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• De Tu Boca

  19-05-2016 16:09 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Nestled in a hammock
  words swayed
  ears obeyed
  she whispered:
   
  “From your mouth
  I want a kiss.
  From your shirt,
  a button.
  From your hands
  I want a ring,
  and from your chest,
  a heart.
   
  You came into the garden
  picked a clementine.
  From among the branches found
  and pressed it to your lips.
   
  Do not tell me
  you did not sip the honey
  for you are not
  a bumblebee.
   
  The night you kissed me
  you had that sweetness
  in your little mouth.
   
  That night you kissed me
  honeyed s
  
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• Guggenheim Union Rallies Outside Carol Bove Reception for New Contract

  05-03-2026 02:08 via artnews.com
  On Wednesday in Manhattan, VIP guests trickled into the Guggenheim Museum to celebrate its buzzy Carol Bove show, while outside, its unionized staff—conservators, archivists, educators, front-facing staff, and others—rallied for a second contract that the group hopes will be more robust.  The Guggenheim staff, who voted to join UAW Local 2110 in 2023 after more than two years of negotiations with management, are back at the bargaining table under renewed urge
  
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• Roberts Projects Takes On Esmaa Mohamoud, Cristin Tierney Adds Debbi Kenote, and More: Industry Moves for March 4, 2026

  05-03-2026 01:02 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.Happy Wednesday! Here’s a round-up of who’s moving and shaking in the art trade this week.Cristin Tierney Adds Debbi Kenote to Roster: The Brooklyn-based abstract painter will have her first solo exhibition with the gallery in April. Inspired by nostalgia and childhood memories, Kenote&rsquo
  
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• Sotheby’s Spring Modern and Contemporary Evening Sale in London Achieves Impressive $175 M. White-Glove Result

  05-03-2026 00:42 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.It is officially March, which means I was back at the Windmill pub, just around the corner from Sotheby’s New Bond Street location, on Wednesday. My pre-sale pint before the house’s spring modern and contemporary evening sale has become a certainty in a world of uncertainties. I had only 15
  
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• Prominent Israeli Painter Doron Langberg Addresses ‘Atrocities’ in Gaza

  05-03-2026 00:19 via artnews.com
  On Friday, Doron Langberg, one of the most successful and well-known Israeli artists working today, will open his first New York exhibition in seven years at Jeffrey Deitch’s Tribeca gallery. For the occasion, Langberg has so far opted to give a single interview—to the New York Times—and to publish an accompanying 750-word text on Deitch’s website addressing how his new body of work reflects the Israel-Palestine conflict.Langberg has not spoken extensively about the issue
  
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• Brooklyn Museum to Explore Removing Overpainting from Erotic Gauguin Relief Panel

  04-03-2026 22:28 via artnews.com
  In August, the Henry and Rose Pearlman Foundation announced that it was dispersing all 63 artworks in its possession to three art museums: the Museum of Modern Art, the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, and the Brooklyn Museum.Among the 29 artworks gifted to the Brooklyn Museum—many of them paintings and sculptures by Chaïm Soutine, Edgar Degas, and Amedeo Modigliani—is Paul Gauguin’s painted relief panel Te Fare Amu, dated to the late 1800s or early 1900s, depending on th
  
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• Toronto’s Royal Ontario Museum Names New Director

  04-03-2026 21:23 via artnews.com
  The Royal Ontario Museum in Toronto has named Nicholas R. Bell as its next director and CEO. Bell, who was selected via an international search, will start in the role on July 6. He succeeds Josh Basseches, who stepped down at the end of last year after a decade in the role.Bell is currently president and CEO of Glenbow, an art museum with a collection of more than 250,000 objects in Calgary, Alberta. There since 2019, he has focused on developing the institution’s strategic plan, which &l
  
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• Dalí Museum in Florida Announces $65 M. Expansion Planned for 2028

  04-03-2026 20:06 via artnews.com
  The Dalí Museum in St. Petersburg is planning a major expansion expected to begin construction in 2026, with the new facilities slated to open in 2028.The museum said the approximately 35,000-square-foot addition will cost an estimated $65 million and is intended to grow the exhibition spaces, create a dedicated learning center, and introduce new immersive experiences combining art and digital technology. The project will be designed and built by the Beck Group, which
  
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• US Holocaust Museum Acquires Rare World War II Captain America Comics

  04-03-2026 19:22 via artnews.com
  The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum has acquired a prized copy of Captain America Comics No. 1, famous for its cover depicting the titular hero punching Adolf Hitler in the face, the museum announced Tuesday.The issue was published in December 1940, nearly a year before the United States entered World War II, and entered the museum’s holdings courtesy of Riot Games cofounder Brandon Beck. Jack Kirby—who, with Joe Simon, created a host of iconic Marvel superheroes&md
  
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• New Allegations Disrupt Sentencing in Massive Norval Morrisseau Forgery Case

  04-03-2026 18:51 via artnews.com
  The sentencing hearing for a man convicted in a sweeping art fraud scheme involving forged works attributed to the late Anishinaabe painter Norval Morrisseau was abruptly disrupted this week by allegations that members of the artist’s estate may have been complicit in the forgery operation, according to CTV News.Jeff Cowan, who was found guilty in November on four counts of fraud related to the sale of fake Morrisseau paintings, appeared in court in Barrie, Ontario, for what
  
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• New Book Reveals British Museum Staffer Stole 350 Artworks

  04-03-2026 18:39 via artnews.com
  A former British Museum staffer who worked in the prints and drawings department in the 1970s stole more than 350 artworks and sold some of his haul at an antiques market, according to a new book.As reported by the Independent, “The story of the thefts is recounted in Barnaby Phillips’s forthcoming book, The African Kingdom of Gold—about stolen treasure—and states that Peverett’s thefts were recorded by the museum after they came to light, and an effort was mad
  
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• Carol Bove Just Revealed a Miró Mural Typically Hidden in the Guggenheim’s Walls

  04-03-2026 18:30 via artnews.com
  Carol Bove’s rotunda-filling Guggenheim Museum show in New York may be billed as a retrospective, but it’s not a solo show in the traditional sense: it also features works by a range of artists interspersed throughout. In fact, the crown jewel of the show is not a sculpture by Bove but a mural by Joan Miró that’s always on hand at the Guggenheim—even though the general public typically can’t see it.Composed of 190 ceramic tiles, the work is a 19-foot-long mur
  
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•  In The Age of Content, a Dance Company Finds an Embodied Language for Brainrot 

  04-03-2026 18:25 via artnews.com
  Editor’s note: This story is an edition of Link Rot, a column by Shanti Escalante-De Mattei that explores the intersections of art, technology, and the internet.The stage is simply set: a curtain in the background and, to the left, a set of steps, a raised platform, and stacked cardboard packages, like something you might see in an industrial warehouse. A man steps onto the platform carrying a remote control. As thunder claps, a car slips out from under the curtain. Or rather, it
  
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• Career-Making Turner Watercolor Goes On View, Artist Anicka Yi Joins Pace, Mosaic Artist Isaiah Zagar Dies: Morning Links for March 4, 2026

  04-03-2026 14:04 via artnews.com
  To receive Morning Links in your inbox every weekday, sign up for our Breakfast with ARTnews newsletter.The HeadlinesGAINING PACE. New York-based conceptual artist Anicka Yi has joined Pace, with the gallery representing her in partnership with Gladstone Gallery, 47 Canal, and Esther Schipper. Yi spoke to ARTnews about why artists must go beyond simply participating in conversations about new tech, developing new tools, and finding a gallery that
  
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• Conceptual Artist Anicka Yi Talks Joining Pace and the Future of AI and the Art World

  04-03-2026 13:54 via artnews.com
  New York–based conceptual artist Anicka Yi has joined the roster of Pace, which will represent the artist in partnership with Gladstone Gallery, 47 Canal, and Esther Schipper.Born in 1971 in Seoul, Yi entered the art world in 2008 after years working in the fashion industry. Her research-based and often conceptual practice combines organic and human-made materials and machines to create imaginative installations that engage the senses—especially the sense of smell.Many of Yi’s
  
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• Artist Anicka Yi Talks Joining Pace and the Future of AI and the Art World

  04-03-2026 13:54 via artnews.com
  New York–based artist Anicka Yi has joined the roster of Pace, which will represent her in partnership with Gladstone Gallery, 47 Canal, and Esther Schipper.Born in 1971 in Seoul, Yi entered the art world in 2008 after years working in the fashion industry. Her research-based practice combines organic and human-made materials and machines to create imaginative installations that engage the senses—especially the sense of smell.Many of Yi’s best-known works have involved engineer
  
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• Belarus Free Theatre to Present Venice Biennial Collateral Exhibition on Art Under Authoritarianism and Censorship

  04-03-2026 11:15 via artnews.com
  The Belarus Free Theatre, an underground theater group in exile since 2020, announced Wednesday that it will stage the exhibition “Official. Unofficial. Belarus.” as an official collateral event of the 61st Venice Biennale.The show, to be staged at the more than 1,000-year-old La Chiesa di San Giovanni Evangelista di Venezia, will open May 9, with a pre-opening during vernissage week from May 6–8. It will run through November 22.Curated by Belarus Free Theatre cofounder Natalia
  
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• Belarus Free Theatre to Present Venice Biennale Collateral Exhibition on Art Under Authoritarianism and Censorship

  04-03-2026 11:15 via artnews.com
  The Belarus Free Theatre, an underground theater group in exile since 2020, announced Wednesday that it will stage the exhibition “Official. Unofficial. Belarus.” as an official collateral event of the 61st Venice Biennale.The show, to be staged at the more than 1,000-year-old La Chiesa di San Giovanni Evangelista di Venezia, will open May 9, with a pre-opening during vernissage week from May 6–8. It will run through November 22.Curated by Belarus Free Theatre curator of art pr
  
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• Meet Maia Chao, the Art World Anthropologist Making Her Whitney Biennial Debut

  04-03-2026 11:00 via artnews.com
  Drawing from her background in anthropology, Maia Chao often approaches art with an observation, then a question: Where does the art in doctors’ offices come from? How do you make a living as an artist? Building on these inquiries, often through mimicry or replication, leads to works that can make the mundane feel absurd, beautiful, or troubling.So it was with filler words. In the 2016 audio work Hesitation Particles,Chao interviewed native speakers of 31 different languages to collect sam
  
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• Dia Art Foundation to Stage Lee Ufan Exhibition During Venice Biennale

  04-03-2026 11:00 via artnews.com
  The Dia Art Foundation will mount a solo presentation dedicated to Lee Ufan as an official collateral event to the 2026 Venice Biennale. Opening May 9, the exhibition will be curated by Dia director Jessica Morgan and staged at the San Marco Art Centre.The exhibition in Venice, along with a display of Lee’s paintings and sculptures at the foundation’s upstate Dia Beacon, is pegged to the artist’s 90th birthday in June.Lee, who is associated with both the Mono-ha and Dansaekhwa
  
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• Swivel to Merge with Lower East Side’s Marc Straus Gallery, as Founder Graham Wilson Joins as Partner

  04-03-2026 01:48 via artnews.com
  Marc Straus Gallery announced Tuesday that Graham Wilson, the founder of Tribeca’s Swivel Gallery, has joined the gallery as a partner and senior director.As part of the move, Swivel will close its Tribeca space and its artists will move over to Straus, which has locations in Tribeca and the Lower East Side. The latter, located at 299 Grand Street, will host a group exhibition curated by Wilson and showcasing Swivel’s artists, set to open March 19.“The art world is evolving qui
  
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• Salvador Dalí’s Largest Ever Painting Heads to Auction

  04-03-2026 00:04 via artnews.com
  This month, Salvador Dalí’s largest ever painting, a monumental stage set measuring 65 by 100 feet, will head to auction in Paris. The work, which comes from a private collection, will lead Bonhams’s fourth annual sale dedicated to Surrealism on Thursday, March 26. The work is estimated to bring €200,000 – €300,000 ($236,000–$350,000).Dalí designed the 13-panel set for “Bacchanale,” a Surrealist production—for which he also wrote
  
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• Site of Failed Pompidou Museum in Jersey City May Become Affordable Housing

  03-03-2026 23:03 via artnews.com
  After a years-long saga with countless twists and turns came to end last month, new reports signal that the site once prepared for the Centre Pompidou’s Jersey City museum has been eyed for affordable housing and community space.As reported by Gothamist (beneath a headline that begins “Au Revoir, Pompidou”), Jersey City Mayor James Solomon, shortly after taking office in January, “announced Monday that the city would work with Kushner Real Estate Group on new plans for th
  
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• Watermill Center Names Charles Chemin, Longtime Robert Wilson Collaborator, as Artistic Director

  03-03-2026 22:12 via artnews.com
  The Watermill Center, the interdisciplinary space in Water Mill, New York, founded by Robert Wilson, has appointed Charles Chemin to the role of artistic director.Chemin will take over the artistic vision of the organization, effectively succeeding Wilson, who selected Chemin for the role prior to his death in August 2025, per a release. Chemin will work in tandem with Watermill’s managing director, Elise Herget, and curator Noah Khoshbin.Chemin first began collaborating with Wilson in 199
  
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• Our Critics Are Split on the Weirdest Whitney Biennial in Recent Memory

  03-03-2026 21:31 via artnews.com
  The Whitney Biennial is both the most important recurring art exhibition in the US and, often, the most polarizing one. During a year when notions about what does and doesn’t constitute Americanness are the subject of everyday discourse, this survey of American art has now returned for its 82nd edition at the Whitney Museum in New York. Curated by Marcela Guerrero and Drew Sawyer, it is bound to spur on yet more debate.Some 56 artists are included in this biennial, and they hail from count
  
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• Tehran’s Golestan Palace, a UNESCO World Heritage Site, Damaged in US-Israel Bombing of Iran

  03-03-2026 19:15 via artnews.com
  The Golestan Palace, a UNESCO World Heritage site in the heart of Tehran, has reportedly been damaged in US-Israeli airstrikes as the military campaign against Iran spirals into a wider regional conflict.According to Iran’s cultural heritage minister, Reza Salehi-Amiri, debris and blast shockwaves from a strike near Arag Square in southern Tehran damaged the windows, doors, and mirrors of the Qajar-era complex. Salehi-Amiri described the incident as an attack on “Iran’s cultura
  
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• Jeff Koons’s Winter Bears Sells for $7.6 M. at Christie’s, Highest-Priced Ever Achieved for an Artwork in a Mid-Season Sale

  03-03-2026 18:06 via artnews.com
  If the $7.6 million paid for a four-foot-tall set of smiling wooden bears has anything to do with it, the price point for the mid-season sales at the major auction houses might be about to go up.Last Thursday, Christie’s sold Jeff Koons’s 1988 sculpture Winter Bears (1988) with a pre-sale estimate of $3.8 million–$5 million, the highest valued work ever to appear in a mid-season sale. That price point is more often seen in the major marquee evening sales. Koons made the piece f
  
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• Jeff Koons’s Winter Bears Sells for $7.6 M. at Christie’s, Highest Price Ever Achieved for an Artwork in a Mid-Season Sale

  03-03-2026 18:06 via artnews.com
  If the $7.6 million paid for a four-foot-tall set of smiling wooden bears has anything to do with it, the price point for the mid-season sales at the major auction houses might be about to go up.Last Thursday, Christie’s sold Jeff Koons’s 1988 sculpture Winter Bears (1988) with a pre-sale estimate of $3.8 million–$5 million, the highest valued work ever to appear in a mid-season sale. That price point is more often seen in the major marquee evening sales. Koons made the piece f
  
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• The 2026 Whitney Biennial Includes a Video Game Designed by Leo Castañeda You Can Play At Home

  03-03-2026 16:43 via artnews.com
  While the Whitney Biennial isn’t set to open its 2026 edition to the public until Sunday, anyone can get a sneak peek at one work in the show: Camoflux Recall Grotto.The work, a video game by Colombian artist Leo Castañeda, is available to play on the web from any computer. For the work, Castañeda hand-painted all the imagery over the course of a decade. Inspired by the Brazilian Amazon forest and the South Florida Everglades, Camoflux Recall Grotto asks players to cultivate
  
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• Russia’s Pavilion at the Venice Biennale Is Set to Reopen This Year, But Officials Say It Isn’t a ‘Return’

  03-03-2026 15:30 via artnews.com
  After closing for the last two editions of the Venice Biennale following its war in Ukraine, Russia will reopen its national pavilion this year, its organizers told ARTnews.In February 2022, Russian artists Kirill Savchenkov and Alexandra Sukhareva, along with Lithuanian curator Raimundas Malašauskas, withdrew from the pavilion from that year’s Biennale, citing Moscow’s invasion of Ukraine. Calling the war “politically and emotionally unbearable” and saying there w
  
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