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Trump To Divert $90 M. in National Park Revenue to D.C. Construction Projects

Thu, 04 Jun 2026 23:12:00 +0200

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

New School Lays Off 15 Percent of Staff and Faculty As It Attemps to Plug $48 M. Deficit

Thu, 04 Jun 2026 23:11:00 +0200

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

A New French Study Says It Is Safe to Ship the Bayeux Tapestry to the British Museum

Thu, 04 Jun 2026 22:05:00 +0200

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

The Pope Will Inaugurate Antoni Gaudí’s Sagrada Família After 144 Years of Construction

Thu, 04 Jun 2026 21:13:00 +0200

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

Marjane Satrapi, ‘Persepolis’ Director, Dies at 56

Thu, 04 Jun 2026 20:23:00 +0200

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

Museum Veteran Philippe Vergne Joins Miami’s Bass Museum as Artistic Director and Chief Curator

Thu, 04 Jun 2026 19:29:00 +0200

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

John Lennon Drawings to be Animated, Pace Gallery Trims Artist Roster, and More: Morning Links for June 4, 2026

Thu, 04 Jun 2026 15:34:00 +0200

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

Artists & Mothers Announces 2026 Recipients of Childcare Grants

Thu, 04 Jun 2026 14:01:00 +0200

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

Mega Gallery Pace is Dropping Some 50 Artists, 50 Staff in ‘Model Correction’

Thu, 04 Jun 2026 13:37:00 +0200

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

Kulapat Yantrasast Named Artistic Director of Next Bukhara Biennial

Thu, 04 Jun 2026 13:00:00 +0200

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

After Drawing Women Trapped in Labyrinths for Years, Kyung-Me Painted Herself Free

Thu, 04 Jun 2026 11:00:00 +0200

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

5 Books on Steffani Jemison’s Shelf

Thu, 04 Jun 2026 11:00:00 +0200

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

New Freeman’s CEO, Rana Begum Joins Lehmann Maupin, and More: Industry Moves for June 3, 2026

Wed, 03 Jun 2026 22:10:00 +0200

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

We Asked Artists, Dealers, Lawyers, and Advisers What Gallery Representation Means Today—And It’s Surprisingly Complicated

Wed, 03 Jun 2026 22:03:00 +0200

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

National Labor Relations Board Rules Buffalo AKG Art Museum Violated Federal Law With Layoff

Wed, 03 Jun 2026 21:55:00 +0200

The National Labor Relations Board has determined that the Buffalo AKG Art Museum violated federal labor law and retaliated against union workers when it laid off 13 employees last year. The layoffs and subsequent restructuring were widely condemned by the union, which described them as an effort to eliminate union positions.In a win for Buffalo AKG Workers United, the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) on May 28 ordered the museum to reinstate the 13 union workers laid off from its Visitor E

Colorado Governor Signs Artist Corporation Bill into State Law

Wed, 03 Jun 2026 21:14:00 +0200

On June 2, Colorado governor Jared Polis signed Senate Bill 133, a bill that creates a new type of limited liability company (LLC) called an Artist Company, or A-Corp, report the Art Newspaper and the Colorado Sun. The new business structure is designed to help artists in the state—defined in the bill as “individuals that create works of authorship or artistic expression comprising written, oral, visual, graphic, literary, musical, audiovisual, digital, or performing art in any mediu

Follower of Hieronymus Bosch Painting Sells for Over 10 Times High Estimate in Strong Week for Old Masters in New York

Wed, 03 Jun 2026 20:26:00 +0200

A small painting of hell by a follower of Hieronymus Bosch led a string of surprise results during this week’s Old Masters sales in New York, selling for $537,600 at Sotheby’s against an estimate of $30,000 to $50,000. (All prices include buyer’s premium unless otherwise noted.)The result came as Christie’s Old Masters and 19th Century Paintings sale brought in nearly $7 million with a sell-though rate of 89 percent, while the similarly titled sale at Sotheby’s sale

How Gedi Sibony Makes a Show, By Transforming Street Finds Into Magical ‘Frozen Moments’

Wed, 03 Jun 2026 19:48:00 +0200

The latest show by Gedi Sibony continues the artist’s practice of making enchanting assemblage sculptures out of the most minimal means, and of making paintings that rely on such restrained gestures that they’re barely there. The press release for “The Invisible Point,” his eighth show at New York’s Greene Naftali since 2008, consists of just four sentences, explaining that his process is “powered by an intuitive momentum,” that the show includes “

Christo-Inspired Public Artwork in Paris By French Artist JR Delayed Because of Storm

Wed, 03 Jun 2026 19:12:00 +0200

The opening of a public artwork by French artist JR inspired by Christo and Jeanne-Claude’s 1985 intervention The Pont Neuf Wrapped has reportedly been delayed after a storm damaged the installation overtop the River Seine in Paris.As reported by Euronews, the opening planned for this weekend has been postponed to an unspecified date after severe winds mangled part of the artwork on the oldest bridge in the French capital. A statement from Atelier JR, the Christo and Jeanne-Claude Foundati

Venice Biennale Artists Threaten Legal Action Against Organizers For Disregarding Requests to Be Withdrawn from ‘Visitors’ Lions’ Awards

Wed, 03 Jun 2026 18:23:00 +0200

More than 100 artists are threatening legal action against the Venice Biennale Foundation for ignoring their demands that the foundation withdraw their names from consideration for the “Visitors’ Lion” awards at the current edition over the inclusion of national pavilions by Israel and Russia. The threat is included in a new announcement published on e-flux.A May 20 letter addressed to the foundation and its president, Pietrangelo Buttafuoco, is published in the announcement. I

Makeda Best to Lead MoMA Photography Department, New Lead in Louvre Heist, and More: Morning Links for June 3, 2026

Wed, 03 Jun 2026 16:13:00 +0200

The Headlines BRINGING OUT THE BEST. The Museum of Modern Art in New York finally has a new chief curator of photography: Makeda Best, who has served as deputy director at the Oakland Museum of California since 2023, reports the New York Times. The plum position “has influenced, implicitly or explicitly, so much of how we understand the medium,” said Best, who starts in September. It has also been vacant for almost four years. “I’m

New York State Adds $150 Million To Theater Production Tax Credit — But Is It Going To Shows That Really Need It?

Wed, 03 Jun 2026 15:36:00 +0200

“The program … faces criticism from budget watchdog groups, state lawmakers, and even theatrical insiders who say the tax credits don’t support shows most in need of financial support. Many that have received state aid had the backing of major production companies,” including Disney. – Bloomberg Law News

Trump Administration Wants To Judge Higher Ed Institutions On Graduates’ Earnings, Posing Dangers For Arts Schools

Wed, 03 Jun 2026 15:04:00 +0200

“The Department of Education has proposed a new ‘accountability’ system that would judge higher-education programs largely by graduates’ earnings, … a test that music, visual arts, and filmmaking programs would, by their nature, be likely to fail.” Programs whose graduates don’t meet earnings benchmarks could become ineligible for federal student loans. – ARTnews

Minnesota Star Tribune To Cut 65 Jobs, Explore Going Fully Nonprofit

Wed, 03 Jun 2026 14:32:00 +0200

“The Star Tribune employs 495 people and cuts will be made across every department. The newsroom has just under 200 journalists and will decline to 175 while remaining one of the largest between the coasts. Just last year, 125 employees were laid off when the company … closed its … printing plant.” – The Minnesota Star Tribune

Speight Jenkins, Director Who Transformed Seattle Opera, Has Died At 89

Wed, 03 Jun 2026 14:00:00 +0200

Over his 31 years as general manager, he made the company into one of the most respected in the country and, said some observers, the Wagner capital of the U.S. It’s easy to forget that he began his career as a New York music critic and hosted Met Opera telecasts. – MyNorthwest.com

How Olga Fröbe-Kapteyn—a Painter, Collector, and Collaborator of Carl Jung—Mined the Archive and Her Subconscious

Wed, 03 Jun 2026 11:00:00 +0200

“The deepest things in human life … can only be expressed in images,” wrote Olga Fröbe-Kapteyn. And yet, though obsessed with images, she never called herself an “artist,” even as she painted and drew. Fundamentally, she was a collector: of people, of images, of ideas, always animated by her interest in symbols and archetypes. Carl Jung, her close friend and collaborator, fueled this long, epic inquiry. Still, she remains profoundly mysterious and contradictor

“America’s Greatest Opera Boss Has Died”

Wed, 03 Jun 2026 05:28:00 +0200

Norman Lebrecht’s obituary notice for Speight Jenkins, which ran today, is titled “America’s Greatest Opera Boss Has Died.” I couldn’t

The Movie Star Who Doesn’t Exist

Wed, 03 Jun 2026 03:02:00 +0200

Good Morning,A top celebrity-profile writer set out to interview Tilly Norwood and ran into a problem: she isn’t a person (The New York Times). The AI “actress” has no inner life to report, which didn’t stop anyone from trying.
Bookstores are supposed to be dying, but that’s old conventional wisdom. The count is actually growing, and briskly (AP). Publishing is supposed to be glamorous; but here’s how the business really works (The Republic of Letters).
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Higher-Ed Groups Decry Proposed Federal ‘Earnings Test’ That Could Decimate Arts Education

Tue, 02 Jun 2026 23:05:00 +0200

The Department of Education has proposed a new “accountability” system that would judge higher-education programs largely by graduates’ earnings, prompting concern from liberal arts institutions and education advocates who argue that this is a test that music, visual arts, and filmmaking programs would, by their nature, be likely to fail.The proposed guidelines, known as the Student Tuition and Transparency System (STATS) and Earnings Accountability rule, are intended to provid

Art Basel Reveals More Participating Galleries and the Artists Selected for its ‘Exclusive’ Initiative, Which Withholds Artworks from Email Previews

Tue, 02 Jun 2026 22:26:00 +0200

The criticisms of art fairs (and the art market they are a defining part of) are many. One of them is that though we might think of these shows as real-time events, where deals are made and multimillion-dollar artworks are sold to whoever gets to the gallery’s booth first, in reality some of the biggest-ticket sales are are quietly engineered ahead of time: the galleries email PDF previews to high-powered advisors and deep-pocketed collectors in the weeks leading up to opening day, such th

Kara Walker Fronts Loewe’s 180th Anniversary Campaign Nodding to Its Art-Filled Past

Tue, 02 Jun 2026 22:17:00 +0200

Loewe unveiled a new campaign on Monday celebrating the fashion brand’s 180th anniversary, complete with a capsule collection, an anniversary magazine, and an animated film, much of which nods to the house’s long-standing connections to the art world.Under former creative director Jonathan Anderson, the fashion brand played up that connection through numerous high-profile collaborations with artists ranging from Lynda Benglis to Richard Hawkins. Many of Anderson’s collections w

A New Partnership Helps Stand-Up Comics In Chicago To Finally Get Steady Health Insurance

Tue, 02 Jun 2026 21:02:00 +0200

The Health Alliance for Chicago Comedians is building a pilot program to help 10 comics pay insurance premiums through the Affordable Care Act’s next open enrollment period. Stand-up comedians, especially early in their careers, often take gigs and side jobs which offer no insurance. – WBEZ (Chicago)

Raymonde Arcier, Feminist Artist Who Worked With Fabric in France, Dies at 86

Tue, 02 Jun 2026 20:58:00 +0200

Raymonde Arcier, who brought attention to women’s work by way of an art practice based in fabric and textiles of different kinds, died in May at the age of 86. Her death was acknowledged by sources including curators and the magazine Textile/Art.Arcier was born in 1939 in Bellac, France, and made her way as an office worker and self-taught artist who “from 1970 on, produced her most striking works, crocheting wool and cotton, and knitting metal—with each piece demanding up to a

Israeli Airstrikes Reportedly Hit 900-Year-Old Crusader Castle in Lebanon

Tue, 02 Jun 2026 20:57:00 +0200

Beaufort Castle, a 900-year-old Crusader fortress in Lebanon, was reportedly struck directly by Israeli airstrikes on May 27, according to footage posted on social media and local reports. The news follows intense Israeli strikes on the ancient city of Tyre, a UNESCO World Heritage Site in southern Lebanon that is home to some of the region’s most significant Phoenician and Roman ruins, as well as a large civilian population.As reported by the Associated Press, the Israeli military release

French Court Rules That Lawsuit Between Monet Heirs and Wildenstein & Co. Gallery Can Proceed

Tue, 02 Jun 2026 20:26:00 +0200

Late last week, a French judge ruled that a judicial court in Rouen, Normandy, can proceed with handling a legal complaint filed by the heirs of Claude Monet, against the New York gallery dynasty Wildenstein & Co., according to French reports.The complex case revolves around a 2004 transaction, in which Monet’s great-nephew agreed to relinquish a rare Monet painting depicting the artist’s father, Adolphe, to the internationally renowned Wildenstein gallery, in exchange for severa

Muralist Robert Wyland Files $25 M. Lawsuit Over Dallas Whale Mural Destroyed For World Cup

Tue, 02 Jun 2026 20:09:00 +0200

When soccer fans converge on Dallas this month for World Cup games, the aesthetically inclined ones will encounter a city home to art museums, galleries, and public art. And yet, the city will be missing a major and longstanding public artwork, after conservationist artist’s beloved mural was painted over in May.Florida-based artist Robert Wyland has filed a $25 million federal lawsuit against FIFA and the owners of the building where his mural had appeared for a quarter-century, who, he s

It’s Just A Few Cents: More People Are Listening To Music Pitched Down To A=432Hz

Tue, 02 Jun 2026 20:04:00 +0200

“Music recorded in 432 hertz (cycles per second) is taking off on social media platforms and music streaming services. … Scientists say there’s no robust evidence that music tuned to 432 hertz has any special benefits or healing properties. Some musicians and listeners say it helps them connect with nature, relax or concentrate.” – AP

Lucian Freud Painting He Spent Decades Denying Will Go on Public View for the First Time

Tue, 02 Jun 2026 19:54:00 +0200

A portrait Lucian Freud spent years insisting was not his will go on public display for the first time this summer after researchers uncovered evidence that appears to prove he painted it after all.The work, Man in a Black Scarf, will be shown in “Benton End: A Paradise of Pollen and Paint” at London’s Garden Museum, according to The Guardian. Freud painted the portrait in 1939 while studying at the East Anglian School of Painting and Drawing in Hadleig

Okay, Here’s How The Publishing Business Really Works

Tue, 02 Jun 2026 19:44:00 +0200

Nobody would patronize a best-seller–only shopping mall kiosk called We Bet We Have That Book You Want, even though best-sellers are most of what anyone buys. People want to walk into stores with lots of books which they have no interest in even looking at. – Republic of Letters

Two Washington Stars Rise Up To Take On The Damaged Washington Post

Tue, 02 Jun 2026 19:31:00 +0200

The two closely named rivals plan to take on a much more established competitor: The Washington Post, which is owned by the Amazon founder Jeff Bezos and recently cut its staff by a third. – The New York Times

Busting Conventional Wisdom: The Number Of Bookstores Isn’t Shrinking, It’s Growing Robustly

Tue, 02 Jun 2026 19:15:00 +0200

Membership in the ABA grew by more than 500 over the past year, to a total of 3,417 (at 3,783 locations), nearly triple what it was a decade ago and the highest level since the late 1990s. – AP News

Britain’s Biggest Female Ballet Star Comes Back From Paralytic Meningitis

Tue, 02 Jun 2026 19:01:00 +0200

“It was six weeks of being unable to move, … to participate in life at all, before she could get out of bed. And then Lauren Cuthbertson, the biggest British dance star since Darcey Bussell, … had to persuade her useless limbs, now stripped of their strength, to listen to her brain again.” – The Times (UK)

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A Priority For Australia’s Next Cultural Policy: Protecting Freedom Of Expression

Tue, 02 Jun 2026 18:44:00 +0200

Treating freedom of expression and social cohesion as trade-offs is a category error. Freedom of expression is an internal attribute of cultural activity, an inherent good. Without it there is no culture worthy of the name, only sanctioned content. – ArtsHub

Adelaide Wisdom Benjamin, Philanthropist Who Saved New Orleans’ Symphony Orchestra, Dies At 93

Tue, 02 Jun 2026 18:26:00 +0200

Adelaide Wisdom Benjamin, a queen of Carnival who became a lawyer and philanthropist whose gifts of money, determination and leadership helped save New Orleans’ symphony orchestra, died Saturday in her sleep at her New Orleans home. – NOLA.com

Rosamund Pike Lectures Audience Member From The Stage For Texting During Performance

Tue, 02 Jun 2026 18:15:00 +0200

“Maybe it was very important, and maybe you’re a doctor, and you’re saving someone’s life, and I hope you are, but we do see these, we do feel them. I’ve got you, I feel like I’ve got to hold you all, so when I feel that and see it, it’s hard.” – The Guardian

A Top Celebrity-Profile Writer Tries To Profile Someone Who Doesn’t Actually Exist: AI Actress Tilly Norwood

Tue, 02 Jun 2026 18:01:00 +0200

Taffy Brodesser-Akner: “Did I mention that in addition to being just a computer, she’s also kind of a bitch?” – The New York Times Magazine

University Student Audience Member Steps In To Finish Performance When Keyboardist Falls Ill

Tue, 02 Jun 2026 17:44:00 +0200

The orchestra’s keyboardist had suddenly fallen ill. Was there by any chance a pianist in the house? And one with exceptional sight-reading skills? – The Guardian

Study: Humans Need “Semantic Knowledge” To Innovate

Tue, 02 Jun 2026 17:29:00 +0200

The research demonstrates that our “semantic knowledge”, the internal cognitive map of how concepts connect and apply to one another, is the absolute precondition for meaningful invention. – Neuroscience

We Need Artists To Collaborate With AI

Tue, 02 Jun 2026 17:15:00 +0200

Machine learning represents a seismic shift, both in society and in the arts, and we need storytellers, artists, teachers and thinkers in this space to help determine the direction of that shift and help us navigate this unfamiliar territory. – The Guardian

Koyoltzintli’s Clay Instruments Channel Sounds from Distant Pasts

Tue, 02 Jun 2026 16:39:00 +0200

“I feel like I am in constant conversation with the past and we are discussing what we’re going to do with the future,” said Koyoltzintli, surrounded by dozens of flutes, whistles, drums, and other handmade instruments scattered around her studio in upstate New York. She was talking about her connection to the Pacific coast of Ecuador, home to some of the oldest ceramic practices and ceramic instruments in the Americas. But she was adamant about her roots in the present—&

At New York Public Radio, New CEO Ousts Many Senior Execs

Tue, 02 Jun 2026 16:34:00 +0200

“Christy Tanner, a veteran of CBS News, took the helm at NYPR in early February. Since then, she has let many of its top figures go with little explanation, … surprising the organization’s staff and unsettling some of its remaining leaders. … None of the departures have been announced publicly.” – Semafor

Arts Council England, The National Cultural Funder, Names A New Chairman

Tue, 02 Jun 2026 16:06:00 +0200

As of August 1, Dawn Airey, a longtime television executive who is currently chair of the National Youth Theatre and the educational platform Digital Theatre+, will succeed Nicholas Serota, who spent almost a decade leading the Council after a famously successful tenure as director of the Tate galleries and museums. – The Independent (UK)

Survivors Recount Living Through Russia’s Bombing Of Kyiv’s Cultural Sites

Tue, 02 Jun 2026 15:31:00 +0200

“We began evacuating the artefacts while the roof was still ablaze and the firefighting operation was still under way,” said the director of one museum. “We could hear the roof collapsing. We were constantly wading through water.” – The Guardian

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Tickets to See the Bayeux Tapestry Will Cost As Much As $45 A Piece

Sun, 24 May 2026 02:29:00 +0200

The upcoming presentation of the Bayeux Tapestry, a 230-foot-long embroidered cloth depicting the Norman invasion of 1066, figures to be the blockbuster exhibition of the year for the British Museum. The institution is pricing tickets like it is.On Thursday, the museum said that tickets to see the tapestry, which goes on view September 10 through July 11, 2027, will cost £33 for a standard adult ticket, or about $45. That’s the high end, for “peak” times. During off-peak

Ansel Adams Trust Slams Gallery for AI-Generated Work at AIPAD Photography Show

Sat, 23 May 2026 21:30:00 +0200

The Ansel Adams Publishing Rights Trust released a statement on Saturday slamming the recent decision by New York’s Danziger Gallery to offer an AI-generated artwork referencing the famed photographer’s work at the 2026 edition of the AIPAD Photography Show in April.The artwork, which still appears on Danziger’s website, does not contain a title but is headlined A.I. GENERATED, From the prompt: Make a realistic color version of Ansel Adams’ iconic “Moonrise Over Her

Jury Convicts Daniel Sikkema in Killing of New York Dealer Brent Sikkema

Fri, 22 May 2026 22:29:00 +0200

Daniel Sikkema, the estranged husband of murdered New York art dealer Brent Sikkema, was found guilty Friday in a Manhattan federal court, according to the Wall Street Journal. Daniel Sikkema faced charges tied to a murder-for-hire plot that prosecutors said led to the dealer’s killing at his vacation home in Rio de Janeiro in 2024. The case has gripped the art world since Brent Sikkema, the founder of the Chelsea gallery then known as Sikkema Jenkins & Co., was found st

Historically Accurate Replica of 4500-Year-Old Building to Open at Stonehenge

Fri, 22 May 2026 22:29:00 +0200

English Heritage, a charity that manages over 400 historic sites across England, unveiled their reconstruction of a 4,500-year-old building at Stonehenge on Friday. The $1.34 million, 23-foot-high Kusuma Neolithic Hall, which will open this summer, aims to help visitors imagine the lives of Stonehenge’s prehistoric builders.The hall is based on the footprint of a long-vanished building at the nearby Neolithic archaeological site Durrington Walls and was built over nine months by more than

Commission of Fine Arts Approves Trump’s Controversial Triumphal Arch Celebrating ‘Greatness, Freedom, and Posterity’

Fri, 22 May 2026 20:14:00 +0200

President Donald Trump announced the idea of building a triumphal arch, modeled on Paris’s Arc de Triomphe, at a holiday party last December. At the time, he said that planning and construction of the proposed arch should be domestic policy chief Vince Haley’s “primary thing.”The project’s architect, Nicolas Leo Charbonneau, a principal at the firm Harrison Design and leader of its “Sacred Architecture Studio,” told the New York Times that “the int

Christie’s Kiran Nadar Exhibition Is the Latest Indicator of the South Asian Art Market’s Growing Importance

Fri, 22 May 2026 19:30:00 +0200

India’s Kiran Nadar Museum of Art is taking its collection to Christie’s London this summer, though don’t expect any of its artworks to be for sale. From July 16 to August 21, the New Delhi institution will stage “The Meeting Ground,” a non-selling survey of works from its 16,000-work collection at the auction house. The show will place Indian modernists like M.F. Husain, S.H. Raza, K.G. Subramanyan, and F.N. Souza, alongside contemporary South Asian artists, practi

White Stripes Frontman Jack White Is Showing Art at Damien Hirst’s Gallery

Fri, 22 May 2026 17:42:00 +0200

Jack White, who growled and grinded as the singer/guitarist of the White Stripes and has since positioned himself as a primal rock god on his own, is showing a new side as a sculptor with a show opening in a London gallery run by none other than Damien Hirst.As chronicled in the Financial Times, he two artists first met in 2021, when White was readying a new outpost of his Nashville-based Third Man Records store in Soho, across the street from Hirst’s studio. White played a show from Hirst

Elle Pérez Gets Personal with the Next-Gen Collectors Changing the Art World

Fri, 22 May 2026 16:32:00 +0200

Where are all the Gen Z collectors these days? Last Thursday, May 14th 2026, they were at the Guggenheim celebrating the 30th anniversary of the YCC (Young Collectors Council). I became aware of the YCC when they brought my work into the Guggenheim collection this year, and I grew very curious about the organization and how it worked. YCC is often one of the first groups that many young (21 to about 40 to be exact) hopeful future trustees and supporters of the arts join. $1,750 gets yo

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Muriel Hasbun, Artist Whose Work Poignantly Recounted the Salvadoran Diaspora and the Fraughtness of Memory, Dies at 64

Fri, 22 May 2026 15:52:00 +0200

Muriel Hasbun, a multidisciplinary artist whose practice poignantly recounted the effects of El Salvador’s civil war and the migration and exile of its diaspora, died on May 13 from ovarian cancer in Silver Springs, Maryland. She was 64 years old. The news was confirmed by art historian Tatiana Flores.“A beloved member of the DC art scene and a leading advocate for Salvadoran and Central American artists in the diaspora, Muriel’s loss cuts deeply across many communities,”

Archaeologist Who May Have Found D’Artagnan’s Skeleton Was Arrested, Congress Nixes Museum Bill, and More: Morning Links for May 22, 2026

Fri, 22 May 2026 15:42:00 +0200

Good Morning!Dutch archaeologist Wim Dijkman was arrested and then released for taking some of the skeletal remains that are possibly of the fourth Musketeer, D’Artagnan.Congress rejected a bill to build a Smithsonian Museum dedicated to women.The Commission of Fine Arts approved plans to build Trump’s 250-foot triumphal arch.The Headlines ALL FOR ONE, AND ONE FOR ALL? The Dutch archaeologist involved in the recent discovery of what many hope are the remains of the 17th-century

Two of Modernism’s Lesbian Icons Get the Novel Treatment

Fri, 22 May 2026 11:00:00 +0200

In Paris’s 20th arrondissement, there is a park, of sorts, where the city’s greatest revolutionaries go to rot. Some are the real deal: On May 28, 1871, over a hundred Communards were shot dead right here as dreams of a Socialist utopia crumbled around them. Other legends were made not on barricades, but on the stage—or the page. Oscar Wilde, for example, reposes beneath a hulking deity whose iconoclastic castration, back in 1961, did little to restrain pilgrims seeking to smea

Chanel Renews Financial Support of Centre Pompidou During Long-Term Renovation

Thu, 21 May 2026 20:53:00 +0200

Paris’s Centre Pompidou has announced another five-year partnership, this time with the iconic fashion house Chanel. (Last week, the Pompidou and M+ in Hong Kong announced their plan to lend artworks and collaborate on research projects and exhibitions.) Despite being closed until 2030 while undergoing an over $500 million renovation, the Pompidou has kept busy with new collaborations and satellite museums, including those in Seoul, Foz do Iguaçu, Brazil, and Brussels.The Pompidou a

Eternal Flame, Burning for 1,200 Years, Survives Blaze at Buddhist Hall in Japan

Thu, 21 May 2026 20:51:00 +0200

A sacred Buddhist hall on the top of Mount Misen in Japan was destroyed by fire—but an “eternal flame” said to have been burning for more than a millennium was rescued and moved to another site, where it continues to glow.As reported in the New York Times, Reikado Hall, in the south of Japan, “was reduced to a charred skeleton after a fire tore through the building, engulfing its wooden prayer rooms.” No one was injured, fortunately, and the flame that had been burn

Spain Threatens to Oust Reina Sofía Director Over Missing Artworks and Finances

Thu, 21 May 2026 20:25:00 +0200

Spain’s government is turning up the pressure on the Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía over longstanding problems tied to its collection inventory, with lawmakers threatening consequences that could ultimately cost museum director Manuel Segade his job.A parliamentary oversight committee in Spain recently passed a resolution demanding that the museum complete a full and updated inventory of its holdings by December 31, 2026, according to Le Journal d

Citing Epstein Ties, Wexner Union Demands Leslie Wexner’s Name be Dropped from Art Center

Thu, 21 May 2026 19:37:00 +0200

Members of the Wexner Center for the Arts union have called on university leadership to rename the institution, citing Leslie Wexner’s documented ties to convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.Wexner Workers United announced on social media yesterday that it had sent a formal letter to Ohio State University president, provost, and board of trustees demanding that they remove the Wexner name from the building’s facade and begin the process of renaming the Wexner Center for the Arts.&l

Trump Officials Cite a Century-Old Report As Congressional Approval for 250-Foot DC Arch, in a Move Called ‘Tortured’ and ‘Laughable’

Thu, 21 May 2026 19:20:00 +0200

Trump does not need Congressional approval to build a proposed 250-foot arch on Washington, DC’s Memorial Circle, on Columbia Island, officials are arguing, because a century-old report once called for a pair of 166-foot columns there, reports the Washington Post.Memorial Circle is managed by the National Parks Service and is classified as protected land, meaning Congress must authorize the construction of monuments there. The Post’s sources say that the Trump administration has no p

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A New Residency Aims to Give Indigenous Artists the Tools to Make Art in Neon

Thu, 21 May 2026 18:22:00 +0200

Making art in a new medium can pose a challenge for any artist, especially one as technically complex as neon. Now a new residency aims to alleviate those growing pains.The Walker Youngbird Foundation, a Native-led nonprofit focused on supporting Indigenous artists, has launched a new residency program in collaboration with Lite Brite Neon Studio in Kingston, New York. For the program, a Native artist who has never created work in neon will work with Lite Brite to fabricate a new piece in the me

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Thu, 21 May 2026 18:04:00 +0200

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Thu, 21 May 2026 17:50:00 +0200

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Thu, 21 May 2026 17:16:00 +0200

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JR Talks His Homage to Christo, Christie’s Sells $162.7 M. In Tepid Postwar and Contemporary Auction, and More: Morning Links for May 21, 2026

Thu, 21 May 2026 15:11:00 +0200

To receive Morning Links in your inbox every weekday, sign up for our Breakfast with ARTnews newsletter.Christie’s sold $162.7 million in postwar and contemporary art across three auctions yesterday, barely meeting expectations.Spain’s parliament has threatened to fire the director of the Reina Sofia museum if the institution doesn’t straighten out its fragmented inventory and the question of missing artworks.A Buddhist temple in Japan that ho

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Thu, 21 May 2026 11:00:00 +0200

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Marian Goodman’s $35.1 M. Richter ‘Candle’ Leads Christie’s Tepid $162.7 M. Trio of Postwar and Contemporary Sales

Thu, 21 May 2026 04:00:00 +0200

Led by a $35.1 million Gerhard Richter canvas, Christie’s New York notched a $162.7 million across a trio of evening sales of postwar and contemporary art that just barely meet expectations at its crowded Rockefeller Center salesroom on Wednesday night. The auction was expected to bring in between $129 million and $191 million on 42 lots (after a Kerry James Marshall was withdrawn); the hammer total, before the house’s fees, came to $133.6 million, just a few million above the low es

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Gerhard Richter ‘Candle’ From Estate of Revered Dealer Marian Goodman Falls Short of a Record at $35.1 M.

Thu, 21 May 2026 02:06:00 +0200

A Gerhard Richter painting from the estate of the late dealer Marian Goodman sold at Christie’s Wednesday evening for $35.1 million (with fees). The sale fell well below Richter’s record of $46.3 million, which was set over a decade ago.The lot, Kerze (Candle), from 1982, came to auction with an estimate of $35 million to $50 million, with the high being around $3.7 million higher than his current record. Ahead of the bidding, auctioneer Yü-Ge Wang described the work as being fr

Virginia Museum of Fine Arts Announces a Major Gift of Nearly 2000 Photographs

Wed, 20 May 2026 22:59:00 +0200

The Viginia Museum of Fine Arts has announced a donation of nearly 2000 photographs from the Joy of Giving Something Inc., a nonprofit dedicated to the photographic arts. The gift comprises works spanning the 19th century and the present day by more than 450 artists.The gift comes from the holdings of financier and former Dreyfus Corporation chief Howard Stein (1926–2011), who began collecting photography in the 1980s. A notable underwriter of photography exhibitions and books, Stein start

Behind Christie’s $1 B. Blockbuster Result, the Market Still Looks Uneven

Wed, 20 May 2026 22:45:00 +0200

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.Before this week, the last time more than $1 billion worth of art ripped through an auction house in one night was back in 2022, when Christie’s New York unloaded the Paul G. Allen collection. The sale brought in a staggering $1.5 billion, still one of the biggest single-night hauls the market ha

Yinka Shonibare Joins Mennour, a Fake Fake Monet, and More: Industry Moves for May 20, 2026

Wed, 20 May 2026 22:38:00 +0200

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.Hope you are enjoying the New York sales this week. Here’s a round-up of the art trade’s comings and goings:Tina Kim Gallery to Represent Estate of Kim Lim: The gallery will show work by the Singaporean British sculptor and printmaker at Art Basel in June, ahead of a 2027 solo show—the

Paris Judge Rejects Bid to Suspend the Replacement of Notre-Dame’s Windows

Wed, 20 May 2026 22:32:00 +0200

A Paris judge has rejected a request to halt the removal of six 19th-century stained-glass windows by Eugène Viollet-le-Duc from Notre-Dame Cathedral, which are to be replaced by government-commissioned contemporary works, dealing a blow to the preservationist campaign opposing the project.According to the Paris Administrative Court, the administrative judge reasoned that because the new windows by artist Claire Tabouret and glassmakers Simon-Marq could conceivably be removed in the futur

Harald Metzkes, Postwar German Painter of ‘World Theater,’ Dies at 97

Wed, 20 May 2026 21:00:00 +0200

Harald Metzkes, the so-called “Cézannist of Prenzlauer Berg” who made classically indebted and symbolically rich paintings following Germany’s surrender in World War II, died last Thursday in Brandenburg at the age of 97. His death was confirmed to the German Press Agency by his son, the sculptor Robert Metzkes.“Metzkes became particularly well-known in East Germany because he had no interest in socialist realism,” wrote Monopol, which asserted that he create

Whitney Gala Honors Julie Mehretu, Benefactor of Museum’s ‘Free Under 25’ Initiative

Wed, 20 May 2026 20:56:00 +0200

Last night, the Whitney Museum of American Art hosted its annual gala, honoring artist Julie Mehretu—who in 2024 donated $2.25 million to the museum to ensure that visitors aged 25 and younger can visit the museum for free—alongside Whitney Board Chair Fern Kaye Tessler, and former Whitney Museum director Adam D. Weinberg.Born in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, in 1970, Mehretu’s painting, drawing, and printmaking practice examines the nature of contemporary existence through the relati

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Wed, 20 May 2026 20:49:00 +0200

Art Basel has named Iraqi curator Wassan Al-Khudhairi artistic director of the 2027 edition of Art Basel Qatar, the second chapter in what is quickly becoming one of the art market’s most closely-watched experiments.The appointment comes after the fair’s debut earlier this year in Doha, where Art Basel tried something noticeably different from the sensory overload of Basel, Miami Beach, Hong Kong, or Paris. Instead of endless aisles and trophy-hunting chaos, the Qatari edition l

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Wed, 20 May 2026 20:43:00 +0200

When Powerhouse Parramatta, the enormous new cultural center opening in the city of Parramatta west of Sydney, Australia, opens later this year, a new commission by the British-Indian sculptor Bharti Kher will welcome visitors as the entrance. Art Asia Pacific reported the news.The sculpture, titled Tree of Life, will be monumental in scale and will be made up of four stacked bronze and clay heads. Tree of Life is part of Kher’s ongoing “Intermediaries” series, which she began

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Wed, 20 May 2026 17:00:00 +0200

Actress and sometime performance artist Tilda Swinton will stage a performance at the Guggenheim Bilbao next month.Titled House of Gestures, the work is a collaboration between Swinton and fashion historian and curator Olivier Saillard. Commissioned by Dom Pérignon this year, the piece is being billed as “an original work conceived around gesture, presence, and transformation” with special attention to its setting in the museum’s atrium. The performance will be open to t

National Trust Names America’s 11 Most Endangered Historic Places, Including Sites Targeted by Trump Administration

Wed, 20 May 2026 16:06:00 +0200

The National Trust for Historic Preservation, a private nonprofit based in Washington, D.C., has released its annual list of “America’s 11 Most Endangered Historic Places,” which includes sites that have been targeted by the second Trump administration.Published each year since 1988, this year’s list was framed around the 250th anniversary of the founding of the United States and “our nation’s founding and the self-evident truth that all people are create

Art Basel Qatar Names Artistic Director, Sotheby’s Nets $303.9 M. In Modern Art, and More: Morning Links for May 20, 2026

Wed, 20 May 2026 15:52:00 +0200

To receive Morning Links in your inbox every weekday, sign up for our Breakfast with ARTnews newsletter.The Headlines AUCTION ACTION. Sotheby’s in New York sold $303.9 million-worth of modern art yesterday evening, while Phillips netted $115.2 million from their modern and contemporary sale held just beforehand. But as ARTnews’ Daniel Cassady reports, there is still a sense of caution from buyers who are showing demand

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Wed, 20 May 2026 11:00:00 +0200

Malo Chapuy, whose Virgin with Codex (2025) appears on the cover of this issue of Art in America, finds the lexicon of medieval painting well suited for our times of apocalyptic anxieties as we face ecological collapse and rehash the Crusades. From his studio in Paris, he told us about the painting.Virgin with Codex is your usual Flemish virgin—a loose copy of a 16th-century painting by an anonymous artist in the Courtauld Gallery’s collection. I’m always translating medieval

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Sotheby’s Pulls In $303.9 M. in a Solid but Subdued Modern Evening Sale Led by $48 M. Matisse

Wed, 20 May 2026 06:54:00 +0200

A few minutes into Sotheby’s Modern Evening Auction on Tuesday night, the pauses between bids began telling their own story. Collectors still showed up for the museum-quality material, particularly blue-chip works by Pablo Picasso, Henri Matisse, Alberto Giacometti, and Vincent van Gogh, but the atmosphere inside the Breuer building often felt cautious rather than euphoric, as buyers weighed estimates carefully and bidding wars appeared only intermittently.By the end of the evening, Sotheb

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Wed, 20 May 2026 05:55:00 +0200

The Phillips team appeared joyous with the results of its modern and contemporary art evening sale, which got underway at the respectable time of 5pm on Tuesday. The auction house achieved $115.2 million against an estimate of $84.2 million—its highest presale estimate since the frothy days of 2022. All 40 lots found buyers, with 2 works, by Richard Prince and Albert Oehlen, withdrawn before the sale. This sale total was almost double November’s $61.2 million for 31 lots (not includi

1,200-Year-Old Limestone Lintel was Inadvertently Repatriated to Mexico Instead of to Guatemala

Tue, 19 May 2026 22:56:00 +0200

The cultural minister of Guatemala has begun the process to reclaim a 1,200-year-old stone lintel that was repatriated from the United States to Mexico in mid-April, according to a report in the Art Newspaper. The object was initially brought to the Mexican consulate in New York by an unidentified American businessman, who presumably realized that it had been illegally removed from its country of origin at some point before he or she acquired it.The lintel depicts ritual acts involving the sun g

Canadian Museum of Human Rights Threatened With Legal Action Over Palestinian Nakba Show

Tue, 19 May 2026 22:35:00 +0200

The Canadian Museum for Human Rights in Winnipeg has been threatened with legal action by an Israeli organization over an exhibition about the Nakba, with the group arguing that the presentation “politicizes” history, according to local media reports. Shurat HaDin – Israel Law Center announced this week that it had sent a formal legal demand to the museum’s board of trustees and senior leadership protesting “Palestine Uprooted: Nakba Past a

Hamburg Culture Prize Renamed After Namesake’s Nazi Ties Emerge

Tue, 19 May 2026 21:59:00 +0200

A culture prize that has been awarded in Germany for nearly five decades will be renamed due to the Nazi ties of the man who was the prize’s namesake when it was founded. The Senator Biermann Ratjen Medal will now be called the Medal for Art and Culture in Hamburg.The change comes after a 2024 article published Die Welt am Sonntag, the Sunday magazine of the German newspaper Die Welt. In it historian Helmut Stubbe da Luz provided proof that Hans Harder Biermann-Ratjen, who would eventually

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Tue, 19 May 2026 21:20:00 +0200

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Artistic Director Of Utah’s Ballet West To Step Down After 20-Year Tenure

Tue, 19 May 2026 21:03:00 +0200

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Tue, 19 May 2026 20:31:00 +0200

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Tue, 19 May 2026 20:05:00 +0200

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Tue, 19 May 2026 20:01:00 +0200

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Pompidou And Hong Kong’s M+ Strike A Five-Year Deal To Exchange Art

Tue, 19 May 2026 19:44:00 +0200

The major exhibition featuring collections from both institutions will be staged first in Paris at the Centre Pompidou, after its five-year renovation, around 2029 or 2030, before being hosted at the M+ with a focus on visual culture in France and China. – South China Morning Post

Art Lender Accuses Maddox Gallery of Inflating Value of Art Used as Collateral—’Bizarre and Irrational’ Claim, Says Gallery

Tue, 19 May 2026 19:41:00 +0200

Maddox Gallery, which has spaces in London and Dubai, has been accused of inflating the value of artworks used as collateral for loans. The claim was leveled against the gallery by Luxury Asset Capital (LAC), a lender that provides loans secured against high-value assets, according to a civil complaint filed last August in the US District Court for the Southern District of New York.According to the complaint, LAC alleges that Maddox provided knowingly false “good faith estimates” of

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Tue, 19 May 2026 19:19:00 +0200

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Tue, 19 May 2026 19:04:00 +0200

“Ross Barkan, who is a contract writer for the magazine, … has been accused of plagiarism after publishing at least three stories with striking similarities to other published work.” – NPR

After Whistleblower Complaint, Palm Springs Art Museum Declines to Release Report on Allegations of Fraud and Theft, Claims They Are ‘Not Substantiated’

Tue, 19 May 2026 19:04:00 +0200

The Palm Springs Art Museum in California has released a three-page statement saying that an investigation conducted in response to a whistleblower complaint alleging mismanagement and fraud found no wrongdoing by the museum. The museum declined to provide ARTnews a copy of the resulting report, which will not be publicly released.The whistleblower complaint made numerous detailed allegations. Among them are claims that the museum improperly reclassified funds in its endowment to meet cash crunc

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Tue, 19 May 2026 18:44:00 +0200

Calling out lawyers for requesting more than $320 million in legal fees when each author only expects a $3,000 payout, some objectors asked the court to delay approving the settlement until a more reasonable plaintiff compensation plan is constructed. – Ars Technica

NPR Newsroom Reorganizes, Offers Buyouts

Tue, 19 May 2026 18:33:00 +0200

NPR President and CEO Katherine Maher says the network has to fill a gap of $8 million in its $300-million annual budget because of the elimination of federal subsidies for its member stations, which pay NPR to air programs such as Morning Edition and All Things Considered. – NPR

Cindy and Howard Rachofsky’s Dallas Home Could Be Yours at a Discount, for $17.5 M.

Tue, 19 May 2026 18:27:00 +0200

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Tue, 19 May 2026 18:15:00 +0200

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Tue, 19 May 2026 18:02:00 +0200

“If you want a deep dive into Chicago arts and culture, check your phone at the door: The ‘unplugged’ trend is growing locally among arts groups responding to a collective desire for more phone-free experiences.” – WBEZ (Chicago)

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Tue, 19 May 2026 17:44:00 +0200

“If my art isn’t in your budget right now, I’ll accept the following as payment…” the viral posts on Instagram and TikTok read. The caption includes a list of items or services that the artist will trade the work for, ranging from handmade clothes, jewellery and tattoos to accommodation, meals and beauty services. – The Art Newspaper

Art in America’s Summer “New Talent” Issue Names 20 Artists to Watch

Tue, 19 May 2026 17:32:00 +0200

The new issue of Art in America, ARTnews’s sister publication, features profiles of 20 “New Talent” honorees selected by the editors as artists to watch. The list includes artists from all over the world and who work in different mediums, all of them emerging in their own ways.The Summer 2026 issue of Art in America revisits the magazine’s long-running “New Talent” designation, which was initiated in 1954 and ran regularly in the magazine until 1966. The magaz

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Tue, 19 May 2026 17:31:00 +0200

A growing number of UK music venues are attempting a simple but potentially transformative fix: giving bands somewhere to sleep. – The Guardian

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Tue, 19 May 2026 17:15:00 +0200

So why are celebrities suddenly registering trademarks in a bid to protect their identity? The answer, unsurprisingly, lies with generative artificial intelligence (AI). – The Conversation

The (Current, As Of Last Night) 16 Most Expensive Artworks Ever Sold At Auction

Tue, 19 May 2026 17:05:00 +0200

Yes, the maybe-it’s-really-a-Leonardo Salvator Mundi is still number one, more than $200 million ahead of the runner-up, which made the list just last year. Meanwhile, the fourth-ranking piece set its record on Monday night. Fully half the artworks on this list were auctioned since 2020. – ARTnews

Filmmaker Jafar Panahi Returned To Iran After The Oscars. Predictably, He’s Going On Trial Again.

Tue, 19 May 2026 16:33:00 +0200

Following the months-long awards campaign for It Was Just an Accident, which won the Golden Palm at Cannes last year and was nominated for two Oscars, Panahi returned to his homeland, as he said he would. Now the Islamic Revolutionary Court has ordered him retried for “propaganda against the regime.” – The Hollywood Reporter

Twin Cities’ Midsize Theater Companies Are Genuinely Worried About Surviving

Tue, 19 May 2026 16:01:00 +0200

“Here, midsize theater companies help anchor the scene and bridge the gap between big playhouses such as the Guthrie and Children’s theaters and smaller companies. But as corporate, civic and private funding has dried up or shifted to other areas, they are feeling the heat.” – The Minnesota Star Tribune (MSN)

Edgar Calel Wins $75,000 Sam Gilliam Award

Tue, 19 May 2026 16:00:00 +0200

The Dia Art Foundation and the Sam Gilliam Foundation have named Edgar Calel as the winner of the 2026 Sam Gilliam Award, which comes with $75,000 as well as a public program at a Dia-managed site in the fall.Calel is an artist and poet of Maya Kaqchikel heritage who is based in Chi Xot (San Juan Comalapa), Guatemala, where he was born in 1987. Working across painting, drawing, sculpture, installation, and performance, Calel draws on the “ancestral knowledge systems, ritual practices, and

Louvre Announces Architects For Its Coming Renovation

Tue, 19 May 2026 15:36:00 +0200

“The Paris office of STUDIOS Architecture will lead the project, which includes the creation of new galleries and a new lobby. … (The firm’s) recent portfolio includes the well-received renovations of the Frick Collection in New York and the Sainsbury Wing of the National Gallery in London.” – ARTnews

Christie’s $1.1 B. Double-Header Shows Growing US Market Strength, Basque Government Snubbed Reina Sofía in ‘Guernica’ Loan Request, and More: Morning Links for May 19, 2026

Tue, 19 May 2026 15:05:00 +0200

To receive Morning Links in your inbox every weekday, sign up for our Breakfast with ARTnews newsletter.Good morning!Christie’s blockbuster evening sales on Monday point to a bullish market for historic works.Reina Sofía’s director says Basque leaders never asked the museum for a Guernica loan, and Spanish politicians technically have no authority in the matter.The UK’s culture secretary has been urged to investigate allegatio

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Tue, 19 May 2026 15:04:00 +0200

This was the third time the disgraced producer was prosecuted in Manhattan for his alleged assault of Jessica Mann in 2013. (The initial verdict, a conviction, was overturned on appeal.) This time, the jury deadlocked, with 9 of the 12 jurors reportedly leaning toward acquittal. – AP

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Tue, 19 May 2026 15:00:00 +0200

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Conductor Herbert Blomstedt, Aged 98, Falls Ill During San Francisco Concert

Tue, 19 May 2026 14:32:00 +0200

Although he had gotten through the dress rehearsal well enough, the San Francisco Symphony’s Music Director Laureate had to be wheeled onstage for Friday’s performance of Mahler’s 9th Symphony. He slumped ever farther to the right during the music, which was finally stopped during the third movement. – San Francisco Chronicle (Yahoo!)

Soprano Felicity Lott Dead At 79

Tue, 19 May 2026 14:00:00 +0200

The much-loved singer, admired equally for opera and concerts, passed away two days after she publicly revealed her terminal cancer diagnosis. – The Guardian

Art in America’s Summer Issue Features 20 “New Talent” Artists, Juicy Art Heist Stories, and More

Tue, 19 May 2026 11:00:00 +0200

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Christie’s Double-Header Totals $1.1 B., With Several Trophy Works Notching New Records

Tue, 19 May 2026 07:17:00 +0200

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Mark Rothko Painting Agnes Gund Hung in Her Living Room Sells for $98 M., Setting a Record

Tue, 19 May 2026 01:47:00 +0200

A Mark Rothko painting formerly owned by art patron and longtime Museum of Modern Art president emerita Agnes Gund sold at Christie’s on Monday night for a hammer price of $85 million. With fees, the total came to $98.4 million, handily breaking the Abstract Expressionist’s auction record.The work started with a $60 million bid and received about a dozen bids from buyers represented by several Christie’s specialists, before hammering to strong round of applause to a buyer

Christie’s S. I. Newhouse Sale Totals $630.8 M., Bringing Cumulative Total to $1 B.

Tue, 19 May 2026 01:44:00 +0200

Christie’s kicked off its marquee evening auctions this May, with a 16-lot sale of works from the collection of media magnate S .I. Newhouse.The sale, which featured top works by Constantin Brâncuși, Jackson Pollock, Andy Warhol, Piet Mondrian, and Pablo Picasso, totaled a whopping $630.8 million with fees. It also re-set several records.The sale brings the cumulative total of works sold from Newhouse’s collection to over $1 billion, after sales in 2018 for one work at $21

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Tue, 19 May 2026 01:26:00 +0200

Auction records make for great headlines, like Tuesday’s banner sale of Gustav Klimt’s Portrait of Elisabeth Lederer (1914–16), which topped $236.4 million at Sotheby’s. There’s a thrill in watching numbers climb into the stratosphere, each sale another reminder that, in the art market, money has a way of bending reality. But the price of a painting has never been the most interesting thing about it.Look at the list of the most expensive artworks ever sold at a

S.I. Newhouse’s 11-Foot-Wide Jackson Pollock Drip Painting Sells for Record-Breaking $181.2 M.

Tue, 19 May 2026 01:08:00 +0200

A Jackson Pollock painting formerly owned by media magnate S. I. Newhouse, once one of the world’s most formidable art collectors, sold at Christie’s on Monday night for a hammer price of $157 million, breaking the Abstract Expressionist artist’s auction record. With fees, the total was brought to $181.2 million.That number officially makes the Pollock one of the most expensive artworks ever auctioned.The work started with a $82 million bid and recieved over 60 bids, from bidde

S.I. Newhouse’s Brâncuși Sells at Christie’s for Record-Breaking $107.6 M.

Tue, 19 May 2026 00:51:00 +0200

A Constantin Brâncuși sculpture formerly owned by S. I. Newhouse, a media magnate who was at one time among the world’s top art collectors, sold at Christie’s on Monday night for a hammer price of $93 million, breaking the modernist sculptor’s auction record. With fees, the total came to $107.6 millionThe work started with a $82 million bid and recieved half a dozen bids before selling to a buyer represented by Maria Los, deputy chairman, head of client advisory Amer

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Mon, 18 May 2026 22:43:00 +0200

The French government announced Monday morning the team of architects who have been selected to overhaul the Louvre in Paris, concluding a protracted selection process marked by staff strikes and the lingering investigation into the jewel heist. The Paris office of STUDIOS Architecture will lead the project, which includes the creation of new galleries and a new lobby. The firm, an international collective founded in 1985 with offices in New York, San Francisco, Los Angeles, Toronto, and Wa

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Mon, 18 May 2026 22:00:00 +0200

Morán Morán cofounder Mills Morán is stepping away from the day-to-day operations of the Los Angeles gallery he started with his brother, Al Morán.Mills Morán said he will instead focus his attention on Felix Art Fair, the fair he cofounded with Al and collector Dean Valentine in 2018, running alongside Frieze Los Angeles and one of the main stops during the city’s fair week each February. Located at the Hollywood Roosevelt Hotel since its launc

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Mon, 18 May 2026 21:29:00 +0200

Nathaniel Mary Quinn still sounds a little stunned by the whole affair: Last fall, the painter was in the kitchen of his Brooklyn brownstone when he got on a three-way call with Mick Jagger and producer Andrew Watt. By the end of it, he had agreed to make the cover art for Foreign Tongues, the Rolling Stones’ new album, due out July 10. “I’m standing in my kitchen talking to Mick Jagger,” Quinn told me last week over the phone, “It was surreal.”The r

The Met’s Frida & Diego Opera Imagines Feminist Revenge from Beyond the Grave

Mon, 18 May 2026 20:46:00 +0200

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M+ in Hong Kong and Centre Pompidou in Paris Plan New Five-Year Partnership

Mon, 18 May 2026 20:38:00 +0200

Two high-profile museums—Hong Kong’s M+, a contemporary art museum that opened in 2021 in a building designed by Herzog & de Meuron facing Victoria Harbor, and the Centre Pompidou, Paris’s National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, which closed last year for a long-planned renovation of its Renzo Piano and Richard Rogers building—have announced a five-year partnership, beginning next year.The plan was announced at M+ on May 15 and reported by the South China Morn

Rene Matić Awarded 2026 Deutsche Börse Photography Foundation Prize

Mon, 18 May 2026 20:24:00 +0200

Rene Matić was named the winner of the Deutsche Börse Photography Foundation Prize, one of the most prestigious honors in the field. They received the £30,000 ($40,250) prize for their exhibition “AS OPPOSED TO THE TRUTH,” which closed at CCA Berlin in February.Matić, who is based in London, works across photography, sculpture, sound, poetry, and film to examine social dynamics of race, gender, and intimacy through the lens of national symbols (flags are a recurr

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Mon, 18 May 2026 20:02:00 +0200

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Mon, 18 May 2026 18:50:00 +0200

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Mon, 18 May 2026 18:09:00 +0200

A giant mural by conservationist artist Robert Wyland has been painted over in Dallas to make way for a mural promoting FIFA, the international soccer federation. The destroyed piece was one of 100 “whaling wall” murals that the artist has painted from Osaka to Detroit, and from Sydney to New York. Whaling Wall 1 appears alongside the Pacific Coast Highway and was dedicated in 1981; number 100 was painted outside Wyland’s own studio building in 1996.The Dallas mural, Ocean

Billionaire Collector Fred Eychaner Sued Over Chicago Museum Expansion

Mon, 18 May 2026 18:07:00 +0200

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Mon, 18 May 2026 18:03:00 +0200

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Mon, 18 May 2026 14:59:00 +0200

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Fri, 15 May 2026 22:13:00 +0200

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Fri, 15 May 2026 21:46:00 +0200

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Catalonia Sues Aragón for €791,000 for Repayment Over Restitution of 56 Artworks

Fri, 15 May 2026 21:21:00 +0200

The Catalan government in Spain sent a formal demand to the Aragonese government asking for €791,000 (around $920,000) to recoup costs related to the value and upkeep of artworks from the Royal Monastery of Santa María de Sigena it was ordered to return in 2017, according to a report in El País.Of the 56 works, 12 had been kept at the National Art Museum of Catalonia and 44 at the Diocesan Museum of Lleida. The works were removed from the monastery in 1936 to protect them from

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Fri, 15 May 2026 21:19:00 +0200

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Fri, 15 May 2026 18:31:00 +0200

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Egypt Unveils a Hidden Tomb of 3,500-Year-Old Coffins at Luxor’s Abu el-Naga

Fri, 15 May 2026 18:21:00 +0200

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Fri, 15 May 2026 14:52:00 +0200

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Fri, 15 May 2026 14:36:00 +0200

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One Erased Vermeer, Two Books, and No Consensus

Fri, 15 May 2026 11:00:00 +0200

A room sits empty, save for a lone chair and a shaft of golden light. Yet in the details—a patterned marble floor, blue Delft tiles, a stained-glass window pane—the setting for George Deem’s painting Extended Vermeer (2000) is unmistakably a 17th-century Dutch home. What other period’s interiors have become so immediately legible, and psychologically captivating, to contemporary viewers? Thanks to the work of Johannes Vermeer, the quiet simplicity of a world four centurie

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Fri, 15 May 2026 03:55:00 +0200

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Rothko from Robert Mnuchin’s Estate Sells for $85.8 M., Leading Sotheby’s New York’s $433.1 M. Contemporary Art Sale

Fri, 15 May 2026 03:10:00 +0200

At its Madison Avenue headquarters, Sotheby’s kicked off the May auction season early, smack in the middle of the opening of art fairs all around Manhattan, with a solid if unexciting $433.1 million sale of modern and contemporary art, led by an $85.8 million canvas by Mark Rothko. Major auctions at Christie’s and Phillips will follow next week. The equivalent sale last year tallied just $186.1 million.“The sale was robust, and it felt authentic,” said New York adviser La

Rothko from Robert Mnuchin’s Estate Sells for $85.8 M., Leading Sotheby’s New York’s $389.3 M. Contemporary Art Sale

Fri, 15 May 2026 03:10:00 +0200

At its Madison Avenue headquarters, Sotheby’s kicked off the May auction season early, smack in the middle of the opening of art fairs all around Manhattan, with a solid if unexciting $389.3 million sale of modern and contemporary art, led by an $85.8 million canvas by Mark Rothko. Major auctions at Christie’s and Phillips will follow next week. The equivalent sale last year tallied just $186.1 million.“The sale was robust, and it felt authentic,” said New York adviser La

Artist Debuts and Inspired Duos Define the Can’t-Miss Booths at Independent

Fri, 15 May 2026 01:45:00 +0200

Far from the hubbub of Frieze’s monster midtown affair sits Independent, newly relocated to Pier 36, a 70,000-square-foot venue on Manhattan’s Lower East Side. It remains the most refined offering in New York Art Week’s buffet of fairs, though the term “boutique” may soon feel strained: the new location is more than double the size of the fair’s former home at Spring Studios, accommodating an expanded roster of exhibitors and ambitions. (The venue’s arch

Robert Mnuchin’s Rothko Sells at Sotheby’s for $85.8 M., Narrowly Missing a Record

Fri, 15 May 2026 00:40:00 +0200

A Mark Rothko painting formerly owned by the influential art dealer Robert Mnuchin sold at Sotheby’s on Thursday night for $85.8 million, just barely failing to re-set the Abstract Expressionist’s auction record. Still, the painting is officially the second-most expensive Rothko ever sold at auction.Rothko’s Color Field paintings of the postwar era regularly sell for vast sums at auction. But few have sold for quite as much as Brown and Blacks in Reds, the 1957 abstraction that

Valie Export, Groundbreaking Feminist Artist Who Questioned the Nature of Art, Dies at 85

Fri, 15 May 2026 00:39:00 +0200

Valie Export, whose groundbreaking work questioned the very nature of art and cinema, all through an explicitly feminist lens, has died at 85. The news was confirmed by Thaddaeus Ropac Gallery, which represents her. Her death on May 14 came three days before her 86th birthday, according to AFP.“VALIE was one of the most visionary feminist artists to emerge in Europe in the second half of the 20th century,” dealer Thaddaeus Ropac said in a statement. “Her passing marks the loss

Peter Doig, Tracey Emin, and More Sign Letter Defending Southbank Centre Chair

Thu, 14 May 2026 23:43:00 +0200

A letter signed by such luminaries as environmental activist Greta Thunberg and artists Tracy Emin and Peter Doig is presently circulating in support of Misan Harriman, chair of the London-based arts organization Southbank Centre, reports the Guardian newspaper. The letter asserts that Harriman is the victim of what it calls a “dishonest smear campaign” by British newspaper the Telegraph and other right-wing news outlets, which accuse him of promoting conspiracies and comparing the B

What is a cultural institution actually for?

Thu, 14 May 2026 23:20:00 +0200

Good Morning,Four different institutional stories today, all of them answers to the same question: what is a major cultural institution actually for? The Met is absorbing the Neue Galerie — its building and Ronald Lauder’s collection of 20th-century Austrian and German art — beginning in 2028 (The New York Times). Lincoln Center, meanwhile, is committing $335 million to make its fortress-like western edge less of a fortress, with a new 2,000-seat amphitheater anchoring a redesi

The State Museum of Pennsylvania – Director

Thu, 14 May 2026 22:32:00 +0200

The State Museum of Pennsylvania (SMOP) seeks a strategic, collaborative leader to serve as its Director.As a bureau of the Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission (PHMC), the Museum brings Pennsylvania’s natural and cultural history to life through collections of more than 12 million artifacts spanning cultural history, art, archaeology, geology, paleontology, and natural history.Over the next several years, the Museum will undergo a $58 million transformation — the largest in

The Best Booths at NADA New York, From Quietly Ominous Ceramics to Ecstatic Jazz Paintings

Thu, 14 May 2026 22:10:00 +0200

The New Art Dealers Alliance opened the 12th edition of NADA New York on Wednesday, coinciding again with the start of Frieze just five blocks north.Those who made the trip to Chelsea’s Starrett-Lehigh building on West 26th Street and 11th Avenue were greeted by not just NADA, but also 1-54, which hosts its New York fair on the first floor. Two floors up, NADA occupied most of the third floor, flooded on either end with bright natural light from banks of floor-to-ceiling windows.This year&

The Best Booths at 1-54 Contemporary African Art Fair, From Surrealist Fantasias to Afro-Brazilian Imaginings

Thu, 14 May 2026 21:34:00 +0200

The 1-54 Contemporary African Art Fair is back at the Starrett-Lehigh Building in Chelsea—just a few blocks from Frieze New York and in the same building at NADA—with more than 20 galleries from the continent and other ports of call for the “ever-expanding narratives of the African diaspora,” as fair director Touria El Glaoui described it. Spirits were high during the opening preview on Wednesday, when an international roster of galleries—including first-time f

Frick Inks Three-Year Partnership with Louis Vuitton, with Support for Exhibitions and Free Fridays

Thu, 14 May 2026 21:30:00 +0200

The Frick Collection in New York has announced a three-year partnership with Louis Vuitton that will see the fashion house sponsor a number of initiatives at the museum.Louis Vuitton will be the lead sponsor of three of the Frick’s upcoming exhibitions: “Siena: The Art of Bronze, 1450–1500,” which will look at the Italian city as an epicenter for innovation in bronze during the Renaissance, opening this fall; “Painting with Fire: Susanne de Court and the Art of Enam

Dutch Designer Iris van Herpen’s High-Tech Garments Are On View in a Mid-Career Retrospective at the Brooklyn Museum

Thu, 14 May 2026 21:16:00 +0200

In 2010, Iris van Herpen, only three years after establishing her eponymous couture brand, sent the first 3D-printed garment down the runway as part of her “Crystallization” collection. A top evoking the skeletal structure of a snake with its ivory-colored coils of 3D-printed polyamide, the piece was a collaboration with British architect Daniel Widrig.“It was a big moment,” says van Herpen, 41, as she contemplates the look on a form in the Brooklyn Museum galleries.

Remembering “The Pied Piper Of Early Music,” David Munrow, 50 Years After His Suicide

Thu, 14 May 2026 20:59:00 +0200

“With all the bravura of the 1960s, David Munrow erupted into the world of early music and transformed what had been a minority interest into popular listening. His … impact lives on in the music he rediscovered and popularised, and the innovative ways in which he presented and performed it.” – The Guardian

What is Nicole Kidman Doing in a Christie’s Video Promoting the Upcoming S.I. Newhouse Sale?

Thu, 14 May 2026 20:32:00 +0200

Five days before a trove of 16 masterpieces from the late media magnate S.I. Newhouse is set to hit the block as part of Christie’s New York evening sales, the auction house has released a two-minute video promoting one particular sculpture in the sale. The short film, as Christie’s refers to it, was filmed in early May and features none other than Academy Award–winning actress Nicole Kidman starring alongside Constantin Brancusi’s bronze sculpture Danaïde

Ontario Starts Crackdown On Ticket Resellers

Thu, 14 May 2026 20:31:00 +0200

The Ontario government has begun cracking down on ticket scalpers and resale websites to make sure they’re complying with new rules brought in last month that cap the resale price of tickets at face value, as some ticketing platforms still openly list tickets for well above their original price. – CBC

The Producer Who Wants To Make Microdramas Which Are Actually Good

Thu, 14 May 2026 20:01:00 +0200

“Snow Story Productions CEO Austin Herring said the big hits in microdramas were ‘borderline unwatchable’ when he entered the field in 2024, where salacious and soap opera-level storytelling were the norm. But he remained committed to elevating the production standard.” – TheWrap (MSN)

Neue Galerie To Merge With The Metropolitan Museum

Thu, 14 May 2026 19:44:00 +0200

Beginning in 2028, the Metropolitan Museum of Art will own the Neue’s Fifth Avenue home and the prestige collection of 20th-century Austrian and German art built by Ronald S. Lauder. – The New York Times

Netflix Becomes An Ad Giant: 250M Subscribers

Thu, 14 May 2026 19:31:00 +0200

The streaming titan said Wednesday during its “upfront” presentation to advertisers that its ad-supported subscription tier reaches reaches more than 250 million global monthly active viewers, up from the 190 million it cited in November of 2025. – Variety

Suspect Is Taken into Custody in Decade-Long Louvre Ticketing Scam

Thu, 14 May 2026 19:15:00 +0200

A Louvre employee was indicted and detained on Wednesday on charges including organized gang fraud as part of an investigation into a scheme to defraud the Paris museum of ticket fees for thousands of visitors. Six others had been placed in custody “because of the communications they may have had with the first defendants,” the public prosecutor said, per Le Monde. The indicted employee also faces charges of use of forgery, assistance in the entry and circulation of a foreigner

Study: People Are Bad At Figuring Out What They Don’t Know (Yet They Think They Can)

Thu, 14 May 2026 19:15:00 +0200

People aren’t just bad at remembering things they see all the time, but also in actually knowing how they work. In a 2006 study, many people made significant errors when drawing a bicycle, like putting the chain around the front wheel as well as the back wheel. – The Conversation

J.M.W. Turner’s Most Famous Self-Portrait Might Not Actually Be by the Artist at All

Thu, 14 May 2026 19:06:00 +0200

One of J.M.W. Turner’s most self-portraits, which appears on the £20 note, may not be by the artist at all.Art historian James Hamilton, who has written widely on Turner, curated exhibitions on the artist, and authored the 1997 biography Turner—A Life, told the Guardian this week that he believes the painting has been misattributed to Turner. While the painting, dated to ca. 1799, does depict the English Romantic painter, he said, he believes it to have been painted by John Opi

Aszure Barton’s Final Choreography Commission For Hubbard Street Dance Chicago

Thu, 14 May 2026 19:05:00 +0200

LubDub is the fourth and final piece of Barton’s three years as Hubbard Street’s resident choreographer. “Asked to discuss the movement vocabulary she employs here, Barton demurred. But when the descriptor ‘unruly’ was suggested, she was quick to embrace it. … (And) there are plenty of quirky, unexpected sights in the piece.” – WBEZ (Chicago)

An Installation at the British Museum Recreates the Bayeux Tapestry’s Landscape

Thu, 14 May 2026 18:51:00 +0200

In the run-up to the British Museum’s historic presentation of the Bayeux Tapestry, the institution will open “Tapestry of Trees,” an outdoor installation by garden designer Andy Sturgeon. Meant to evoke a medieval woodland, the installation will be composed of plants and trees typically found in East Sussex, where the Battle of Hastings—the primary subject of the tapestry—was fought in 1066 CE. Visitors approaching the museum’s doors will pass under a c

How Your Brain Toggles Between The Familiar And Exploration

Thu, 14 May 2026 18:44:00 +0200

Research from my team suggests that people balance between exploration and habit – that is, trying something new or sticking with the familiar – when deciding what route to take. Which navigation strategy someone chooses depends not only on their spatial abilities but on their network of brain regions that support navigation. – The Conversation

At Independent, Joel Mesler’s ‘Death Wish’ Is Part Art Exhibit, Part Market Experiment

Thu, 14 May 2026 18:42:00 +0200

At a coffee shop in Little Italy late last month, Joel Mesler leaned back in his chair and started explaining how he used to sell art in New York. Back when he was running galleries in the Lower East Side in the late 2000s and early 2010s, he said, deals often came together late at night, after too many drinks, as he mingled with people who he thought were far above his station.“I would want to be at the table, but I wasn’t invited,” Mesler said, pausing to sip an iced coffee.

Artists In The Age Of AI: Let’s Explore The Labor-Intensive Art Of The Renaissance

Thu, 14 May 2026 18:31:00 +0200

Artists have been raiding the toolkits of the Old Masters with new urgency of late, borrowing and reworking Renaissance and Baroque compositional drama, symbolism, and increasingly, their labor-intensive methods. – Artnet

NYU Students Protest Jonathan Haidt As Graduation Speaker

Thu, 14 May 2026 18:15:00 +0200

Student government leaders at New York University are objecting to his selection as the graduation speaker at Yankee Stadium — calling it “deeply unsettling” — and in a letter, asked university officials to reconsider before the ceremony on Thursday. – The New York Times

Keats’s Rediscovered Love Letters Could Sell For $2 Million

Thu, 14 May 2026 18:03:00 +0200

“A once-stolen collection of letters written by the poet John Keats to his fiancée Fanny Brawne will be sold at Sotheby’s New York this June with an estimate of $1.5 million to $2.5 million. The group of eight letters … date from 1819 to 1820, a period when Keats was suffering from tuberculosis.” – Artnet

Trial Begins in Brent Sikkema Murder-For-Hire Case

Thu, 14 May 2026 17:53:00 +0200

Opening statements and witness testimony were heard in a Manhattan court on Tuesday in the murder-for-hire trial following the 2024 killing of New York art dealer Brent Sikkeman.Sikkema was found brutally murdered in January 2024 in his Rio de Janeiro apartment. Alejandro Triana Prevez, a 30-year-old Cuban national, was arrested just days later, and claimed that the dealer’s ex-husband, Daniel Carrera Sikkema, had offered him $200,000 to carry out the crime. Carrera Sikkema was arrested tw

The Most-Performed Classical Music Concerts In Australia: Live Movie Music

Thu, 14 May 2026 17:44:00 +0200

According to the latest Live Performance Australia data, the most popular classical music performances in 2024 included Star Wars, How to Train Your Dragon, Pirates of the Caribbean, and The Man from Snowy River in Concert. – ABC (Australia)

How The Smithsonian Decided To Celebrate America’s 250th Birthday

Thu, 14 May 2026 17:31:00 +0200

“What we landed on were those moments where individuals or communities had fought for recognition and advocated for their own sense of identity and self in their role in creating and becoming a part of the United States. But we also wanted to do the playful.” – The Guardian

Reconciling The Values Of Silicon Valley

Thu, 14 May 2026 17:15:00 +0200

For decades, these ideologies were tolerated as part of a tacit social bargain: A group of intelligent eccentrics were left to their own devices on a patch of land in the Santa Clara Valley, and, in return, American society received an extraordinary set of new technologies. – Liberties Journal

Louvre Prioritized Prestige Over Security In Period Before Crown Jewel Theft, Says French Parliament Report

Thu, 14 May 2026 17:04:00 +0200

“Security, the report revealed, had been ‘relegated to the background,’ despite two audits completed in 2017 and 2019, years before the jewel heist. The 2019 audit prompted a Security Equipment Master Plan, but it was apparently not implemented in a timely fashion by (then-director) Jean-Luc Martinez.” – ARTnews

New York’s Neue Galerie to Merge with Metropolitan Museum of Art in Major Expansion

Thu, 14 May 2026 16:54:00 +0200

The Neue Galerie, a private museum in New York’s Upper East Side run by collector Ronald S. Lauder, will merge with the Metropolitan Museum of Art, making yet another major expansion of the latter institution’s modern art offerings.The New York Times reports that the merger will take place in 2028 and that the Neue Galerie will now be known as the Met Ronald S. Lauder Neue Galerie, or the Met Neue for short. (The latter institution is located in a townhouse at the corner of Fifth Ave

A New Raft Of Plays With Invented Dialogue Depicting Real People And Events

Thu, 14 May 2026 16:36:00 +0200

“Drama has historically been considered a form of fiction or poetry. Yet as recent plays approach the feeling of reportage, what’s surprising isn’t that so many fail to convince but that several succeed, in the process inventing a new style befitting our time.” – T — The New York Times Style Magazine

The Met Teams Up with Band-Aid on Art-Themed Adhesive Bandages

Thu, 14 May 2026 16:26:00 +0200

Following the success of their 2025 collaboration, BAND-AID® Brand and the Metropolitan Museum of Art have reunited to produce a new lineup of art-themed adhesive bandages. This year, the band-aids feature details from three flower paintings in the Met’s collection: Impressionist painter Claude Monet’s Water Lilies (1919), Post-Impressionist Vincent van Gogh’s Irises (1890), and Symbolist artist Odilon Redon’s Bouquet of Flowers (ca. 1900–1905).The 2026 Band-Aid

Georgian Government Sentences Renowned Opera Singer-Turned Opposition Leader To Seven Years In Prison

Thu, 14 May 2026 16:02:00 +0200

Paata Burchuladze, who had a very successful career as a bass before returning home to participate in the struggle against an increasingly authoritarian government, was convicted of “organization and leadership of group violence,” and “incitement to change the constitutional order of Georgia through violence” for organizing a large election-day protest last October. – OperaWire

Hungary’s New Minister of Culture Vows to Restore Artistic Freedom, Turner’s Famous ‘Self-Portrait’ Called Into Doubt, and More: Morning Links for May 14, 2026

Thu, 14 May 2026 15:30:00 +0200

Good Morning!An expert claims the iconic image of JMW Turner printed on British banknotes was never his self-portrait.Hungary’s new minister of culture, Zoltán Tarr, shares his vision for fostering freedom of expression in a liberated local art scene.The Trump administration is charging ahead with the building of a contested Triumphal Arch and a White House ballroom.The Headlines AN ABOUT-TURNER. Most will immediately recognize the f

Santa Fe Opera Extends Music Director’s Contract, Appoints New Principal Conductor

Thu, 14 May 2026 15:29:00 +0200

British conductor Harry Bicket, who was appointed the summer festival’s principal conductor in 2013 and music director in 2018, has extended his contract through the 2028 summer season. Meanwhile, Mexican maestro Iván López Reynoso, currently principal conductor at Atlanta Opera, will take the same position at Santa Fe in 2027. – OperaWire

Lincoln Center Unveils $335 Million Redesign Of Its Western Edge

Thu, 14 May 2026 15:01:00 +0200

The project, which aims to make that side of the campus less fortress-like and more inviting, will turn the concrete-heavy stretch around Damrosch Park into a space with gardens, public gathering areas and a new 2,000-seat amphitheater. – Time Out New York

As CBS News Radio Goes Off The Air, Longtime Staffers Remember Its 99-Year History

Thu, 14 May 2026 14:35:00 +0200

Dan Rather: “CBS Radio should be remembered for becoming a national institution. It, for many, many years, was part — and I would argue not a small part — of what held the country together.” – CBS News

Iran: We Never Dropped Out Of The Venice Biennale, And We’re Still Coming

Thu, 14 May 2026 14:03:00 +0200

Earlier this month, Biennale organizers announced that Iran had withdrawn from the event. But a high official in the country’s culture ministry just said in an interview, “(we) neither submitted a withdrawal letter nor stated that we would not attend. Rather, we said we would participate and requested more time.” – Artforum

Coco Fusco and Jeffrey Gibson’s Public Lectures, Free Admission at MCA Denver, and More: Industry Moves for May 13, 2026

Thu, 14 May 2026 01:03:00 +0200

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.Industry Moves Coco Fusco and Jeffrey Gibson Named Speakers for Johns Hopkins’s Sam Gilliam Lecture Series: The artists will each deliver a free talk at the university’s Bloomberg Cente

Frieze New York Kicks Off with Seven-Figure Sales and High Energy: ‘It’s a Fiesta’

Thu, 14 May 2026 00:19:00 +0200

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.A high level of energy was palpable at the preview day of the Frieze New York art fair on Wednesday. Many attendees at the Shed, on Manhattan’s West Side, were fresh off a return trip from Italy, where the Venice Biennale opened to the public on Saturday, and many were still comparing notes on bes

Mary Lovelace O’Neal, Abstract Painter Who Refused to Conform, Dies at 84

Wed, 13 May 2026 23:58:00 +0200

Mary Lovelace O’Neal, whose gestural abstractions consistently ran against the grain, defying the demands placed upon Black painters by critics and artists alike, died on Sunday in Mérida, Mexico. She was 84. Her galleries, Jenkins Johnson and Marianne Boesky, announced her passing on Wednesday.Lovelace O’Neal produced sprawling paints defined by tangles of drippy, roiled strokes. This was a style that placed her outside the orthodoxy of Minimalism, the dominant movement when

The Best Booths at Frieze New York, From Cindy Sherman’s Newest Photos to UFOs

Wed, 13 May 2026 23:25:00 +0200

Cashing in typically comes before supporting artists at art fairs, and Frieze New York is no different from the rest in that regard. The main priority for dealers is to make money, and the point for attendees is to spend it, if not on art, then at least on overpriced coffees and sandwiches. Which is to say little of the entrance fee, which can reach $200, a sum I was fortunate not to have paid as an industry professional. There are, in any case, plenty of better places to see art in New York tha

Israel Advances Bill Granting Sweeping Civilian Authority over West Bank Archaeological Sites

Wed, 13 May 2026 22:57:00 +0200

Israel advanced a bill on Tuesday that would expand Israeli civilian authority sweeping authority over antiquities and archaeology in the occupied West Bank, a move that human rights groups warned would lead to the annexation of the Palestinian territory.As first reported by Haaretz, the Likud-backed bill would empower a new government body under the purview of the Israeli heritage minister to purchase and expropriate land. The proposed “Judea and Samaria Heritage Authority”—us

Artist Alleges Hair Dress in the Met’s ‘Costume Art’ Show Copies Her Design

Wed, 13 May 2026 22:24:00 +0200

An artist has accused Andrew Bolton, curator of the Metropolitan Museum of Art Costume Institute’s spring 2026 exhibition, of displaying and collecting what she has described as a “counterfeit” of her work, without credit or compensation.In a series of now-viral Instagram posts, the first of which was published on May 11, the London-based sculptor, textile designer, and filmmaker Anouska Samms claimed joint-authorship of Corpus Nervina 0.0, a garment included in the recently op

French Parliament Accuses Louvre of Prioritizing ‘Prestige And Influence’ Over Security Prior to Jewel Heist

Wed, 13 May 2026 21:26:00 +0200

Alexis Corbière and Alexandre Portier, the French MPs overseeing the government commission investigating the shocking October 19, 2025, Louvre jewel heist, have accused the museum of deprioritizing security at the museum.The full parliamentary report was released today and also casts doubt on French president Emmanuel Macron’s nearly $1 billion plan to revamp the Louvre, which he announced in January 2025 (nine months before the heist) and referred to as a “new renaissance&rdq

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Wed, 13 May 2026 20:28:00 +0200

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Wed, 13 May 2026 18:08:00 +0200

As modern technology remains to advance, so does the method we gamble. Gone are the days when one needed to take a trip to a physical gambling establishment to take pleasure in the excitement of gaming. On-line gambling enterprises have transformed the betting market, offering a convenient and obtainable system for gamers around the world. In this post, we will discover the globe of online gambling establishments, their advantages, popular games, and crucial considerations for choosing a reputab

Iran Pushes Back on Venice Biennale Withdrawal Reports: ‘We’re Still Coming’

Wed, 13 May 2026 17:35:00 +0200

Last week, the Venice Biennale announced that Iran had dropped out of the exhibition. Now, it appears, that report was incorrect.On Tuesday, Aydin Mahdizadeh Tehrani, the director-general of visual arts at the Iranian ministry of culture and Islamic guidance told the Iran Students News Agency that it still plans to participate.“Iran never withdrew from participating in the Venice Biennale,” Tehrani said, as translated by Google Translate. “Incidentally, we had the initial agree

Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden Announces 314 New Acquisitions During 50th Anniversary Year

Wed, 13 May 2026 17:29:00 +0200

The Smithsonian’s Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden used its 50th anniversary year to dramatically expand its collection, announcing 314 new acquisitions in 2025 that reflect a broader push into photography, mixed-media work, and artists shaping contemporary American visual culture. The acquisitions range from large-scale mixed-media works by Lorna Simpson, Sarah Sze, and Mickalene Thomas to documentary photography by Danny Lyon and Gra

Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden Announces 312 New Acquisitions During 50th Anniversary Year

Wed, 13 May 2026 17:29:00 +0200

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Wed, 13 May 2026 16:26:00 +0200

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Venice Biennale Controversies Continue, French Parliament Report Finds Flaws in Museum Security, and More: Morning Links for May 13, 2026

Wed, 13 May 2026 15:56:00 +0200

Good Morning!Iran denies ever withdrawing from the Venice Biennale, and the Somalia Pavilion sparks controversy.A new report led by France‘s parliament has revealed wide-ranging flaws in the country’s museum security management.US Interior Department staff are concerned that Trump‘s Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool repairs are behind schedule and of poor quality.The Headlines VEXED IN VENICE. News from this year’s politically mired&

Bodies, Bodies, Bodies: Artists Revisit the Nude in Shows Across New York

Wed, 13 May 2026 15:29:00 +0200

This spring in New York, it’s bodies, bodies, bodies, with artists across the city reveling in the pleasures of the flesh and the horror of harm done upon it. These are themes that are core to at least one major museum show on view in the city—the New Museum’s exquisite “New Humans: Memories of the Future”—and that may be one reason we’re seeing so much body-oriented art right now. But more than simply meditating on all matters corporeal, a smattering of

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Tue, 12 May 2026 22:01:00 +0200

Air de Paris, a leading French gallery, will close its doors and declare bankruptcy after 36 years in business, the gallery’s cofounders, Florence Bonnefous and Edouard Merino, tell Cultured. Bonnefous says the gallery owes money only to the landlord and the bank, not her artists. The gallery is closing, per Cultured, due to its “fragile” finances as well as the founders’ health (Bonnefous suffers from Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease, and Mennino also has unspe

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Tue, 12 May 2026 20:25:00 +0200

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Tue, 12 May 2026 19:14:00 +0200

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Tue, 12 May 2026 17:54:00 +0200

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Tue, 12 May 2026 17:50:00 +0200

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Tue, 12 May 2026 16:23:00 +0200

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Tue, 12 May 2026 15:45:00 +0200

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Tue, 12 May 2026 14:00:00 +0200

The inaugural Serpentine x FLAG Art Foundation Prize will go to Tokyo-based artist Gozo Yoshimasu, who will receive £200,000 (about $272,000), as well as exhibitions in London and New York as part of the prize.Yoshimasu is better known as a poet who first emerged in the avant-garde scene of 1960s Tokyo. Over the course of his career, he has merged his poetry with various forms of art-making, including performance, photography, audio recordings, and moving image.“My work has always mo

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Tue, 12 May 2026 11:00:00 +0200

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Tue, 12 May 2026 11:00:00 +0200

By my count, there are at least three flying people included in Pittsburgh’s recently opened Carnegie International. One can be found in Khalil Rabah’s video Critical Interrogations: Renewed Belief (1997), in which one man is launched by another over an olive tree, a symbol of resilience in the artist’s native Palestine. Another can be found—sort of—in Shala Miller’s video installation Flight (2026), a murky abstraction projected onto sinuous screens hung from

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Tue, 12 May 2026 10:04:00 +0200

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Tue, 12 May 2026 10:04:00 +0200

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Mon, 11 May 2026 23:37:00 +0200

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Mon, 11 May 2026 23:37:00 +0200

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Mon, 11 May 2026 22:41:00 +0200

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Mon, 11 May 2026 22:21:00 +0200

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Mon, 11 May 2026 22:16:00 +0200

Lucas Cranach the Elder’s Cupid complaining to Venus (1526–27) once hung in the Munich apartment of Adolf Hitler, the Art Newspaper reports.Now owned by the National Gallery in London, the painting, showing Roman god Cupid complaining to his mother Venus about being stung by bees, can be seen in the center of a blurry, black-and-white photograph dating to the 1940s that was published in a 1978 furniture catalog.That image was most recently republished in 2023 in the journal Kuns

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Mon, 11 May 2026 22:02:00 +0200

A painting stolen by the Nazis from the Goudstikker collection has surfaced in the home of descendants of a Dutch SS collaborator, according to an art detective.Portrait of a Young Girl, by Dutch artist Toon Kelder, was allegedly displayed for decades by the family of Hendrik Seyffardt, a general who aided the Nazis during their occupation of the Netherlands before being killed by the Dutch resistance. As previously reported, a man claiming to be a descendant of Seyffardt contacted the detective

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Mon, 11 May 2026 20:58:00 +0200

The rooftop where the Beatles played a concert to a curious cast of freaked-out Londoners in 1969 will open as part of a museum next year.As reported in the New York Times, the sacred space at 3 Savile Row—a townhouse on a street even more famous for its sophisticated tailors—will be transformed by the Beatles’ company Apple Corps into a seven-floor display of archival materials and exhibitions as well as a recreation of the studio where the band recorded its album Let It Be. A

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Mon, 11 May 2026 18:22:00 +0200

A video game critiquing the Trump administration’s efforts to continue the US and Israel’s war in Iran has popped up on the National Mall in Washington, D.C., making it the latest anti-Trump artwork to appear in a public space in the nation’s capital.As was the case with many of those other artworks, the creator of this one is the Secret Handshake, a group of anonymous artists who have previously produced objects alluding to Trump’s ties to Jeffrey Epstein, among other to

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Mon, 11 May 2026 18:19:00 +0200

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Mon, 11 May 2026 17:54:00 +0200

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Mon, 11 May 2026 15:01:00 +0200

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Sun, 10 May 2026 22:00:00 +0200

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Sun, 10 May 2026 21:30:00 +0200

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