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• Dépendence Gallery To Close After 23 Years in Brussels

  11-06-2026 16:29 via artnews.com
  
  Dépendence, the iconoclast, 23-year-old Brussels gallery that built a trusted reputation as an “artists’ gallery,” is closing.“Galleries come and go. Some are short-lived but leave a clear trace, others endure for decades without changing much. Dépendance has been there for twenty-three years and now we feel it’s time to say good-bye,” stated the gallery (spelled in all lowercase) via press release sent last night.Co-founded by Michael Callies, a
  
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• Creativity is Dead in the 21st Century? Really?

  12-06-2026 00:01 via artsjournal.com
  Good Morning,A piece in the Yale Review asks whether the 21st century has been a creative blank space — two decades of remixing without inventing (Yale Review). The piece is a review of a book that asserts the notion. But perhaps the invention is happening; it’s just not where we used to look.A luthier put a carbon-fiber violin onstage next to a Stradivarius and dared listeners to hear the difference (The Strad). Scientists now think metrology — measuring the physical fingerpri
  
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• Northwest Choirs – Executive Director

  11-06-2026 23:33 via artsjournal.com
  Northwest Choirs (NWC) seeks a dynamic, mission-centered Executive Director to guide one of the country’s leading youth choral organizations into its next stage of growth, visibility, and sustainability.Serving approximately 150 young singers from across the Puget Sound region, Northwest Choirs offers rigorous music training, meaningful performance experiences, and a formative community rooted in discipline, belonging, and the pursuit of excellence.
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• French Scientists Have Developed a New Technology To Help Identify Forged Artworks

  11-06-2026 22:29 via artnews.com
  
  A group of scientists at the Polytechnic University of Hauts-de-France in Valenciennes have published a study introducing a newly developed method that they say will help authenticate artworks—and identify potential forgeries. The report was published in the June 2026 issue of Surface Topography: Metrology and Properties, a peer-reviewed journal that focuses on cross-disciplinary research involving physics, chemistry, materials science, and engineering research.The research, conducted by F
  
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• Metropolitan Museum of Art Repatriates Two Khmer Sculptures to Cambodia

  11-06-2026 22:10 via artnews.com
  
  The Metropolitan Museum of Art has repatriated two sandstone sculptures in its collection to the people of Cambodia: an Angkor period guardian deity (rākṣasa), dating to c. 921-945, and a lintel featuring a carving of an anthropomorphic dragon from the mid-7th century. The returns, which were reported by both the Met and the Manhattan District Attorney’s office, follow on D.A. Alvin Bragg’s ongoing investigation into Doris Wiener, a New York gallery dealer and known traffi
  
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• Citing Financial Trouble, Charleston’s International African American Museum to Furlough Staff

  11-06-2026 22:05 via artnews.com
  
  Citing ongoing financial difficulties, Charleston’s International African American Museum (IAAM) will furlough its entire staff, including senior leadership, according to a statement from the institution.The 20-day furlough program will begin July 1 and run into December in staggered phases. However, the museum will remain open throughout that time.“This action is being taken to reduce expenses and avoid layoffs while we refocus on sustainable revenue growth and fundraising efforts,&
  
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• A First Look at the Big-Ticket Artworks that Galleries Are Bringing to Art Basel 2026

  11-06-2026 22:01 via artnews.com
  
  It’s been a whirlwind 2026 already. The year kicked off with a bang at Art Basel Qatar and barrelled forward into a spring marked by a much-talked-about Venice Biennale, a jam-packed week of fairs in New York, and a blockbuster series of sales at the auction houses. For the indefatigable collectors, dealers, and—yes—journalists that constitute the art world, there’s one more marquee event before summer takes hold: Art Basel’s flagship fair in the otherwise tranquil
  
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• Fendi Names Rome Gallery for Couture Show, Karl Lagerfeld Exhibition

  11-06-2026 21:59 via artnews.com
  
  WHEN IN ROME: Fendi on Thursday revealed the location of the first couture show designed by Maria Grazia Chiuri — the Galleria Nazionale d’Arte Moderna e Contemporanea in Rome on the evening of July 9.For the occasion, guests will be invited to a private view of the exhibition “After un Percorso di Lavoro. Fendi/Karl Lagerfeld 1985. After Steps Through Work.” Although clearly dedicated to the late longtime and legendary couturier of the
  
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• Crimean Museum Struck by Ukrainian Drone, Reportedly Damaging Collection

  11-06-2026 21:55 via artnews.com
  
  Ukrainian drones damaged a historic museum in annexed Crimea amid a recent escalation in strikes on Russian-controlled territory in the Black Sea peninsula.The 19th-century museum is located in Sevastopol, Crimea, which Russia has occupied since 2014. Sevastopol’s Russian-appointed governor, Mikhail Razvozhayev, reported the damage on Telegram early Wednesday. According to Razvozhayev, the museum’s 19th-century panorama painting by Franz Roubaud, titled the Siege of Sevasto
  
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• The Stanford Class Where Students Are Taught To Dance Badly

  11-06-2026 21:03 via stanfordmag.org
  
  “’Welcome to bad dancing,’ says Alex Ketley, a choreographer and former member of the San Francisco Ballet who teaches Dance 123: Hot Mess & Deliberate Failure as Practice. Ketley, an advanced lecturer in the department of theater and performance studies and a former Guggenheim Fellow, says it’s his most popular course.” – Stanford Magazine
  
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• AMC Postpones Interactive Movie Theatre Concert Series

  11-06-2026 20:31 via latimes.com
  
  The chain is partnering with live entertainment company Arena One to bring new technology to theaters. This tech would allow artists on a remote stage to see, hear and respond to the theater audience, in effect turning your local cinema into a stadium, the companies said. – Los Angeles Times
  
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• Scientists May Have Discovered A New Way To Spot Counterfeit Van Goghs

  11-06-2026 20:02 via news.artnet.com
  
  “By analyzing the surfaces of eight Vincent van Gogh paintings, surface metrology indeed confirmed the veracity of one long-contested but recently confirmed Van Gogh specimen — and correctly flagged another that’s been debunked.” – Artnet
  
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• Demand For Workers With Creative Skills Is Growing

  11-06-2026 19:44 via theconversation.com
  
  Nearly 50% of employers are looking to expand their workforce in the next three to five years. Video games, music, design and fashion were particularly expecting to grow over that time. – The Conversation
  
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• Has The 21st Century Been A Creative Blank Space?

  11-06-2026 19:31 via yalereview.org
  
  The years from 2000 to 2025 as a period of creative emptiness and stagnation so intractable that it will be remembered (or, rather, is being remembered, through the anticipation of remembrance) as voided time, a dark age. – Yale Review
  
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• Why Pace Gallery Imploded

  11-06-2026 19:15 via artnews.com
  
  According to several people familiar with the call, Glimcher spent much of the meeting explaining why Pace had reached this point. The gallery had grown too large. Costs had risen too high. The model no longer worked. – ARTnews
  
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• San Diego Mayor’s Budget Eliminates Arts Funding. This New Plan Restores Over 90% Of It.

  11-06-2026 19:04 via kpbs.org
  
  The plan from City Council members and the Prebys Foundation will have the nonprofit provide $3 million in one-time replacement money, while the city shifts $6 million of hotel occupancy tax money from renovation of the Convention Center to fund arts and culture. – KPBS (San Diego)
  
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• Wigmore Hall And Apple Music Launch New Digital Platform For Artists

  11-06-2026 18:44 via gramophone.co.uk
  
  Under a new artist-first model, Wigmore Hall will pay the full production costs for every release and will take no share of the recording income, passing on 100% of royalties received directly to the performing artists. – Gramophone
  
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• EU Investigating Paramount/Warner Financing

  11-06-2026 18:34 via variety.com
  
  The European Commission is investigating the $111 billion Paramount-WBD deal under the EU’s Foreign Subsidies Regulation, looking at the approximately $24 billion being fronted for the takeover by the sovereign wealth funds of Saudi Arabia, Qatar and Abu Dhabi. – Variety
  
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• After Strikes And Fiery Rhetoric Last Time, Why Were Hollywood Contracts So Easy This Year?

  11-06-2026 18:15 via hollywoodreporter.com
  
  The top factor, perhaps, was the ongoing fallout from Hollywood’s contraction. It’s no small thing that, since 2022, studios have tightened their belts and downsized their slates, reducing the job opportunities available for average industry workers. – The Hollywood Reporter
  
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• Pennsylvania Reverses Decision Not To Fund Smallest Arts Organizations

  11-06-2026 18:01 via whyy.org
  
  “Last year, the (Pennsylvania Council on the Arts) renamed itself Pennsylvania Creative Industries and reorganized its funding criteria, making organizations with budgets under $100,000 ineligible for grants. … (Last Thursday) the council approved a new program called Spotlight, which makes state funding available to organizations with budgets between $10,000 and $100,000.” – WHYY (Philadelphia)
  
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• Survey: Nearly Half Of Mid-Career Women Are Considering Leaving The Arts

  11-06-2026 17:44 via news.artnet.com
  
  While the inaugural survey revealed gaps in leadership roles and pay for women, this edition offers a more detailed picture of the structural pressures determining who is—and, crucially, who isn’t—able to build a sustainable long-term career in the arts. – Artnet
  
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• Duane Michals, Maker of Enigmatic Sequences of Images That Defied Photography’s Conventions, Dies at 94

  11-06-2026 17:35 via artnews.com
  
  Duane Michals, one of the 20th century’s most important photographers, known for making sequences of images that conveyed enigmatic narratives and defied the conventions of the medium, died on Tuesday, June 9, at 94, in a Manhattan hospital. The news was confirmed by DC Moore Gallery, which had represented him since 2013.“A person of immeasurable intellect, charm, wit and kindness, Duane always questioned the many paths of the human condition and through his art pointedly captured wh
  
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• Carbon Fiber Violin — Meet Stradivari

  11-06-2026 17:31 via thestrad.com
  
  Both the carbon fibre violin and the bow impressed with their dark, warm, and distinctive tone. From the very beginning, the two violins blended beautifully; despite their different personalities, they seemed perfectly matched. They were also remarkably powerful, filling the room with sound. – The Strad
  
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• See Never-Before-Shown Martin Wong Works, Now On View in a Show Of His Chinatown Paintings

  11-06-2026 17:19 via artnews.com
  
  Tucked away at a small institution in Chicago is an eye-opening show by beloved New York artist Martin Wong, a self-taught artist of Chinese-American descent who recorded a bombed-out Lower East Side and heroized his Asian and Latino contemporaries who lived there. “Martin Wong: Chinatown USA,” at Wrightwood 659, also happens to include 11 never-before-exhibited paintings—a dozen if you include the never-before-seen back side of one large canvas. It’s a rare treat for lov
  
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• A New Penn Station We Won’t Dread Walking Into?

  11-06-2026 17:15 via dezeen.com
  PTT’s plan features a design by PAU and HOK that references the original beaux-arts station – unceremoniously demolished in the 1960s – and retains Madison Square Garden (MSG) on the site. – Dezeen
  
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• The Looted Antiquities Trade Continues For The Same Reason The Illegal Drug Trade Does

  11-06-2026 17:03 via news.artnet.com
  
  In a word, demand. – Artnet
  
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• Director of Marketing – Artis-Naples

  11-06-2026 17:03 via artsjournal.com
  Position Summary The Director of Marketing (Director) will lead the planning, execution, and optimization of integrated marketing and audience development strategies that drive ticket sales, subscriptions, memberships, attendance, and earned revenue across all programming areas. The Director will translate institutional marketing strategy into actionable campaigns and oversee day-to-day execution across brand marketing, digital channels, advertising, communications, and audience engagement initi
  
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• Atlanta Has A New Classical Theater Company

  11-06-2026 16:32 via artsatl.org
  
  Georgia Classic Theatre is being founded by former artists with Georgia Shakespeare, which operated from 1985 to 2014. GCT held its first fundraiser last month and will present its first production, of Macbeth, this fall. – ArtsATL
  
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• Dépendance Gallery To Close After 23 Years in Brussels

  11-06-2026 16:29 via artnews.com
  
  Dépendance, the iconoclast, 23-year-old Brussels gallery that built a trusted reputation as an “artists’ gallery,” is closing.“Galleries come and go. Some are short-lived but leave a clear trace, others endure for decades without changing much. Dépendance has been there for twenty-three years and now we feel it’s time to say good-bye,” stated the gallery (spelled in all lowercase) via press release sent last night.Co-founded by Michael Callies, a
  
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• ARTnews & Artforum Partner to Launch First Ever Art Week in New York

  11-06-2026 16:06 via artnews.com
  
  ARTnews and Artforum, two of the world’s leading authorities on art, announced Thursday the launch of New York’s first-ever dedicated Art Week, dubbed Art Week NYC.The upcoming four-day event, set to run November 11 to Novvember 14, will bring together public programming, neighborhood walking tours, artist talks, gallery openings and more. Among the highlights are a Midtown hub programmed by ARTnews and sister magazine Art in America, featuring conversations with top figures in the a
  
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