<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?><rss version="2.0" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom"><channel><title><![CDATA[Arts - Newslocker]]></title><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/arts/</link><atom:link rel="self" href="https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/arts/rss/" /><atom:link rel="hub" href="http://pubsubhubbub.appspot.com" /><description><![CDATA[Find your latest Arts news with just one click. Don't miss out on anything happening!]]></description><language>en-us</language><copyright>Copyright (C) 2026 newslocker.com</copyright><lastBuildDate>Thu, 04 Jun 2026 02:13:12 +0200</lastBuildDate><item><title><![CDATA[Psilocybin is doing what decades of philosophy couldn't: turning committed materialists into reluctant mystics]]></title><description><![CDATA[Psilocybin is doing what decades of philosophy couldn't: turning committed materialists into reluctant mystics]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/arts/psilocybin-is-doing-what-decades-of-philosophy-couldnt-turning-committed-materialists-into-reluctant-mystics/</link><pubDate>Thu, 04 Jun 2026 02:13:12 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/arts/psilocybin-is-doing-what-decades-of-philosophy-couldnt-turning-committed-materialists-into-reluctant-mystics/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Harold Bloom, flatterer. John Ashbery was “THE POET ABSOLUTE,” yet A.R. Ammons’s work was “larger and better” — and then there was Henri Cole]]></title><description><![CDATA[Harold Bloom, flatterer. John Ashbery was &ldquo;THE POET ABSOLUTE,&rdquo; yet A.R. Ammons&rsquo;s work was &ldquo;larger and better&rdquo; &mdash; and then there was Henri Cole]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/arts/harold-bloom-flatterer-john-ashbery-was-the-poet-absolute-yet-ar-ammonss-work-was-larger-and-better-and-then-there-was-henri-cole/</link><pubDate>Thu, 04 Jun 2026 02:13:12 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/arts/harold-bloom-flatterer-john-ashbery-was-the-poet-absolute-yet-ar-ammonss-work-was-larger-and-better-and-then-there-was-henri-cole/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Denis Johnson's life was a mess. His prose, somehow, was immaculate. How to explain the distance between life and art?]]></title><description><![CDATA[Denis Johnson's life was a mess. His prose, somehow, was immaculate. How to explain the distance between life and art?]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/arts/denis-johnsons-life-was-a-mess-his-prose-somehow-was-immaculate-how-to-explain-the-distance-between-life-and-art/</link><pubDate>Thu, 04 Jun 2026 02:13:12 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/arts/denis-johnsons-life-was-a-mess-his-prose-somehow-was-immaculate-how-to-explain-the-distance-between-life-and-art/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New Freeman’s CEO, Rana Begum Joins Lehmann Maupin, and More: Industry Moves for June 3, 2026]]></title><description><![CDATA[Editor&rsquo;s Note:&nbsp;This story originally appeared in&nbsp;On Balance,&nbsp;the ARTnews&nbsp;newsletter about the art market and beyond.&nbsp;Sign up here&nbsp;to receive it every Wednesday.Happy Wednesday! Here&rsquo;s a round-up of who&rsquo;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]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/arts/new-freemans-ceo-rana-begum-joins-lehmann-maupin-and-more-industry-moves-for-june-32026/</link><pubDate>Wed, 03 Jun 2026 22:10:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/arts/new-freemans-ceo-rana-begum-joins-lehmann-maupin-and-more-industry-moves-for-june-32026/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We Asked Artists, Dealers, Lawyers, and Advisers What Gallery Representation Means Today—And It’s Surprisingly Complicated]]></title><description><![CDATA[Editor&rsquo;s Note:&nbsp;This story originally appeared in&nbsp;On Balance,&nbsp;the ARTnews&nbsp;newsletter about the art market and beyond.&nbsp;Sign up here&nbsp;to receive it every Wednesday.Every young artist wants gallery representation. The details vary. Maybe it&rsquo;s Gagosian. Maybe it&rsquo;s Hauser &amp; Wirth. Maybe it&rsquo;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]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/arts/we-asked-artists-dealers-lawyers-and-advisers-what-gallery-representation-means-todayand-its-surprisinglycomplicated/</link><pubDate>Wed, 03 Jun 2026 22:03:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/arts/we-asked-artists-dealers-lawyers-and-advisers-what-gallery-representation-means-todayand-its-surprisinglycomplicated/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[National Labor Relations Board Rules Buffalo AKG Art Museum Violated Federal Law With Layoff]]></title><description><![CDATA[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]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/arts/national-labor-relations-board-rules-buffalo-akg-art-museum-violated-federal-law-withlayoff/</link><pubDate>Wed, 03 Jun 2026 21:55:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/arts/national-labor-relations-board-rules-buffalo-akg-art-museum-violated-federal-law-withlayoff/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Colorado Governor Signs Artist Corporation Bill into State Law]]></title><description><![CDATA[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&mdash;defined in the bill as &ldquo;individuals that create works of authorship or artistic expression comprising written, oral, visual, graphic, literary, musical, audiovisual, digital, or performing art in any mediu]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/arts/colorado-governor-signs-artist-corporation-bill-into-statelaw/</link><pubDate>Wed, 03 Jun 2026 21:14:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/arts/colorado-governor-signs-artist-corporation-bill-into-statelaw/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Follower of Hieronymus Bosch Painting Sells for Over  10 Times High Estimate in Strong Week for Old Masters in New York]]></title><description><![CDATA[A small painting of hell by a follower of Hieronymus Bosch led a string of surprise results during this week&rsquo;s Old Masters sales in New York, selling for $537,600 at Sotheby&rsquo;s against an estimate of $30,000 to $50,000. (All prices include buyer&rsquo;s premium unless otherwise noted.)The result came as Christie&rsquo;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&rsquo;s sale]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/arts/follower-of-hieronymus-bosch-painting-sells-for-over-10-times-high-estimate-in-strong-week-for-old-masters-in-newyork/</link><pubDate>Wed, 03 Jun 2026 20:26:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/arts/follower-of-hieronymus-bosch-painting-sells-for-over-10-times-high-estimate-in-strong-week-for-old-masters-in-newyork/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[How Gedi Sibony Makes a Show, By Transforming Street Finds Into Magical ‘Frozen Moments’]]></title><description><![CDATA[The latest show by Gedi Sibony continues the artist&rsquo;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&rsquo;re barely there.	The press release for &ldquo;The Invisible Point,&rdquo; his eighth show at New York&rsquo;s Greene Naftali since 2008, consists of just four sentences, explaining that his process is &ldquo;powered by an intuitive momentum,&rdquo; that the show includes &ldquo;]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/arts/how-gedi-sibony-makes-a-show-by-transforming-street-finds-into-magical-frozenmoments/</link><pubDate>Wed, 03 Jun 2026 19:48:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/arts/how-gedi-sibony-makes-a-show-by-transforming-street-finds-into-magical-frozenmoments/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Christo-Inspired Public Artwork in Paris By French Artist JR Delayed Because of Storm]]></title><description><![CDATA[The opening of a public artwork by French artist JR inspired by Christo and Jeanne-Claude&rsquo;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]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/arts/christo-inspired-public-artwork-in-paris-by-french-artist-jr-delayed-because-ofstorm/</link><pubDate>Wed, 03 Jun 2026 19:12:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/arts/christo-inspired-public-artwork-in-paris-by-french-artist-jr-delayed-because-ofstorm/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Venice Biennale Artists Threaten Legal Action Against Organizers For Disregarding Requests to Be Withdrawn from ‘Visitors’ Lions’ Awards]]></title><description><![CDATA[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 &ldquo;Visitors&rsquo; Lion&rdquo; 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]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/arts/venice-biennale-artists-threaten-legal-action-against-organizers-for-disregarding-requests-to-be-withdrawn-from-visitors-lionsawards/</link><pubDate>Wed, 03 Jun 2026 18:23:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/arts/venice-biennale-artists-threaten-legal-action-against-organizers-for-disregarding-requests-to-be-withdrawn-from-visitors-lionsawards/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Makeda Best to Lead MoMA Photography Department, New Lead in Louvre Heist, and More: Morning Links for June 3, 2026]]></title><description><![CDATA[The Headlines	BRINGING OUT THE BEST. The&nbsp;Museum of Modern Art&nbsp;in New York finally has a new chief curator of photography:&nbsp;Makeda Best, who has served as deputy director at the&nbsp;Oakland Museum of California&nbsp;since 2023,&nbsp;reports&nbsp;the&nbsp;New York Times. The plum position &ldquo;has influenced, implicitly or explicitly, so much of how we understand the medium,&rdquo; said Best, who starts in September. It has also been vacant for almost four years. &ldquo;I&rsquo;m]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/arts/makeda-best-to-lead-moma-photography-department-new-lead-in-louvre-heist-and-more-morning-links-for-june-32026/</link><pubDate>Wed, 03 Jun 2026 16:13:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/arts/makeda-best-to-lead-moma-photography-department-new-lead-in-louvre-heist-and-more-morning-links-for-june-32026/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[To anyone in love with the precious, fleeting things of this world, resistance to disappearance seems only natural and proper. And yet]]></title><description><![CDATA[To anyone in love with the precious, fleeting things of this world, resistance to disappearance seems only natural and proper. And yet]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/arts/to-anyone-in-love-with-the-precious-fleeting-things-of-this-world-resistance-to-disappearance-seems-only-natural-and-proper-and-yet/</link><pubDate>Wed, 03 Jun 2026 11:06:10 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/arts/to-anyone-in-love-with-the-precious-fleeting-things-of-this-world-resistance-to-disappearance-seems-only-natural-and-proper-and-yet/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The publishing midlist isn't shrinking. It's growing faster than the pool of available readers]]></title><description><![CDATA[The publishing midlist isn't shrinking. It's growing faster than the pool of available readers]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/arts/the-publishing-midlist-isnt-shrinking-its-growing-faster-than-the-pool-of-available-readers/</link><pubDate>Wed, 03 Jun 2026 11:06:10 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/arts/the-publishing-midlist-isnt-shrinking-its-growing-faster-than-the-pool-of-available-readers/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The humanities spent decades decentering the human. Now Big Tech is doing it better]]></title><description><![CDATA[The humanities spent decades decentering the human.&nbsp;Now Big Tech is doing it better]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/arts/the-humanities-spent-decades-decentering-the-humannow-big-tech-is-doing-it-better/</link><pubDate>Wed, 03 Jun 2026 11:06:10 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/arts/the-humanities-spent-decades-decentering-the-humannow-big-tech-is-doing-it-better/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The grand tour’s most enduring truth: Even the most miraculous work of art is born not just into history, but also out of it]]></title><description><![CDATA[The grand tour&rsquo;s most enduring truth: Even the most miraculous work of art is born not just into history, but also out of it]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/arts/the-grand-tours-most-enduring-truth-even-the-most-miraculous-work-of-art-is-born-not-just-into-history-but-also-out-of-it/</link><pubDate>Wed, 03 Jun 2026 11:06:10 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/arts/the-grand-tours-most-enduring-truth-even-the-most-miraculous-work-of-art-is-born-not-just-into-history-but-also-out-of-it/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The dons of Oxbridge have traded the BBC for podcasts. Is this decline or progress?]]></title><description><![CDATA[The dons of Oxbridge have traded the BBC for podcasts. Is this decline or progress?]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/arts/the-dons-of-oxbridge-have-traded-the-bbc-for-podcasts-is-this-decline-or-progress/</link><pubDate>Wed, 03 Jun 2026 11:06:10 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/arts/the-dons-of-oxbridge-have-traded-the-bbc-for-podcasts-is-this-decline-or-progress/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Not simply trivia, not simply a hobby — for the believer, quiz verges on a way of life]]></title><description><![CDATA[Not simply trivia, not simply a hobby &mdash; for the believer, quiz verges on a way of life]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/arts/not-simply-trivia-not-simply-a-hobby-for-the-believer-quiz-verges-on-a-way-of-life/</link><pubDate>Wed, 03 Jun 2026 11:06:10 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/arts/not-simply-trivia-not-simply-a-hobby-for-the-believer-quiz-verges-on-a-way-of-life/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Imagine a metastasizing heap of incalculable, forgotten junk. That’s what we’re all storing away in “The Cloud”]]></title><description><![CDATA[Imagine a metastasizing heap of incalculable, forgotten junk. That&rsquo;s what we&rsquo;re all storing away in &ldquo;The Cloud&rdquo;]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/arts/imagine-a-metastasizing-heap-of-incalculable-forgotten-junk-thats-what-were-all-storing-away-in-the-cloud/</link><pubDate>Wed, 03 Jun 2026 11:06:10 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/arts/imagine-a-metastasizing-heap-of-incalculable-forgotten-junk-thats-what-were-all-storing-away-in-the-cloud/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Harold Bloom read everything, praised lavishly, and struggled mightily with self-doubt ]]></title><description><![CDATA[Harold Bloom read everything, praised lavishly, and struggled mightily with self-doubt&nbsp;]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/arts/harold-bloom-read-everything-praised-lavishly-and-struggled-mightily-with-self-doubt/</link><pubDate>Wed, 03 Jun 2026 11:06:10 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/arts/harold-bloom-read-everything-praised-lavishly-and-struggled-mightily-with-self-doubt/</guid></item></channel></rss>