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• 5 Books on Dena Yago’s Shelf

  12-09-2026 13:00 via artnews.com
  
  Across writing, painting, and her “trend forecasting” collective K-HOLE, Dena Yago is an armchair theorist of those aesthetic sensibilities so banal and pernicious—so normal and boring—that they could easily go unnoticed. Thrillingly, this makes them all the more fascinating. Yago has turned her attention to such phenomena as the Amazon bags that have become urban tumbleweeds, and to the subtly evolving meanings of ordinary words like “capacity.” Often, when o
  
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• Hirshhorn Museum to Install ‘Eternally Unswimmable’ Pool by Elmgreen & Dragset in Sculpture Garden in Washington, D.C.

  17-09-2026 22:15 via artnews.com
  
  When it reopens in a redesigned state at the end of October, the Hirshhorn Museum’s Sculpture Garden in Washington, D.C., will be home to a curious new work by the Berlin-based Scandinavian artist duo Elmgreen & Dragset—in the form of a vacant swimming pool.“Upended, empty, and eternally unswimmable, the 28-foot-tall sculpture emblematizes the artists’ mastery of displacement—excerpting familiar objects from people’s surroundings and presenting them as new
  
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• Sharif Bey Wins Inaugural Spector Craft Prize

  17-09-2026 22:13 via artnews.com
  
  The newly launched Spector Craft Prize has announced its inaugural winner: Sharif Bey, an artist and educator based in Syracuse, New York.The Spector Craft Prize was established last year by the Spector Family Foundation to “reinforce American craft as a vital and enduring art form while creating new pathways for artists at every stage of their careers,” according to a release. It is being awarded in collaboration with Crystal Bridges in Bentonville, Arkansas. Curator and craft schol
  
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• The US Air Force Nearly Nuked the Moon. Amid a New Space Race, Artist Jitish Kallat Revisits the Secret Cold War Scheme

  17-09-2026 21:33 via artnews.com
  
  In a secret 1958 project, the Air Force considered detonating a nuclear bomb on the Moon. Scientists believed then they would learn a lot from the exercise, code named Project A119, and the US might gain ground in the Cold War space race with the Soviets. What’s more, the blast would perhaps be visible on Earth, boosting morale at home and cowing our enemies abroad. The risks (including the blast affecting humankind’s home) were deemed to outweigh the benefits, though, and the US gov
  
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• Plaintiffs in Ongoing Kennedy Center Lawsuit Call for Leadership to Step Aside or for Judge to Appoint Receivership

  17-09-2026 21:03 via artnews.com
  
  The group of eight preservation groups that currently have a lawsuit pending to prevent changes at the Kennedy Center without congressional approval have called for the institution’s leadership to step aside or for the court to take the drastic step of putting the cultural organization into receivership, citing the leadership’s fiduciary duty to steward the Center.The eight plaintiffs are the American Institute of Architects (AIA), the American Society of Landscape Architects, the Co
  
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• PR Firm Cultural Counsel to Restructure with Founder Adam Abdalla Transitioning to New Role

  17-09-2026 20:35 via artnews.com
  
  Cultural Counsel, an art publicity powerhouse since 2015 with a national reach that has counted top-flight museums, galleries, and foundations in its client list, is restructuring its operations, sources tell ARTnews—starting with leadership. Adam Abdalla, the firm’s founder and most visible figure, will transition to a new role, with senior vice president Marcella Zimmerman assuming public-facing affairs.In a statement to ARTnews on Wednesday, Abdalla, who will retain ownership of t
  
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• Pace Prints Acquires Brand X Editions

  17-09-2026 20:08 via artnews.com
  
  Pace Prints has acquired Brand X Editions, the nearly 50-year-old New York printmaking studio and publisher known for its work with artists including Robert Rauschenberg, Roy Lichtenstein, Frank Stella, Helen Frankenthaler, Jeff Koons, Glenn Ligon, and Mickalene Thomas.The acquisition brings Brand X under the leadership of Pace Prints president and CEO Jacob Lewis, who took ownership of Pace Prints from its founder, Richard Solomon, and his partners last year. Both companies will continue to ope
  
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• United States Repatriates 58 Cultural Artifacts to China

  17-09-2026 20:01 via artnews.com
  
  The United States has repatriated a total of 58 cultural relics, artworks, and fossils to China. A handover ceremony was held by the Chinese Embassy in Washington, DC, on Wednesday, according to the embassy’s official WeChat account, reported the Global Times.The Cultural Property, Art, and Antiquities Program of the US Homeland Security Investigations returned such artifacts as a Bodhisattva statue from the Tianlongshan Grottoes in North China’s Shanxi Province, which was looted mor
  
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• Trump Administration Moves Forward With Warning Signs Outside Smithsonian

  17-09-2026 18:31 via artnews.com
  
  The Trump administration has advanced plans to install signs outside the Smithsonian Institution’s museums, prioritizing the National Museum of American History (NMAH), warning visitors that they will encounter what the administration described as ideologically driven displays that cast the US in an unfavorable light.Interior Secretary Doug Burgum told US senators Lisa Murkowski and Jeff Merkley in a September 3 letter that a “commitment to transparency” and “academic hon
  
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• AI Companies Are Destroying Books by the Millions. What Will It Mean for Art?

  17-09-2026 17:32 via artnews.com
  
  Many artworks are inconceivable without artists being able to source old books. Just think of the collages of the beloved Bay Area artist Jess, or the early assemblages of Carol Bove, with books displayed on thrift-store shelves, or, on a massively larger scale, Argentinian artist Marta Minujín’s 1983 installation The Parthenon of Books, built from publications banned by her country’s longstanding military dictatorship (and readapted for the 2017 Documenta exhibition). All tha
  
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• Monet ‘Iris’ Painting—Last of its Kind in Private Hands—Could Break French Record at Sotheby’s Paris

  17-09-2026 16:00 via artnews.com
  
  In October, Sotheby’s Paris is auctioning a never-before publicly shown, stunning Claude Monet painting from the artist’s “Iris” series (1914–17 and 1924–25), kept for decades in the Jeanne Schlumberger collection, carrying an estimate of €22 to €30 million ($25 to $34 million). Painted just one year before he died in 1926, the eponymous abstracted painting of purple and yellow irises reflecting on water is set to break the country’s auction re
  
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• The 1960s Counterculture Artist Peter Max Has Died, Sotheby’s Paris to Auction Possible Record-Breaking ‘Iris’ Monet Painting, and More: Morning Links for September 17, 2026

  17-09-2026 15:08 via artnews.com
  
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  Peter Max, whose cheerful graphic images helped define 1960s hippie culture, has died at age 88.Sotheby’s Paris is auctioning a rare Monet painting of irises from the Jeanne Schlumberger collection, expected to break the country’s auction record.The Interior Department has detailed plans for 12 signs to be installed outside the National Museum of American History, whi
  
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• Peter Max, the Psychedelic Artist Who Was Friends with The Beatles, Has Died at 88

  17-09-2026 14:57 via artnews.com
  
  Peter Max, the psychedelic pop art artist who came up in the 1960s with the likes of Andy Warhol, Roy Lichtenstein, and Keith Haring, died at 88 years old on Monday.The artist’s death was confirmed by his son Adam Max. In a statement, he said that his father will be remembered for his “extraordinary creativity, his warmth, his curiosity, and the way he saw beauty and possibility everywhere. His art became part of American culture, but the man behind that art—the father we knew
  
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• Time Magazine Publishes its First Art 100 List, Featuring Artists, Museum Leaders, Dealers and More—See Who Made the Cut

  17-09-2026 14:30 via artnews.com
  
  It’s been half a century since Time magazine has splashed a living painter on its cover, and Amy Sherald’s face, photographed by Tyler Mitchell, graces that coveted spot on the issue that hits newsstands Thursday and includes the inaugural Time 100 Art list, including artists, museum directors and curators, art lawyers, dealers, and more art world professionals.“We have been seeking out the leaders who shape art, with an eye to find those who are writing the field’s most
  
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• Artist Santiago Sierra to Stage Days-Long Reading of Names of Palestinians Killed by Israel

  17-09-2026 14:00 via artnews.com
  
  Provocateur performance artist Santiago Sierra’s latest project is a work called Israeli State Crimes in Palestine Since 14 May 1948, a piece that will involve the recitation of the names of “Palestinians killed in historic Palestine by the Israeli state, its forces and settlers since the establishment of the State of Israel on 14 May 1948,” to quote the piece’s announcement.Staged beginning on September 22 and organized by the London-based nonprofit A/POLITICAL, the piec
  
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• Collector and MALBA Founder Eduardo F. Costantini on How His Museum Tells the Full Story of Latin American Art History

  17-09-2026 12:00 via artnews.com
  
  When Argentine real estate developer and collector Eduardo F. Costantini founded the Museo de Arte Latinoamericano de Buenos Aires (MALBA) in 2001, he did so with a mission. “The global perception of Latin American art [at the time] was still far behind, and I felt it deserved greater recognition and visibility,” he recently told ARTnews.He wasn’t sure he could make it happen—but he had the desire to do so. “It was a long journey, step by step, over many years,&rdqu
  
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• Danielle Forest Brandi Joins Beaumont Nathan, Kenta Murakami Named Partner at Ortuzar, and More: Industry Moves for September 17, 2026

  17-09-2026 11:15 via artnews.com
  
  Editor’s Note: This story originally appeared in On Balance, the ARTnews newsletter about the art market and beyond. Sign up here to receive it every Wednesday.Industry Moves Danielle Forest Brandi Joins Beaumont Nathan: After eight years as a senior sales director at Pace Gallery in New York, Forest Brandi will be a New York–based senior director at the global advisory firm. “She will play an important role in our ambitions to expand in New York and across the wider US, workin
  
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• Some Collectors Feel ‘Energized,’ Some ‘Burned’: As the Curtain Rises on the New York Fall Season, Mixed Signals from Market Insiders

  17-09-2026 11:00 via artnews.com
  
  Editor’s Note: This story originally appeared in On Balance, the ARTnews newsletter about the art market and beyond. Sign up here to receive it every Wednesday.The energy on the streets in Tribeca and Chelsea was high last week, with crowds of hundreds streaming in and out of galleries large and small as they opened their big fall shows. Dealers are offering their best, timed to be on view when the art world converges on New York for the Armory Show fair, opening later this month. The ques
  
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• What the artist wore — unpacking a century of studio style

  17-09-2026 06:00 via ft.com
  The recent rediscovery of sculptor Antoine Bourdelle’s workwear has inspired an exhibition in Paris exploring how artists use clothing as a creative act
  
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• House of Representatives Holds Billionaire Collector Leon Black in Contempt Regarding Epstein Subpoenas

  17-09-2026 00:50 via artnews.com
  
  The US House of Representatives has unanimously moved to hold Leon Black, the billionaire financier and one of the world’s top collectors, in criminal contempt of Congress, the New York Times reports.The contempt charge is related to Black’s dealings with convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, whom Black had paid $158 million for financial advice between 2012 and 2017. The House Oversight Committee, which had also unanimously recommended the contempt charge to the full House, subpoe
  
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• Bolstered by New Laws, Lawsuits in Los Angeles Renew Bids for Restitution of Nazi-Looted Art

  17-09-2026 00:45 via artnews.com
  
  On Monday, two new lawsuits were filed in Los Angeles in the hopes of recovering long-disputed, but so far unsuccessful, claims for the return of Nazi-looted art from renowned museums, reports the Los Angeles Times. Their timing is no coincidence. The heirs or representatives of Jews who lost artworks during the Holocaust are hoping that the passage of a new law in California and a second one at the federal level will turn the tables in their favor.Those laws include one that was passed in Calif
  
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• Blackjack for Enjoyable: A Comprehensive Guide to Delighting In the Video game

  16-09-2026 23:25 via zouchmagazine.com
  
  Blackjack is a popular card game that has actually mesmerized gamers for centuries. Whether you’re a seasoned pro or brand-new to the game, blackjack offers an amazing and entertaining experience. In this guide, we will certainly explore the globe of blackjack and supply you with all the info you require to delight in the game for fun.
  The Fundamentals of Blackjack
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• Bonus offer Live Roulette: A Guide to Maximizing Your Online Casino Experience

  16-09-2026 23:11 via zouchmagazine.com
  
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• Kostenlose Online-Spielautomaten – Wie man das meiste Geld verdient macht|Kostenlose Online-Spielautomaten – Wie man das Geld verdient

  16-09-2026 22:39 via zouchmagazine.com
  
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• Metropolitan Museum of Art Breaks Ground on $670 M. Tang Wing for Modern and Contemporary Art

  16-09-2026 22:34 via artnews.com
  
  On Tuesday, the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York broke ground on its new modern and contemporary art wing, named for emeritus trustee Oscar L. Tang and his wife H. M. Agnes Hsu-Tang. The project had been in the works since 2014, but plans accelerated in 2021 when Tang and Hsu-Tang, two of the world‘s top collectors, gifted the museum $125 million toward renovating the its modern art wing. At the time, it was the largest capital gift the museum had ever received.In 2022, the Met annou
  
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• A New Digital Platform, Documenting the Basilica of Saint Francis of Assisi and Its Masterpieces by Giotto and Cimabue, Has Launched

  16-09-2026 22:32 via artnews.com
  
  Today, in honor of the 800th anniversary of Saint Francis of Assisi’s death, a new digital platform dedicated to the eponymous basilica was launched by Haltadefinizione, part of the Gruppo Panini Cultura, in collaboration with the General Custody of the Sacred Convent of Saint Francis.The platform, called Preserving Assisi, is free to access and digitally preserves the Basilica of Saint Francis of Assisi’s architecture, as well as its masterpieces by Giotto, Cimabue, Simone Martini,
  
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• How to Select the Best UK Payout Sites

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• Bitcoin Online Online Casinos: The Future of Gambling

  16-09-2026 21:15 via zouchmagazine.com
  
  With the rapid increase in popularity and worth of cryptocurrencies, Bitcoin has become a game-changer in the online casino site industry. As a decentralized digital money, Bitcoin offers a safe and secure and confidential method for players to engage in on-line betting. This short article checks out the world of Bitcoin online gambling establishments and exactly how they are revolutionizing the method we wager.
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• Understanding Free ESA Letters for Housing: A Comprehensive Guide

  16-09-2026 21:06 via zouchmagazine.com
  
  In today’s increasingly tough real estate market, individuals with psychological support pets (ESAs) might find themselves navigating intricate laws and demands to safeguard appropriate lodging. An ESA letter is a crucial device that can aid simplify this procedure, supplying a certification that approves certain legal rights to those in need of psychological assistance. However are complimentary ESA letters for real estate a reality, or is it as well excellent to be true? This write-up de
  
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