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• It’s Official: Fort Worth Symphony Musicians Are On Strike

  09-09-2016 01:10 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  “The musicians officially went on strike at 12:30 p.m. Thursday and symphony management subsequently canceled this weekend’s upcoming concerts … The strike, which was authorized by union members on Tuesday evening, comes one day after symphony management issued its ‘last, best and final offer,’ in contract talks. The offer was characterized by union leadership as the same proposal that musicians voted to reject on Sunday evening.”
  
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• Sotheby’s Quietly Tried to Sell Arne Glimcher’s Pollock for $50 M.—It Didn’t Go as Planned

  06-06-2026 02:50 via artnews.com
  
  For much of Tuesday, June 2,, the second floor of Sotheby’s headquarters at Manhattan’s Breuer Building was off limits.Security guards turned away employees hoping to access the floor, which, when not used as a traditional gallery, is where the auction house stages its biggest and most closely watched auctions—including the $236 million Gustav Klimt painting that last year broke the record for any work of modern art sold at auction. According to sources familiar with the matter
  
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• Mexico Demands a Halt to an Auction of Mexican Artifacts in Colorado

  05-06-2026 23:31 via artnews.com
  
  The Mexican Ministry of Culture has demanded the suspension of an auction in Colorado, reports the Latin American news channel TeleSUR. Organized by the Artemis Fine Arts in Louisville, Colorado, and scheduled for today, the sale, titled “Fine/Visual Art, Ancient, Ethnographic Art,” includes 80 artifacts of Mexican origin. The works were flagged by Mexico’s National Institute of Anthropology and History (INAH), a federal agency one of whose roles is to protect the country&rsquo
  
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• National Park Service Orders Removal of Quotes at Bunker Hill After Visitor Complains of ‘Woke’ Ideology

  05-06-2026 23:11 via artnews.com
  
  After a visitor to the Bunker Hill Monument in Massachusetts complained that a panel contained a quote expressing “woke” feminist ideology, the National Park Service ordered a review of materials at the site. As a result of the review, the Washington Post reported Thursday, the organization ordered the removal of three quotes at the site. The one that drew the initial complaint, referencing women’s suffrage, was not set for removal.While the panel quotes have not yet been remov
  
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• Following Federal Order, Kennedy Center Begins Removing References to Donald Trump

  05-06-2026 23:02 via artnews.com
  
  The Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C., has begun removing references to Donald Trump from the institution, one week after a federal judge ruled that his name had been added illegally to the prestigious performing arts center. In a memo dated June 4, the center’s attorneys instructed staff to immediately remove Trump’s name from signs, letterheads, and email signatures, restoring the institution’s legal name: “The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts.&rdquo
  
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• Police Investigate Suspected Arson at Boston Museum of African American History

  05-06-2026 22:13 via artnews.com
  
  Police and federal authorities are investigating a suspected act of arson at the Museum of African American History in Boston after a package containing materials for an upcoming Juneteenth celebration was set on fire outside the institution this week.According to Boston police, the incident occurred around 8 a.m. on Wednesday at the museum’s African Meeting House site on Beacon Hill. Security footage reportedly shows a man opening a package, scattering some of its contents, and setting se
  
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• Heir of Margarethe Lieser Sues for Restitution of Gustav Klimt Portrait That Fetched $37.5 M. at Auction in Austria Before the Sale Fell Through

  05-06-2026 18:26 via artnews.com
  
  A woman claiming to be the sole heir to the Austrian subject of a long-lost Gustav Klimt painting has sued for restitution of the portrait, which came to auction at the small Austrian auction house Im Kinsky in 2024. The painting sold on a single bid for $37.5 million, setting a record for any artwork sold at auction in Austria, but the bidder, a Hong Kong collector represented by Patti Wong and Associates, withdrew their offer after the sale.South Carolina–based Patricia J. Leahy, on her
  
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• James Turrell to Open Largest Museum Skyspace in Denmark, Floating Art Hotel’s Maiden Voyage in Monaco, and More: Morning Links for June 5, 2026

  05-06-2026 15:41 via artnews.com
  
  Good Morning!The largest James Turrell Skyspace made for a museum will open at Denmark’s ARoS Aarhus Art Museum. A 236-foot superyacht is debuting a traveling, “museum-grade” exhibition for exclusive guests, starting in Monaco.Abram Champanier’s New Deal mural, restored and reunited, will go on view at the Museum of the City of New York.The Headlines SEEING (AND PAINTING) THE LIGHT. James Turrell is debuting his largest Skyspace to date in a museum setting, at D
  
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• Stonehenge’s Altar Stone Was Hauled 430 Miles From Northeast Scotland, New Study Argues

  05-06-2026 14:46 via artnews.com
  
  Once thought to have originated in Wales, like the rest of the 4,500-year-old monument’s bluestones, Stonehenge’s altar stone has recently been traced through geological fingerprinting to Scotland. The question of how the megalith made the 435-mile journey from there to Salsbury Plain in England is now the focus of a study by scientists at Curtin University in Australia in collaboration with experts from Sheffield Hallam University, the University of Sheffield, Wessex Archaeology, an
  
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• High-End Art Market Not Exclusive Enough For You? Now There’s an Art Show Aboard a 236-Foot Yacht Featuring Marina Abramović and Shirin Neshat

  05-06-2026 13:15 via artnews.com
  
  If, unfortunate reader, you’re licking your wounds after being outbid on the $181.2 million Jackson Pollock at the New York auctions last month, take heart: you, too, can still buy access to art that will be seen only by the world’s precious few wealthiest. That’s because now there is a hyper-exclusive, “museum-grade” art show aboard a 236-foot “superyacht,” and you may yet be able to reserve a suite there.In its maiden voyage, the Floating Art Hotel has
  
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• A MoMA Retrospective Proves Duchamp Was More Sincere Than He Seems

  05-06-2026 11:00 via artnews.com
  
  The first rooms of MoMA’s Marcel Duchamp retrospective almost dare the visitor to find in his early paintings some hint of the artist’s future travesty of those mediums. The picture with which the show opens—a placid scene of the artist’s two older brothers, Gaston (Jacques Villon) and Raymond, engrossed in a game of chess—telegraphs Duchamp’s future, temporary abandonment of art in favor of the game, which, he avowed, “could not be commercialized.&rdquo
  
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• Chicken Road: Schnelles Crash‑Game für Mobile Glücksspieler

  05-06-2026 02:46 via zouchmagazine.com
  
  Einführung in Chicken Road – Schnell‑Feuer Gameplay
  Chicken Road nimmt die bekannte Crash‑Style‑Formel und fügt eine Prise Chicken‑crossing‑Drama hinzu, wodurch jede Runde wie ein Sprint über eine belebte Straße wirkt. In den ersten Sekunden setzen die Spieler ihren Einsatz, wählen einen Schwierigkeitsgrad und beobachten den kleinen Vogel, der von einem unsichtbaren Tile zum nächsten hüpft—jeder Schritt erhöht den
  
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• Олимпбет: как казахстанский букмекер меняет правила игры

  05-06-2026 00:46 via zouchmagazine.com
  
  В последние годы рынок спортивных ставок в Казахстане растёт быстрыми темпами.Фут
  
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• Trump To Divert $90 M. in National Park Revenue to D.C. Construction Projects

  04-06-2026 23:12 via artnews.com
  
  The Trump administration has diverted at least $90 million in entry fees collected at national parks, including Yellowstone and Yosemite, to projects in Washington, D.C., according to National Park Service documents reviewed by the Washington Post. The funds have reportedly been earmarked for a range of projects tied to the 250th anniversary of America’s independence, including a $1.6 million fireworks display—over five times the event’s standard budget—and a $76 million
  
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• New School Lays Off 87 Staff and Faculty As It Attemps to Plug $48 M. Deficit

  04-06-2026 23:11 via artnews.com
  
  Six months after news broke that the New School was offering voluntary retirement and severance packages to large number of faculty and staff, the New York university has handed out layoff notices to87 of its employees.The layoffs, first reported by the Chronicle of Higher Education on Tuesday, affect 19 full-time faculty members, 10 of whom were tenured, with dozens more taking the early retirement or buyout offers. Additionally, 68 staff members were also laid off. As part of the restructuring
  
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• New School Lays Off 15 Percent of Staff and Faculty As It Attemps to Plug $48 M. Deficit

  04-06-2026 23:11 via artnews.com
  
  Six months after news broke that the New School was offering voluntary retirement and severance packages to large number of faculty and staff, the New York university has handed out layoff notices to around 15 percent of its employees.The layoffs, first reported by the Chronicle of Higher Education on Tuesday, affect 19 full-time faculty members, 10 of whom were tenured, with dozens more taking the early retirement or buyout offers. As part of the restructuring, the school will go from four coll
  
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• A New French Study Says It Is Safe to Ship the Bayeux Tapestry to the British Museum 

  04-06-2026 22:05 via artnews.com
  
  The 230-foot-long Bayeux Tapestry will head to the UK in July to go on display at the British Museum. A new report, presented by the French Culture Ministry on Wednesday, expresses confidence that the fragile piece will not be threatened by the move, reports Le Monde.Dating to the 11th century, the artwork, which is designated in the UNESCO Memory of the World Register as a “unique work,” depicts the triumph of William the Conqueror at the Battle of Hastings in 1066. A 2021 assessmen
  
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• The Pope Will Inaugurate Antoni Gaudí’s Sagrada Família After 144 Years of Construction

  04-06-2026 21:13 via artnews.com
  
  Later this month, Pope Leo XIV will visit Barcelona’s famed Sagrada Familia to inaugurate and bless the Tower of Jesus Christ, the final tower of the long-gestating church. The tower was completed in February, wrapping up 144 years of construction on the notoriously complex and intricate design.The famed church was designed by architect Antoni Gaudi, a pioneer of Art Nouveau and modernisme, or Catalan Modernism. Construction on La Basílica de la Sagrada Familia, considered his maste
  
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• Marjane Satrapi, ‘Persepolis’ Director, Dies at 56

  04-06-2026 20:23 via artnews.com
  
  Marjane Satrapi, the French-Iranian graphic novelist, artist and film director whose landmark animated feature Persepolis earned a Cannes Jury Prize and an Oscar nomination and made her one of the most distinctive voices in world cinema, has died. She was 56.“Marjane Satrapi died of sadness a little over a year after the death of Mattias Ripa, her husband and the love of her life,” members of her family said in a statement sent to AFP.Ripa, a Swedish producer, actor and scr
  
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• Museum Veteran Philippe Vergne Joins Miami’s Bass Museum as Artistic Director and Chief Curator

  04-06-2026 19:29 via artnews.com
  
  Longtime museum director and curator Philippe Vergne is assuming a newly created position at Miami’s Bass Museum of Art, joining the institution on October 1 as artistic director and chief curator. Since 2019 he has led Portugal’s Serralves Museum of Contemporary Art, in Porto.“Philippe Vergne brings a remarkable depth of curatorial experience and a global perspective to The Bass at a pivotal moment in Miami Beach’s growth as a dynamic and complex city,” said Silvia
  
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• Казино с мгновенным выводом: как выбрать надёжный сервис

  04-06-2026 19:21 via zouchmagazine.com
  
  В России онлайн‑казино растут как грибы после дождя.Среди множества площадок особ
  
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• John Lennon Drawings to be Animated, Pace Gallery Trims Artist Roster, and More: Morning Links for June 4, 2026

  04-06-2026 15:34 via artnews.com
  
  Good Morning!
  Pace Gallery is dropping some 50 artists from its roster and cutting about 50 staff.Marjane Satrapi, the Iranian-French artist and author of the graphic novel Persepolis, has died at 56.A new study says the Bayeux Tapestry can safely travel to London’s British Museum from Normandy.The Headlines SLOWING THE PACE. The mega Pace Gallery, with seven locations worldwide, is laying off some 50 staff and dropping about 50 artists, per last night’s New York Times
  
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• Artists & Mothers Announces 2026 Recipients of Childcare Grants

  04-06-2026 14:01 via artnews.com
  
  New York City nonprofit Artists & Mothers has named the 2026 recipients of its eponymous $25,000 grant for artists who identify as mothers. The landmark program provides funding to cover nine months of childcare and is open to emerging and mid-career artists raising a child under the age of three.From photography and sculpture to collage and bookmaking, this year’s awardees span a wide range of artistic practices, conceptual concerns, and styles. Mimi Ọnụọha centers h
  
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• Mega Gallery Pace is Dropping Some 50 Artists, 50 Staff in ‘Model Correction’

  04-06-2026 13:37 via artnews.com
  
  Pace Gallery, a mega gallery with seven locations worldwide, is laying off some 50 staff and dropping about 50 artists.In a statement to ARTnews Thursday, CEO Marc Glimcher said that the gallery will now focus its roster on 85 artists, after growing to 135 and will “continue to be a global gallery” with plans to “ground their programs in the character of the local art scene.”“Galleries need a model correction,” he said. “For Pace, this means returning to
  
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• Kulapat Yantrasast Named Artistic Director of Next Bukhara Biennial

  04-06-2026 13:00 via artnews.com
  
  Kulapat Yantrasast, the architect behind major museum projects for institutions including the Metropolitan Museum of Art and the Louvre, has been named artistic director of the 2027 Bukhara Biennial in Uzbekistan.The appointment comes less than a year after the debut edition of the biennial, which drew an estimated 1.8 million visitors and quickly became one of the most talked-about events on the international art calendar. Conceived and commissioned by Gayane Umerova and the
  
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• After Drawing Women Trapped in Labyrinths for Years, Kyung-Me Painted Herself Free

  04-06-2026 11:00 via artnews.com
  
  It’s rare for an artist to spend years honing a craft and perfecting a way of working only to one day pivot 180 degrees. Kyung-Me makes this look both easy and essential. After Kyung-Me first saw the 12th century illustrations for The Tale of Genji, she “became obsessed with drawing, almost overnight,” as she told me when I visited her studio in Ridgewood, Queens. First, she copied drawings from the work—considered the world’s first novel, and written by a woma
  
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• 5 Books on Steffani Jemison’s Shelf

  04-06-2026 11:00 via artnews.com
  
  In the sprawling, splashy “New Humans” exhibition inaugurating New York’s newly expanded New Museum (sound new enough for you?), a mechanical apparatus quietly whirrs. This tumbler, by the artist Steffani Jemison, is slowly but surely agitating and refining dredged debris: glass, coins, stone.Having studied comparative literature as an undergraduate, Jemison often moves between writing and art in thoughtful if seemingly unlikely ways, as in her novella A Rock, A River, A Street
  
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• The Benefits of Playing Casino Games Online

  04-06-2026 01:22 via zouchmagazine.com
  
  This article will examine the advantages of online casino gaming. We’ll focus on the types of games, Payback odds, as also the social aspect. This will help you determine whether the online casino games are suitable for you. In addition, we’ll also talk about some of the various kinds of games that are available. You can play blackjack online and roulette online, all from the comforts of your home.
  Casino gaming online has many advantages
  Casino games on the internet offer a lot of a
  
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• New Freeman’s CEO, Rana Begum Joins Lehmann Maupin, and More: Industry Moves for June 3, 2026

  03-06-2026 22:10 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.Makeda Best Named Chief Curator of Photography at MoMA: The curator comes from the Oakland Museum of California, where she served as deputy director. Best will fill a role that has been vacant at MoMA f
  
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• We Asked Artists, Dealers, Lawyers, and Advisers What Gallery Representation Means Today—And It’s Surprisingly Complicated

  03-06-2026 22:03 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.Every young artist wants gallery representation. The details vary. Maybe it’s Gagosian. Maybe it’s Hauser & Wirth. Maybe it’s a scrappy gallery on Henry Street with a leaky roof and an owner who still installs every show themselves. The dream remains remarkably consistent: Someone
  
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