Connie Butler is leaving her post as the chief curator of drawings at MoMA in New York to become chief curator at the Hammer Museum.

After Louvre staff walked out on the job a month ago to protest the gangs of pickpocketers that roam the museum, the government has announced Paris will step up police presence at the Louvre and other tourist attractions.

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Bean Gilsdorf

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Bean Gilsdorf lives in San Francisco. Her critical writing has appeared in print and online publications such as Daily Serving, Textile: the Journal of Cloth and Culture, and Fiberarts Magazine. She holds graduate degrees in linguistics and cognitive science, and recently completed the MFA program at the California College of the Arts. Gilsdorf is a 2011-2012 Graduate Fellow at the Headlands Center for the Arts in Sausalito.