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• What Made Kafka Kafka? Insomnia

  10-11-2016 17:02 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  “Here’s a Kafkaesque approach to the creative process: staying up so late that, as you doze at the writing desk, insights slip out of your unconscious. This was, according to a new paper in Lancet Neurology, precisely what Franz Kafka himself employed.”
  
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• Chua Mia Tee, Leading Singaporean Social Realist Artist, Has Died at 94

  10-07-2026 22:57 via artnews.com
  
  Chua Mia Tee, known for his sympathetic depictions of the people of Singapore during the country’s early period of self-rule, has died, age 94. The artist’s daughter, Chua Yang, told the Straits Times that her father was recently hospitalized for pneumonia and died at his Bukit Timah home on July 10.No less than Singaporean president Tharman Shanmugaratnam posted on Facebook about the artist’s passing, expressing “much respect” and saying, “He gave everyone, f
  
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• British Archeologists Find 5,800-Year-Old Neolithic Monument in Suffolk

  10-07-2026 21:45 via artnews.com
  
  British archeologists have uncovered a type of Neolithic earthwork called a long enclosure on the Suffolk coast. The news was first reported by Heritage Daily, following an announcement by Oxford Cotswold Archeology, which has been excavating in the area ahead of the construction of the Sizewell C nuclear power station.The Neolithic period in Britain spanned roughly 4000 to 2500 BCE. During this period, humans shifted from nomadic hunting and gathering to sedentary farming, cultivating
  
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• Heritage Auctions’ Record $1.41 B. First Half Suggests Collecting Is Getting Broader

  10-07-2026 21:41 via artnews.com
  
  Heritage Auctions posted more than $1.41 billion in sales during the first six months of 2026, the highest midyear total in the company’s 50-year history and a 47 percent increase over the same period last year, putting the Dallas-based auction house on pace for what could become another record year. The numbers are notable on their own. But the more revealing story may be what drove them.For years, categories like video games, trading cards and comic books occupied the margins of the
  
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• US Returns Two Looted Bronze Buddha Statues, Sold by Disgraced Antiquities Dealer Douglas Latchford, to Indonesia

  10-07-2026 21:21 via artnews.com
  
  On Wednesday, the Indonesian Consulate in New York hosted an event celebrating the return of two 8th-century bronze sculptures to Indonesia.According to an announcement from the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of New York, the Buddhist sculptures were originally taken from archaeological sites in Republic of Indonesia by an organized looting network and sold to Douglas Latchford, the British dealer who died in Thailand in 2020, a year after he was indicted for trafficking
  
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• British Museum Teams With BTS as Part of Citywide Art Trail Timed to the Group’s World Tour

  10-07-2026 20:47 via artnews.com
  
  After gracing the ramps of the Guggenheim with their pop-projecting presence, BTS have turned their eyes to another museum as part of a marketing campaign for its latest world tour. This time, the K-pop group is in league with the British Museum in London, where visitors can see a showcase of artworks in the institution’s Korea Foundation Gallery, chosen in collaboration with curator Sang-ah Kim.The Guggenheim gambit was a private affair during which BTS performed amid a Carol Bove retrosp
  
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• Italian Americans Say a 2020 Zohran Mamdani Tweet About a Christopher Columbus Monument Shows ‘Seething Hatred’

  10-07-2026 19:47 via artnews.com
  
  American conservatives are once again up in arms about a six-year-old tweet by Zohran Kwame Mamdani, elected last year as New York’s mayor.It was June 2020, and a wave of iconoclasm was sweeping the United States. Minneapolis police had murdered George Floyd, an African American man, the month before, and protesters argued that monuments to Confederate soldiers and leaders, slaveholders, and similar figures didn’t just mark important parts of American history, but rather promoted the
  
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• ICOM Adopts New Museum Code of Ethics Taking Aim at AI, Colonialism, and Climate Change

  10-07-2026 19:09 via artnews.com
  
  For the first time in over 20 years, the International Council of Museums has revised its code of ethics to address new and pressing issues facing institutions, including “the rise of digital technologies, the climate crisis, and the ongoing need to address the legacies of colonialism through responsible and ethical museum practice,” per a press release.The revised code was officially adopted in late June at the organization’s 41st Ordinary General Assembly in Paris, following
  
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• Legionella Bacteria Found in Guggenheim Cooling Tower as Outbreak Plagues Upper East Side

  10-07-2026 18:57 via artnews.com
  
  The bacteria that causes Legionnaires’ disease has been detected in a cooling tower at New York’s Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, though museum officials say the building remains safe for visitors and staff. The discovery comes as city health officials investigate an outbreak of the potentially serious form of pneumonia across Manhattan’s Upper East Side. Legionnaires’ disease is spread by inhaling tiny water droplets contaminated with Legionella bacteria. It
  
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• Late Swiss Businessman’s Treasure-Filled Modern Art Collection Faces Bitter Legal Battle

  10-07-2026 18:06 via artnews.com
  
  An important collection of modern art amassed by Werner Merzbacher, a Swiss collector who died in 2024, is currently the subject of a legal battle centered around the late businessman’s will and who really gets the right to control the paintings he owned.Merzbacher, who generated his fortune through a fur business and currency trading, gained many of the artworks in his possession through his grandfather-in-law, Bernhard Mayer. His collection included a range of high-quality Impressionist,
  
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• Artists and Former Staffers Accuse Cape Town Gallery SMAC of Nonpayment and Withholding Artworks

  10-07-2026 18:06 via artnews.com
  
  South African artist Kate Gottgens recently took to social media to accuse Cape Town gallery SMAC of failing to either pay her for works the gallery had sold or return the works if they were still in the gallery’s possession. On July 2, she posted an image of her painting Audible Doom (2011) to Instagram. In the green-hued, hazy scene, a female figure, apparently with a bag over her head, stands on a ledge, seemingly addressing several other shadowy figures. Gottgens asked,
  
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• Broadway Theaters’ Cleaning Workers Reach Contract Agreement, Avoiding Strike

  10-07-2026 18:04 via hollywoodreporter.com
  
  “The cleaners, represented by 32BJ of Service Employees International Union, reached a tentative deal that includes $5 an hour wage increases, a 21% increase from the current rates, by the end of the new four-year contract, as well as improved paid leave and protection for its employer-paid family health care.” – The Hollywood Reporter
  
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• The Bacteria That Causes Legionnaire’s Disease Has Been Found In The Guggenheim’s Cooling Tower

  10-07-2026 17:46 via theartnewspaper.com
  
  But, er, don’t freak out, New York. “The building remains safe for employees and visitors, according to both the museum and the union that represents its workers.” – The Art Newspaper
  
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• Bayeux Tapestry Makes Historic Arrival at London’s British Museum in the Dead of Night

  10-07-2026 17:41 via artnews.com
  
  Escorted in secret by police under the cover of darkness, the millennium-old Bayeux Tapestry finally arrived to London’s British Museum on Friday. The long-awaited but controversial loan from France was welcomed at 2:48 am by a “select crowd,” including France’s ambassador to the UK, per British reports. A large black box within a gridded, aluminum casing designed to keep the relic suspended to avoid damaging vibrations was removed from a yellow truck, as some teary-eyed
  
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• The Groundbreaking Dance Trio A Turns Sixty

  10-07-2026 17:31 via dancemagazine.com
  “By eschewing music and narrative in favor of seemingly pedestrian motions—toe taps, limbs folding and unrolling—that don’t repeat, challenged dance tradition when it premiered in 1966. It requires performers to maintain what [Yvonne] Rainer describes as an ‘uninflected continuity.’”- Dance Magazine
  
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• Dinaw Mengestu Resigns As President Of PEN America After Only Seven Months

  10-07-2026 17:01 via nytimes.com
  “Mengestu declined to provide further details. PEN America confirmed that he had resigned and also declined to say more. The organization has been on shaky ground in recent years because of backlash from writers and activists over its response to the war in Gaza.” – The New York Times
  
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• Why So Many US English-Speakers Are Watching World Cup Matches In Spanish

  10-07-2026 16:35 via apnews.com
  
  “The math is simple. Census figures show that about 20% of the U.S. is Hispanic, yet Telemundo points to Nielsen ratings to show that roughly half the World Cup viewers in the U.S. have watched at least some portion of some matches in Spanish.” There are a number of reasons for this. – AP
  
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• Pianist Who Made Gaza Speech Onstage Loses Lawsuit Against Melbourne Symphony

  10-07-2026 16:03 via theguardian.com
  After Jayson Gillham made a controversial speech about the Gaza War during a 2024 recital presented by the orchestra, the MSO cancelled his concerto engagement four days later. Gillham sued the organization in Australian federal court, claiming his rights as an employee were violated. The judge has now ruled against him. – The Guardian
  
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• A Jersey Worn by Knicks Point Guard Jalen Brunson in NBA Finals Fetches $1 M. at Sotheby’s

  10-07-2026 15:33 via artnews.com
  
  Following the New York Knickerbockers’ historic win in the 2025–26 NBA season finals, Sotheby’s New York sold a jersey worn by point guard Jalen Brunson on Wednesday for just over $1 million. It was the Knicks’ first championship win in 53 years, and the jersey set a new record for any piece of Knicks memorabilia. The house’s expert, Brahm Wachter, had estimated it could make in excess of $1 million.Opened on June 30, the sale of finals memorabilia concluded We
  
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• New York Times, Ziff Davis, The Intercept, Others Accuse OpenAI Of Possible Obstruction Of Justice

  10-07-2026 15:32 via variety.com
  
  As part of their broader lawsuits against OpenAI for copyright infringement for training its software on their media products without consent or compensation, the plaintiffs filed a motion accusing the company of lying during discovery by deliberately hiding evidence that its training datasets and output logs are searchable. – Variety
  
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• Ravinia Festival’s Concert Pavilion Reopens After $70 Million Overhaul

  10-07-2026 15:06 via apnews.com
  The open-sided Hunter Pavilion, where the Chicago Symphony performs every summer, has had changes made both for the audience (fewer but wider, ADA-compliant seats) and the orchestra players (LED lights and new ventilation to reduce onstage temperatures, improved onstage acoustics). – AP
  
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• Anthony Hopkins (Yes, The Actor) Releases First Recording Of His Classical Music — Conducted By Dudamel, No Less

  10-07-2026 14:34 via hollywoodreporter.com
  
  The 88-year-old two-time Oscar-winner and acting legend says music was his first love, and Decca will release his first album, Life Is a Dream, on August 21. The disc, performed by London’s Philharmonia Orchestra under Gustavo Dudamel, includes pieces composed over the entire course of Hopkins’s adult life. – The Hollywood Reporter
  
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• Bayeux Tapestry Arrives Safely At British Museum

  10-07-2026 14:00 via theguardian.com
  
  “The secretive operation was the result of years of negotiations, tricky logistical planning and multiple technical studies to ensure the integrity of the 70-metre-long (230ft) medieval artwork.” – The Guardian
  
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• The Ultimate Overview to Online Casino Site Games

  10-07-2026 11:57 via zouchmagazine.com
  
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  10-07-2026 11:41 via zouchmagazine.com
  
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  10-07-2026 11:08 via zouchmagazine.com
  
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• Who Was Robert Rauschenberg and Why Was He So Important?

  10-07-2026 11:00 via artnews.com
  
  If there’s a single adjective that sums up Robert Rauschenberg (1925–2008), it would have to be protean, though prolific fits as well. Estimated to number some 10,000 works, Rauschenberg’s oeuvre was driven by an expansive sensibility that saw possibilities for art everywhere and a generosity of spirit reflected in his cooperation with other artists.Rauschenberg’s avidity manifested most famously in his “combines,” begun in the mid 1950s. Harvested from the st
  
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• The Original Antifa Fought the Nazis. A New Art Exhibition Asks What’s Next

  10-07-2026 11:00 via artnews.com
  
  A small German city unearthed a large chunk of history this past May. Urban construction in the Black Forest municipality of Pforzheim uncovered an undetonated World War II bomb, forcing an evacuation of surrounding areas before its eventual defusing.Other ghosts are not so easily exorcised. This past spring, a teen disco in Brandenburg saw more than a hundred adolescents chant Nazi slogans, while young folk in North Frisia were recorded intoning the same lines in May: “Foreigners out, Ger
  
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• MFA Houston Announces Recent Acquisitions, Including Works by Ferdinand Hodler, Peter Bradley, Anicka Yi, and More

  10-07-2026 11:00 via artnews.com
  
  The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, has announced a group of new acquisitions, both gifts and purchases, across its curatorial departments. The artworks range from a 17th-century wall hanging depicting courtly life in India to recent animatronic sculptures by contemporary artist Anicka Yi.In statement, MFAH director Gary Tinterow said of this round of acquisitions include “two works that constitute astounding rediscoveries in their respective fields: Ladies of the Court belongs to a series o
  
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