Anthony Haden-Guest Profiles Two Environmental Artists: One is the daughter of a Hungarian economist who fled to the West; the other grew up under the influence of Jacques Cousteau. …

The Met’s New Fee Might Have a Benefit: Tiffany Jenkins doesn’t like the crowds in museums. She took to the Financial Times to suggest the Met’s new mandatory fee for out-of-state visitors might be just the solution to the problem, “Perhaps if people have to pay a fee, they will pay more careful attention.” …

Colin Gleadell Tries to Get to the Bottom of Another Controversial Museum Show Validating Works from a Suspicious Collection: The Telegraph columnist goes into extensive detail on the exhibition in Ghent at the Museum of Fine Arts of works by Russian avant-garde painters that have never been seen before. A group has issued a letter in The Art Newspaper questioning their authenticity:

• Alex Lachmann, an adviser and collector of modern Russian art, takes issue, telling me: “The paintings are all ridiculous on stylistic grounds. I can’t imagine how a public museum, which is supported by taxpayers’ money, can put these highly questionable things on the walls before doing an in-depth research, as is common practice in the museum world and as every responsible curator or museum director is obligated to do.”

The museum, and the owner of the collection, claim the works have the appropriate documentation but refuse to show it to anyone.