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On Wednesday the Museum of Fine Arts Boston Union, which represents more than 200 staff members at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, staged a one-day strike over issues including wages and job security. The strike began at 8:30am at the MFA’s Huntington Street entrance.​

A self-portrait by Frida Kahlo has become the most expensive work by a Latin American artist ever to sell at auction, fetching $34.9 million in New York on Tuesday.​

自COVID-19爆發，國內藝文產業遭逢衝擊。值此關鍵時刻，國藝會在突破過往補助框架的思維下，推出「藝術未來行動專案」，將以最大的支持，協助獲選者完成自我躍昇的理想實現。​

This week, the Biden administration lifted restrictions on its pandemic travel ban, allowing vaccinated visitors from Canada, China, Mexico, and other countries to enter the U.S. for the first time in 18 months. For major American museums, where international visitors have historically accounted for major portions of yearly attendance figures, the news was surely welcomed. ​

著名藝評家周凡夫先生本年七月辭世，斯人雖已去，風範仍長存！為延續周先生對培育下一代音樂發展的心願，他的家人以周先生的名義捐贈香港中樂團、國際基督教優質音樂中學暨小學及澳門青年交響樂團各10萬港元，並設立「周凡夫音樂獎學金」，以獎勵在音樂學術、欣賞、創作或演奏方面有傑出表現的同學或團員，鼓勵他們積極進修音樂及培育他們對音樂的興趣。​

瑞典中部烏普薩拉市一座音樂廳發生罕見事故，有1人從7樓高處墮下，壓倒樓下數人，有2人死亡，另1人受傷。​

The UK government under Conservative prime minister Boris Johnson has shelved plans for an “arts premium” funding package for secondary schools, breaking a pledge made in the party’s election manifesto in 2019.​

Last year, Mike Winkelmann -- better known as Beeple -- joined the world's most valuable living artists when he sold an NFT for a record-breaking $69.3 million.​
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A little more than a month before its fair in Miami Beach, Art Basel said that its parent company, MCH Group, had been the subject of a data breach last week.​
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西九文化區M+博物館下周四將舉行開幕典禮，翌日（12日）開放予公眾入場，首年免費。因應防疫要求，館內同一時間的參觀人數上限6000，西九管理局本周內會公布入場安排，料推出網上預約系統，以每兩小時一個時段讓參觀者選擇。