Arts Policy

	White House Removes Controversial Painting A spokesperson for Michelle Obama said that the Alma Thomas work was not hung in the East Wing because it “didn’t fit the space right.”
	Vandals Attack Banksy Work Up for Vote A neighborhood council had been holding a vote to determine whether to keep the piece on display.
	Obama Stacks Arts and Humanities Committee With Bold-Faced Names Among the 25 new appointees are Sarah Jessica Parker, Anna Wintour, Teresa Heinz Kerry, Edward Norton, and Thom Mayne.

• NEA Gets $25M Budget Bump for 2010
• Protesting Hamburg Artists Begin to See Results
• 2012 Olympics Will Feature an Artistic Side
• NEA Head: Days of Defense Are Over
• China to Search Foreign Museums for Looted Artifacts
• Sotheby’s Declines to Reveal Details of Executive Pay
• NYC Arts Groups Getting $2.7 Million in Rockefeller Grants
• Conservative Commentators Attack Obama Art Selection
• Pennsylvania’s Proposed Arts Tax Killed
• Russian Artists, Curators Under Attack
• Royal Bank of Scotland to Open Art Collection to Public
• Egypt Says UNESCO Loss Didn’t Cause Split With Louvre
• Danish Politician: Manzoni’s Canned Feces Are Not Art
• Obamas Bring Bold Art to the White House
• Disability Arts Fund to Launch in Time for 2012 Games
• Landesman Responds to GOP Senators About Controversial Call
• Indonesian Artist Turns Anti-Porn Laws Into Art
• JPMorgan Chase Drops Claim to Berckheyde Painting