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• Trump Installs New Thomas Jefferson Bronze Sculpture in White House Rose Garden

  21-07-2026 22:43 via artnews.com
  
  Last week, President Trump installed a new, life-size bronze sculpture of Thomas Jefferson in the Rose Garden, making it the fifth statue he has added to the White House grounds during his second administration, the Washington Post reports.The piece is another example of Trump-led efforts to install realistic statues around the country of America’s Founding Fathers in particular, partly in reaction to damage done to Confederate monuments and statues of other figures with divisive contribut
  
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• Katie Holmes Has a New Boyfriend—And He Is an Artist

  21-07-2026 22:37 via artnews.com
  
  Life imitates art, sort of. Katie Holmes plays a New York–based photographer reconnecting with her high school flame in Happy Hours, a new film Holmes also wrote and directed. Happy Hours premiered at the Tribeca Film Festival on June 6, and, according to TMZ, it was at a dinner related to the festival that Holmes met her new boyfriend, New York–based artist Jason Bard Yarmosky.Yarmosky was one of the 10 artists who participated in the 2026 Tribeca Festival Artist Awards Program, an
  
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• ‘Do You Love America?’: Smithsonian Museum Leader Grilled Over Gender, Diversity, Patriotism at Congressional Hearing

  21-07-2026 22:01 via artnews.com
  
  “Dr. Hartig, are you America first? Do you love America?” So asked Representative Tim Burchett (Republican of Tennessee) of Anthea Hartig, director of the Smithsonian’s National Museum of American History (NMAH), during a two-hour congressional hearing Tuesday over allegations that the institution has failed in its duty to preserve and present the nation’s story.The hearing will likely carve out its own place in American history—not merely for the spectacle of the p
  
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• Long-Lost Artworks by Chilean Muralist Julio Escámez Are Slowly Being Uncovered and Restored

  21-07-2026 21:51 via artnews.com
  
  Two 1970s murals by Chilean artist Julio Escámez, long thought to have been destroyed by Augusto Pinochet’s military regime, are currently in the process of being uncovered and restored. The Heritage Unit of the Municipality of Chillán (UPA), which has been carrying out the work, announced this week that they expect to finish restoring the first of the murals by December 2027.  In 1969, Eduardo Contreras Mella, the mayor of Chillán and a member of Chile’s Co
  
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• Hong Kong Palace Museum Partners With Islamic Civilization Center in Uzbekistan

  21-07-2026 21:45 via artnews.com
  
  The Hong Kong Palace Museum entered into an agreement with the Islamic Civilization Center in Uzbekistan to collaborate on exhibitions, academic research, and other projects.At a signing ceremony on Monday, the connection forged between the two institutions marked the first official reciprocal visit by a Central Asian cultural institution since Hong Kong’s chief executive, John Lee Ka-chiu, led a delegation including the Palace Museum’s director to the region last month. It follows a
  
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• Trump-Backed Federal Council Aims to Reduce Protections of Historic Sites

  21-07-2026 21:43 via artnews.com
  
  On Friday, the federal Advisory Council on Historic Preservation (ACHP), most of whose members were appointed by President Trump or include leaders of Trump-controlled agencies, sent an internal draft proposal to eliminate federal regulations requiring public and state input before construction begins on historic sites, as first reported The Atlantic.The suggested amendments to regulations, shared by the Washington Post, have stoked fears that the requested changes to existing rules will give Tr
  
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  21-07-2026 19:41 via zouchmagazine.com
  
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• New York Sculptor Bet $100,000 on a Charlie Kirk Statue, Now No One Wants to Buy It

  21-07-2026 19:16 via artnews.com
  
  A New York sculptor thought he had found an unlikely market for a new artwork. Instead, he found himself stuck with a six-foot-four-inch bronze-colored monument sitting in his studio, a broken foot, a six-figure bill, and almost no interest from collectors.Artist Sergio Furnari says he spent roughly $100,000 building a life-size sculpture of the late conservative activist Charlie Kirk, believing wealthy donors would help finance the project and eventually turn it into a traveling monument. Inste
  
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• Is Italy’s Famed Ancient ‘Warrior of Capestrano’ a Mussolini-Backed Fake?

  21-07-2026 19:09 via artnews.com
  
  Is Italy’s famous 6th-century BCE statue known as the “Warrior of Capestrano” a Mussolini-backed forgery? Recently granted permission to test the mysterious statue, held in Abruzzo’s National Archaeology Museum in Chieti, central Italy, may have the answers, reports the Times of London.The over-two-meters-high, imposing limestone figure, adorned with a wide-brimmed hat, its arms crossed upon an hourglass-shaped body outfitted with intricately carved armor and weapons, was
  
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• EU Officially Suspends €2 M. Grant to Venice Biennale Over Russia’s Inclusion After Review  

  21-07-2026 19:02 via artnews.com
  
  The European Union has officially suspended its €2 million ($2.3 million) grant to the Venice Biennale after a review of the inclusion of the Russian Pavilion in its official program.  The decision was announced by the European Education and Culture Executive Agency (EACEA) after a legal review and on the recommendation of the European Commission, Monopol reported Tuesday. Last week, the Commission announced its recommendation to suspen
  
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  21-07-2026 17:30 via zouchmagazine.com
  
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• Pousette-Dart Foundation Receives Major Donation, Announces Search for Next Director

  21-07-2026 16:00 via artnews.com
  
  The Richard Pousette-Dart Foundation has received a donation of work by the artist from his late widow, Evelyn Pousette-Dart.  The gift consists of all works by the artist that Evelyn owned at the time of her death in 2025. The foundation characterized the gift as “very substantial” and is still in the process of inventorying the extent of the donation, which includes paintings, sculptures, works on paper, pho
  
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• Pousette-Dart Foundation Announces Major Donation and Search for Next Director

  21-07-2026 16:00 via artnews.com
  
  The Richard Pousette-Dart Foundation has announced a bequest of work by the artist from his late widow, Evelyn Pousette-Dart.  The gift will consist of all works by the artist that Evelyn owned at the time of her death in 2025. The foundation characterized the gift as “very substantial” and is still in the process of inventorying the extent of the planned donation, which includes paintings, sculptures, works o
  
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  21-07-2026 15:14 via zouchmagazine.com
  
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• UK Culture Ministry’s Challenges Under New Prime Minister, Charlie Kirk Statue with No Funding, and More: Morning Links for July 21, 2026

  21-07-2026 15:00 via artnews.com
  
  To receive Morning Links in your inbox every weekday, sign up for our Breakfast with ARTnews newsletter.Good morning!UK culture ministry faces a series of challenges under new prime minister, Andy Burnham. An artist who spent $100,000 of his own money making a statue of Charlie Kirk is struggling to sell and exhibit the work.How does artwork pricing work, and how do you know if you’re getting a good deal?The Headlines NO REST FOR THE WICKED. As
  
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  21-07-2026 03:41 via zouchmagazine.com
  
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