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• A Bold Orchestra Experiment With AI

  06-11-2026 17:15 via ArtsJournal
  
  Machover’s brilliant new half-hour orchestral score asks AI for agency. It does so by treating the technology as stupid, musicians as creative artists and the audience as capable of opening its collective mind. It handles democracy not as a done deal, but a series of scary questions — and doesn’t trust the heartless machines for answers. – Los Angeles Times
  
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• A New Hudson Valley Art Space Promises to Be As Accessible as It Is In Flux

  07-11-2026 00:16 via ARTnews.com
  
  Less than two blocks from the Katonah train station stands a nondescript, gray two-story building on one of the main drags of this Hudson Valley town. Emblazoned in a kerned-out serif font, its name, Branchline, belies what awaits inside: a public-facing exhibition space for the Gochman Family Collection (GFC).Established just five years ago, the GFC has already become one of the world’s leading collections of contemporary Indigenous art, with more than 850 works. Until now, works from the GFC
  
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• President Trump Moves to Make Oval Office a Public Monument

  06-11-2026 21:57 via ARTnews.com
  
  President Donald Trump signed a proclamation THursday seeking to designate the Oval Office and the adjacent Cabinet Room national monuments, saying that the new designation would prevent future administrations from making major modifications without Congressional approval. In his second term, Trump made it a priority to redecorate both, turning the previously restrained presidential working spaces into extravagantly gilded interiors in the style of Louis XIV.In the wake of this week’s midterm
  
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• How Did Bob Newhart Go From Failed Chicago Accountant To One Of America’s Best-Loved Comedians?

  06-11-2026 20:50 via ArtsJournal
  
  In the days when most leading comics were firing off one-liners like Henny Youngman and Rodney Dangerfield, Newhart was one of the first solo performers to do anecdotes and sketches of people’s interactions. And he got plenty of material from his days as an accountant and at the Illinois State Compensation Board. – WBEZ (Chicago)
  
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• AI May Be Changing The Ways People Think

  06-11-2026 20:29 via ArtsJournal
  
  Some psychiatrists and philosophers interested in AI-human relationships suspect that AI psychosis may just be the most visible example of a much broader phenomenon: the subtle reshaping of ordinary human belief by conversational AI. – Big Think
  
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• Balanchine’s “Nutcracker” Presented In Quasi-VR Projection Onto Domed Screen

  06-11-2026 20:03 via ArtsJournal
  The immersive video company Cosm filmed multiple New York City Ballet performances, using 13 cameras shooting from 84 positions. The footage was edited to produce what Cosm calls shared reality (“virtual reality without the clunky glasses”). The result will be shown this year in Detroit, Atlanta, Dallas and Los Angeles. – The New York Times
  
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• Andy Warhol’s ‘Camouflage’ Portraits Inspired Piaget’s New Limited-Edition Watch

  06-11-2026 19:51 via ARTnews.com
  
  Andy Warhol amassed quite the watch collection during his life—including a piece or two from Piaget (around seven, to be exact). And now, the maison has collaborated with the Andy Warhol Foundation for Visual Arts to bring an homage to the artist to your wrist.Meet the Camouflage watch, a creation inspired by Warhol’s Camouflage self-portraits, which the artist crafted in 1986. As such, just 86 pieces of this iteration of the Andy Warhol watch will be made. Piaget takes the bold colors splas
  
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• Strand Bookstore To Repay $1.5M COVID Relief Funds

  06-11-2026 19:44 via ArtsJournal
  The century-old Strand Bookstore has agreed to pay the federal government nearly $1.5 million to resolve a claim that it was not eligible for a pandemic-relief loan it obtained because the store’s owner is married to a member of Congress. – The New York Times
  
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• Miami Beach Dealer Faces Another Lawsuit from Artist Alleging Non-Payment

  06-11-2026 19:33 via ARTnews.com
  
  Gabriel Kilongo, the dealer behind the Miami Beach–based gallery Jupiter, is facing another lawsuit from a third artist who alleges that he is withholding money from the sales of her art.Yirui Jia, a young painter who had a solo show at Jupiter’s Miami Beach location in 2025, sued Kilongo in September in the Supreme Court of the State of New York, alleging that he had only paid her $2,000 of a $42,000 sum owed for the sales of five paintings.It is one of four lawsuits filed in the past two y
  
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• Miami Beach Dealer Faces Another Lawsuit from Artist Alleging Non-Payment as Gallery Dissolves

  06-11-2026 19:33 via ARTnews.com
  
  Gabriel Kilongo, the dealer behind the Miami Beach–based gallery Jupiter, is facing another lawsuit from a third artist who alleges that he is withholding money from the sales of her art.Yirui Jia, a young painter who had a solo show at Jupiter’s Miami Beach location in 2025, sued Kilongo in September in the Supreme Court of the State of New York, alleging that he had only paid her $2,000 of a $42,000 sum owed for the sales of five paintings.It is one of four lawsuits filed in the past two y
  
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• Film Industry Students Unsettled By Shrinking LA Job Market

  06-11-2026 19:31 via ArtsJournal
  
  “Some of us can see a lot of doom and gloom,” said Miranda Banks, a professor of film, television and media studies. “But this generation has their eye on the power of human creativity in a way that I’m not sure any of us in other generations have been so attuned to.” – Los Angeles Times
  
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• Carsten Höller’s Spiraling Silver Slides Appear in Mexico City as a Permanent Installation

  06-11-2026 19:20 via ARTnews.com
  
  Belgian artist Carsten Höller’s giant, spiraling silver slides have made their way to Arte Abierto Polanco in Mexico City as part of a permanent installation.The large-scale installation, titled Mexico City Slides (2026), features four spiral slides integrated into Antara, an upscale open-air shopping mall that houses retail, dining, entertainment, offices and public space. Höller’s installation was commissioned by Arte Abierto and Sordo Madaleno Arquitectos and can be seen from Antara’s
  
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• Rome’s Galleria Borghese’s $11.15 M. Extension Is Moving Forward Despite Pushback

  06-11-2026 19:17 via ARTnews.com
  
  Rome’s Galleria Borghese is getting too popular for its own good. The 17th-century villa museum has launched an architectural competition for an extension, reports Le Figaro.The decision is a result of an influx of tourists. Each year, the museum has 700,000 visitors, 60 percent of which are international. The museum houses paintings, sculptures, and antiquities from works by Bernini and Caravaggio to Canova and Raphael. “Until now, we have had to cap daily attendance at 2,000 people, allowi
  
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• LiveNation Reports $10.1B Revenue In Third Quarter

  06-11-2026 19:15 via ArtsJournal
  
  The $10.1 billion figure marks a 19 percent increase from 2025, while the company reported $892 million in operating income, a 13 percent jump from last year. Fan attendance overall grew 19 percent to 61 million people, Live Nation said, with international attendance growing 29 percent. – The Hollywood Reporter
  
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• Broadway’s “Buena Vista Social Club” Will Close In January And Transfer To London

  06-11-2026 19:02 via ArtsJournal
  
  “The musical, inspired by the titular Cuban band, took home five Tony Awards in 2025, including a special Tony for its onstage band. While the show is closing in January, producers say it is on track to recoup before closure. … In 2027, the musical will open in London’s West End.” – The Hollywood Reporter
  
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• Art Is Good For Your Health? Can’t We Do Better?

  06-11-2026 18:44 via ArtsJournal
  In other words, the key sell for engaging with art in this case is that there is science – a real expertise! – backing it up, to reassure those on the fence that it’s not all a clanging, nebulous waste of time. – The Guardian
  
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• National Capital Planning Commission Approves Construction Of Trump Arch

  06-11-2026 18:31 via ArtsJournal
  The motion to approve the project passed by an 8-4 vote after listening to over 100 public remarks largely against the project after a nearly 9-hour meeting. – The Hill
  
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• Livestream Of Trump Arch Public Testimony Meeting Crashed

  06-11-2026 18:15 via ArtsJournal
  
  The livestream went down during public testimony largely against the project and after a tense exchange with Rep. Jared Huffman (D-Calif.). NCPC tech experts were looking into the issue, Reuters reported. – The Hill
  
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• Other U.S. Cities Are Boosting Arts Funding, But Chicago’s Will Remain Flat

  06-11-2026 18:04 via ArtsJournal
  
  “The Department of Cultural Affairs and Special Events is set to receive about $62.5 million next year in the proposed budget. That’s up less than 1% from the arts budget that passed City Council last year.” – WBEZ (Chicago)
  
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• Federal Judge Temporarily Blocks Construction of Trump’s Arch, Hours After it Gains Final Approval

  06-11-2026 18:04 via ARTnews.com
  
  A federal judge has temporarily blocked construction of President Donald Trump’s triumphal arch just hours after a hastily convened planning commission granted the project final approval.U.S. District Judge Tanya Chutkan issued a restraining order Friday morning halting construction of the 250-foot arch for 14 days, giving the court time to consider lawsuits challenging the project’s legality. The order bans all activities related to the project, including excavation, utility installation, a
  
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• Federal Judge Blocks Construction Of Trump Arch In Late Night Ruling

  06-11-2026 17:47 via ArtsJournal
  
  Just before midnight Friday, District Court Judge Tanya Chutkan issued an order — finalized and made public minutes later – barring the government from any construction work for 14 days, granting a request filed days earlier by the governments of D.C. and Virginia. – NPR
  
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• Library Use Going Up As Economy Stresses

  06-11-2026 17:34 via ArtsJournal
  
  It is something of a truism in the library world that, when economic conditions worsen, people use libraries more. Patrons and librarians across the U.S. tell NPR they’re seeing that pan out now. – NPR
  
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• Long-Unseen Georgia O’Keeffe Painting Turns Up Behind Fur Coats In Someone’s Aunt’s Closet

  06-11-2026 17:03 via ArtsJournal
  “(The painting) Near Abiquiu was previously only known from a 1931 photograph. It laid hidden under a row of fur coats for nearly 40 years, until a woman known only by her middle name, Betsy, was helping her now-deceased aunt, an accomplished former Foreign Service worker, prepare for hospice.” – Artnet
  
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• Art Collector Barbara Jakobson’s Famous Upper East Side Townhouse On the Market for $9 Million

  06-11-2026 16:42 via ARTnews.com
  
  Barbara Jakobson was a monumental force in the New York art world for over 60 years, serving as an influential collector, a fierce patron, and a longtime trustee of New York’s Museum of Modern Art (MoMA). She also had a sharp, curatorial eye and a truly singular style. That is perhaps best evident in her home on Manhattan’s Upper East Side, which doubled as her own ever-evolving gallery from the mid-1960s until her death in 2025.“I see the house as a vessel for an ongoing autobiographical
  
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• Post-Dudamel, L.A. Phil Changes Its Artistic Leadership Structure

  06-11-2026 16:31 via ArtsJournal
  While Gustavo Dudamel was the orchestra’s music and artistic director, incoming music director Daniel Harding, who starts next fall, will split responsibilities with creative director (a new title) Esa-Pekka Salonen and conductor-in-residence Anna Handler. On Wednesday, the orchestra also announced new artistic chairs for jazz, Latin music, and new music. – Los Angeles Times (Yahoo!)
  
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• Online “Salon” (Which Started As A Pioneering Arts And Culture Site) Shuts Down

  06-11-2026 16:05 via ArtsJournal
  In an unsigned announcement posted on its website, Salon said that the “business realities of independent digital journalism” had changed profoundly and that “our publishing model is no longer sustainable.” – The New York Times
  
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• Theater Director (Cultural Affairs) JO# 103815

  06-11-2026 15:54 via ArtsJournal
  Minimum Qualifications: Bachelor’s degree. Four years of progressively responsible experience in the management, administration, operations, maintenance, marketing, or public relations of a performing arts facility or theater, or in the management of a community facility or center with comparable operational responsibilities, is required. Additional progressively responsible experience in the management, administration, operations, maintenance, marketing, or public relations of a performing ar
  
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• A Contender For The Prix Goncourt Was Disqualified For Using AI. Now The Winner Says He Used It, Too.

  06-11-2026 15:36 via ArtsJournal
  “Philippe Jaenada, who won the Prix Goncourt on Tuesday for L’Inconnue du quai de Javel (The Unknown Woman of the Quai de Javel), told France Inter radio on Wednesday that he had turned to AI ‘three times’ while writing it.” – The Guardian
  
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• Lucien Smith Cause of Death Announced, French Authorities Investigate Unauthorized Reproductions of Picasso Silver Plates and Gold Medallions, and More: Morning Links for November 6, 2026

  06-11-2026 15:23 via ARTnews.com
  
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  The artist Lucien Smith died from an accidental overdose of fentanyl and oxycodone, stated the New York City medical examiner’s office.A French court has opened a criminal investigation after Paloma Ruiz-Picasso filed a complaint claiming “a large number” of reproductions of silver plates and gold medallions were made using Picasso’s molds without authorization.President
  
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• New York Times In Talks To Buy Cinephile Site Letterboxd For $330 Million

  06-11-2026 15:02 via ArtsJournal
  
  “An agreement has not yet been reached and could still fall apart, but the companies have entered into exclusive negotiations. … The Times would acquire the controlling stake in Letterboxd from Tiny, a Canadian-based company which originally picked up a 60% stake in 2023 when the website was valued at just $50 million.” – IndieWire
  
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