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• Home-loving artist Rachel Whiteread knows her place

  06-03-2017 14:13
  
  Its a busy year for Rachel Whiteread, the UK artist known for her monumental House (1993-94), a life-sized cast of the interior of a condemned terraced house in Londons East End. A survey of her sculptures, drawings and documentary material is due to open at Tate Modern this autumn (12 September-4 February 2018), but a more homely work called Place (Village) (2006-08), comprising 150 vintage dolls houses, is due to go on permanent display at the V&A Museum of Childhood in east London f
  
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• Arlington County Board Files Lawsuit to Stop Construction of Trump’s Triumphal Arch

  09-10-2026 21:55 via artnews.com
  
  The latest attempt to halt the impending construction of President Donald Trump’s 250-foot-tall triumphal arch involves a local government body. The five-member Arlington County Board filed a lawsuit Thursday in the Eastern District of Virginia, related to the project’s questionable review process.Democracy Forward, the advocacy group representing the Board, along with the Arlington County attorney’s office, referred to the proposal as a “vanity project” that would
  
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• Two Renoir Paintings Worth $10.5 M. Recovered After Theft

  09-10-2026 21:26 via artnews.com
  
  The Renoir Museum is getting back two of its paintings that were taken during a pre-dawn raid. The paintings were recovered by the local authorities in Cagnes-sur-Mer, in southern France, where the museum is located.Mayor Bryan Masson, a member of France’s far-right National Rally, said in a statement that these “two paintings are far more than works of art. They are part of our city’s history, our cultural heritage and the legacy Auguste Renoir left to Cagnes-sur-Mer. Their re
  
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• Michelangelo’s Handwriting Has Been Made Into A New Typeface

  09-10-2026 20:50 via ilmessaggero.it
  
  The font, called Michelangelus, is the result of a collaboration between Microsoft and the Fabbrica di San Pietro, the Vatican entity responsible for the preservation and upkeep of St. Peter’s Basilica. – Il Messagero (Italy) (in English)
  
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• The Minimalist Anne Carson

  09-10-2026 20:40 via newyorker.com
  
  Translation is Carson’s primary art form. One way to describe it is as the art of sustained metaphor: a word in one language is similar, but not identical, to a word in another language. – The New Yorker
  
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• Inside The Book Review Problem

  09-10-2026 20:20 via rosselliotbarkan.com
  
  The little magazines can start to fill the review void. Each can, at the minimum, review five new novels in an issue. These reviews needn’t be overly long, or challenge the critic to consume every word the writer has ever written.– Political Currents
  
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• Marina Abramović At (Almost) 80

  09-10-2026 20:03 via nytimes.com
  “Has any artist offered so much of her unfiltered self to the public? … If you’ve followed her career, you likely know uncomfortably intimate details of her life.” – T — The New York Times Style Magazine
  
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• Recording Music In Analog

  09-10-2026 19:31 via wbur.org
  
  “So this machine that we have here is the only machine currently in service for two-inch, 24-track — it’s a Studer 827 from, I believe, the late ‘90s,” Healey said as he guided the media across magnetic heads.  – WBUR
  
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• The Trolls That Took Over A Town And Charmed Everyone

  09-10-2026 19:15 via nytimes.com
  “I’ve been here 37 years and I’ve never had a busier summer,” said Tina Merrihew, 59, who owns a half-laundromat, half-doughnut shop. “Amazing what trolls can do. They’re instigators.” – The New York Times
  
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• Frank Gehry’s Final Concert Hall Is Taking Shape In Los Angeles

  09-10-2026 19:02 via yahoo.com
  Just two blocks from Gehry’s most famous performance venue, Walt Disney Concert Hall, Kohl Hall at the Colburn School will be a 1,000-seat auditorium with an in-the-round layout, a full-size stage and an orchestra pit so that it can host both concerts and operas. – Los Angeles Times (Yahoo!)
  
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• A Winston Churchill Painting Gifted to His Daughter Lands at Christie’s

  09-10-2026 19:01 via artnews.com
  
  A painting by former British Prime Minister Winston Churchill will be auctioned at Christie’s as part of its Modern British and Irish Art Evening Sale in London on October 21. Amaryllis Lily (1948) carries an estimate of £300,000–£500,000 ($396,000–$661,000). The painting depicts a red amaryllis belladonna, otherwise known as a March lily, blooming in a plant pot situated on a table against a dark backdrop. Churchill gave the painting to his daughter, Lady Mary Soam
  
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• Guadalupe Maravilla to Stage Major Installation at New York’s Cathedral of St. John the Divine This December

  09-10-2026 18:47 via artnews.com
  
  Creative Time has commissioned artist Guadalupe Maravilla to make a major installation in the Synod Hall of the Cathedral of St. John the Divine in New York’s Morningside Heights neighborhood. Presented in collaboration with the Clemente Soto Vélez Cultural and Educational Center, Maravilla’s Consejos de las Estrellas will be on view from December 16, 2026, to February 7, 2027.As with past works by the artist, Consejos de las Estrellas will take the form a sculptural installat
  
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• Frankfurt Book Fair: State Of The Publishing Industry

  09-10-2026 18:44 via thebookseller.com
  Declining turnover, a rise in reading in the original language, second-hand book sales and the shift to audio and digital subscription models were all “putting pressure on the profitability of the sector.” – The Bookseller
  
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• Indy’s Newfields Museum Director Steps Down

  09-10-2026 18:31 via indystar.com
  Belinda Tate began at Newfields in 2023, days before the surprise exit of former CEO and president Colette Pierce Burnette and after a years-long spotlight had been on Newfields in part due to controversial language in a 2021 posting of the director job, which led to the resignation of then-CEO and president Charles Venable. – Indianapolis Star
  
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• Brussels Gallery Super Dakota to Close After 15 Years

  09-10-2026 18:19 via artnews.com
  
  The Brussels-based gallery Super Dakota announced that it will close at the end of October. The gallery’s last show will be Adrian Geller’s current solo, which closes on October 16.In an email to its listserv, founder Damîen Dakota (Damîen Bertelle-Rogier) wrote, “This has been a great journey, but after 15 years the model of a commercial art gallery doesn’t match my ambitions anymore. I want to continue supporting artists through other platforms and models.&r
  
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• Adelaide Is A Festival Capital. But Its Middle Class Arts Scene Needs A Reboot

  09-10-2026 18:17 via artshub.com.au
  Adelaide holds down the fort as Australia’s festival capital, with Adelaide Fringe and Adelaide Festival among the nation’s top tier for arts and culture. But when Petra Kalive arrived in the city at the beginning of 2025, she found a theatre sector that had been severely diminished by years of funding cuts. – ArtsHub
  
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• Montpellier’s Main Concert Hall Closed Following Storm Damage

  09-10-2026 18:04 via pizzicato.lu
  
  The Corum, a conference center-cum-arts complex with three performance spaces, suffered major water damage from heavy rains last week and has been shuttered out of safety concerns. There’s not yet any target date for reopening, and events are being moved to other venues in the city. – Pizzicato
  
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• With an $18 M. Price Tag, 24-Karat ‘Fancy Intense Pink’ Diamond Ring Heads to Auction at Christie’s Geneva

  09-10-2026 17:58 via artnews.com
  
  Christie’s “Magnificent Jewels” sale during Autumn Luxury Week in Geneva will include a storied “Fancy Intense Pink” diamond ring made by Bulgari in the 1950s. The estimate for the lot, to be auctioned off on November 10, is $12 million–$18 million.According to a press release, the 24-karat diamond was acquired in India by the current owner’s great-grandfather and given to Bulgari to be set into a piece of jewelry around the time that Rome, the house&rsq
  
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• Julianne Moore’s West Village Home Features Work by Louise Bourgeois, Nan Goldin, and David Armstrong

  09-10-2026 17:54 via artnews.com
  
  Tucked away in the West Village, actor Julianne Moore doesn’t seem to live like her Hollywood counterparts. She resides in a two-bedroom duplex with her husband, film director Bart Freundlich, that is also home to work by Louise Bourgeois, Nan Goldin, David Armstrong, and Robin Rice.“My taste is consistent, though it has evolved. I love modernism. But this apartment is prewar, and you have to address that. It’s not tiny, but it’s not massive, either, so materials and choi
  
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• Trends In Public Radio: Donations Up, Migration To Digital

  09-10-2026 17:44 via insideradio.com
  The survey of more than 17,000 respondents from 49 U.S. public stations during June and July 2026 shows that since 2013, public radio listening has moved from 83% broadcast vs. 16% digital to this year’s 54% broadcast vs. 43% digital, with Jacobs forecasting “those two lines are going to cross [eventually].” – InsideRadio
  
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• Is AI A Brain Or A Database?

  09-10-2026 17:31 via theconversation.com
  
  Human intuitions and mental models about how technology works govern how people use it. The idea of AI as software – deterministic, fact-retrieving – causes people to misinterpret the outputs they provide. – The Conversation
  
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• Skydance Says It Will Make $6B In Cuts At Combined Paramount/Warner

  09-10-2026 17:12 via deadline.com
  
  “It’s important also to say this is not about cost reduction. This is about reengineering how we work. This is about reinventing the business model. So it’s not just synergies and reducing costs; it’s also improving how we perform.  – Deadline
  
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• Why Peter Greenaway’s Film With Dustin Hoffman Is Trapped In Post-Production Limbo

  09-10-2026 17:01 via theguardian.com
  Production began (after a false start) on Lucca Mortis in early 2024; despite constant, expensive delays, a first draft version was ready by the end of that year. Then bigger difficulties arose: there are now two different versions of the movie (retitled Tower Stories), neither complete, along with an ugly contract dispute. – The Guardian
  
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• Traditional Georgian Dance Makes For Hair-Raising Fight Scenes In Met Opera’s “Macbeth”

  09-10-2026 16:35 via nytimes.com
  “It’s the type of dancing that makes you gasp. Jumps that originate from — and land on — the kneecaps. Turns that propel the body across a room as if powered by a motor. … It’s electrifying and extraordinarily athletic — and a surprising choice for Verdi’s take on Shakespeare’s tale.” – The New York Times
  
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• Philadelphia’s Wilma Theater Goes All-In On Streaming

  09-10-2026 16:03 via inquirer.com
  
  “Called Watch Wilma, the digital theater platform will offer limited runs of shows filmed and staged at the Wilma and partner organizations, including Philadelphia’s Azuka Theatre and Pittsburgh’s City Theatre, for audiences both nationally and internationally.” – The Philadelphia Inquirer
  
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• Stolen Renoirs Have Been Recovered, Six Suspects Arrested

  09-10-2026 15:36 via apnews.com
  Two paintings, “Portrait of Madame Colonna Romano” and “Young Woman at the Well,” have been reclaimed by police after having been stolen last month from the Renoir Museum in Cagnes-sur-Mer, near Nice. (Two other paintings were dropped and left behind by the thieves while they were absconding.) – AP
  
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• Artist Manager For Rock Stars To Be Kennedy Center’s Next Programming Chief

  09-10-2026 15:02 via msn.com
  “Rick Canny, … a longtime talent manager who worked with several prominent rock stars from the 1980s and ‘90s, … will soon be elevated to an executive artistic director position, according to two sources with knowledge of the matter.” – CNN (MSN)
  
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• Belinda Tate Departs Indianapolis Museum of Art, Glasgow’s Arts Community Fights to Save CCA and Others, and More: Morning Links for October 9, 2026

  09-10-2026 15:00 via artnews.com
  
  To receive Morning Links in your inbox every weekday, sign up for our Breakfast with ARTnews newsletter.Good morning!
  Belinda Tate is leaving her post as executive director of the Indianapolis Museum of Art.Glasgow’s arts community is “in uproar” since a series of crises.The elected board in Arlington County, Virginia, filed a lawsuit against President Trump’s planned triumphal arch.The Headlines MUSICAL CHAIRS. After three years, Belinda Tate is leaving her post as execu
  
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• Van Gogh Museum And Dutch Government Settle Dispute; Renovation Can Begin

  09-10-2026 14:34 via theprint.in
  “After almost three years of negotiations, the Van Gogh Museum … and the Dutch Ministry of Education, Culture and Science have finalised a successful mediation and settlement agreement, paving the way for the €104 million ‘Masterplan 2028’ renovation project,” which will begin in the fall of 2028. – ThePrint
  
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• It’s Yours Now: What Top Collectors Have Donated to Museums

  09-10-2026 14:00 via artnews.com
  
  When it comes to expanding their collections, museums cannot always do it alone—they often need deep-pocketed patrons to step in and help them obtain particularly expensive art. Below is a look at seven collectors who gave notable artworks to museums over the past 12 months.
  
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