Coromandel Properties, but lawyers for both sides declined to comment while the litigation remains ongoing.<\/p>\n \n\tThe Digest<\/p>\n \n\tUNESCO has placed the ancient Greek city of Tauric Chersonese in Crimea on its World Heritage in Danger list after Ukraine raised concerns over the site\u2019s protection under Russian-appointed management. [The Art Newspaper]<\/p>\n \n\tThieves stole a 2,500-year-old Celtic gold collar in broad daylight from a French museum. [ARTnews]<\/p>\n \n\tAnimal welfare group PETA is pitching a former KFC in Fleetwood, UK, as the world\u2019s first \u201cChicken Empathy Museum,\u201d asking to borrow or acquire the empty site for an animal-rights education project. [BBC]<\/p>\n \n\tMeet the conceptual artist and filmmaker helping Trump remake Washington, D.C. [New York Times]<\/p>\n \n\tThe Kicker<\/p>\n MATTER OF PRIDE.<\/strong>\u00a0As Trump continues to attack the Smithsonian Institution, his administration is busy readying its own vision of American art,\u00a0Axios<\/em><\/strong>\u00a0reported. A new exhibition at the Art Museum of the Americas in Washington, D.C., spotlights the State Department\u2019s Art in Embassies program, which has promoted US culture abroad for more than six decades. With a focus on national pride, the exhibition will feature more than 30 contemporary artists whose work explores American identity, symbols, and history. It is set to open on July 30 as part of America\u2019s 250th anniversary celebrations.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n [analyse_source url=”https:\/\/www.artnews.com\/art-news\/news\/possible-strike-at-the-va-museum-morning-links-1234793510\/”]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" [analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https:\/\/www.artnews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/AP20219511923229.jpg?w=1024″] To receive\u00a0Morning Links\u00a0in your inbox every weekday,\u00a0sign\u00a0up\u00a0for our\u00a0Breakfast with ARTnews\u00a0newsletter. Good Morning! Staffers at London\u2019s V&A Museum are voting on possible \u201cheatwave\u201d strike action. A Vancouver real-estate collapse has exposed an alleged art-fraud dispute involving artworks worth almost $5 million. 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