<?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>Tue, 21 Jul 2026 22:43:00 +0200</lastBuildDate><item><title><![CDATA[Trump Installs New Thomas Jefferson Bronze Sculpture in White House Rose Garden]]></title><description><![CDATA[Last week, President Trump installed a new, life-size bronze sculpture of Thomas Jefferson in the Rose Garden, making it the fifth statue he has added to the White House grounds during his second administration, the Washington Post reports.The piece is another example of Trump-led efforts to install realistic statues around the country of America&rsquo;s Founding Fathers in particular, partly in reaction to damage done to Confederate monuments and statues of other figures with divisive contribut]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/arts/trump-installs-new-thomas-jefferson-bronze-sculpture-in-white-house-rosegarden/</link><pubDate>Tue, 21 Jul 2026 22:43:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/arts/trump-installs-new-thomas-jefferson-bronze-sculpture-in-white-house-rosegarden/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Katie Holmes Has a New Boyfriend—And He Is an Artist]]></title><description><![CDATA[Life imitates art, sort of. Katie Holmes plays a New York&ndash;based photographer reconnecting with her high school flame in Happy Hours, a new film Holmes also wrote and directed. Happy Hours premiered at the Tribeca Film Festival on June 6, and, according to TMZ, it was at a dinner related to the festival that Holmes met her new boyfriend, New York&ndash;based artist Jason Bard Yarmosky.Yarmosky was one of the 10 artists who participated in the 2026 Tribeca Festival Artist Awards Program, an]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/arts/katie-holmes-has-a-new-boyfriendand-he-is-anartist/</link><pubDate>Tue, 21 Jul 2026 22:37:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/arts/katie-holmes-has-a-new-boyfriendand-he-is-anartist/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[‘Do You Love America?’: Smithsonian Museum Leader Grilled Over Gender, Diversity, Patriotism at Congressional Hearing]]></title><description><![CDATA[&ldquo;Dr. Hartig, are you America first? Do you love America?&rdquo; So asked Representative Tim Burchett (Republican of Tennessee) of Anthea Hartig, director of the Smithsonian&rsquo;s National Museum of American History (NMAH), during a two-hour congressional hearing Tuesday over allegations that the institution has failed in its duty to preserve and present the nation&rsquo;s story.The hearing will likely carve out its own place in American history&mdash;not merely for the spectacle of the p]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/arts/do-you-love-america-smithsonian-museum-leader-grilled-over-gender-diversity-patriotism-at-congressionalhearing/</link><pubDate>Tue, 21 Jul 2026 22:01:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/arts/do-you-love-america-smithsonian-museum-leader-grilled-over-gender-diversity-patriotism-at-congressionalhearing/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Long-Lost Artworks by Chilean Muralist Julio Escámez Are Slowly Being Uncovered and Restored]]></title><description><![CDATA[Two 1970s murals by Chilean artist Julio Esc&aacute;mez, long thought to have been destroyed by Augusto Pinochet&rsquo;s military regime, are currently in the process of being uncovered and restored. The Heritage Unit of the Municipality of Chill&aacute;n (UPA), which has been carrying out the work, announced this week that they expect to finish restoring the first of the murals by December 2027. &nbsp;In 1969, Eduardo Contreras Mella, the mayor of Chill&aacute;n and a member of Chile&rsquo;s Co]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/arts/long-lost-artworks-by-chilean-muralist-julio-escmez-are-slowly-being-uncovered-andrestored/</link><pubDate>Tue, 21 Jul 2026 21:51:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/arts/long-lost-artworks-by-chilean-muralist-julio-escmez-are-slowly-being-uncovered-andrestored/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Hong Kong Palace Museum Partners With Islamic Civilization Center in Uzbekistan]]></title><description><![CDATA[The Hong Kong Palace Museum entered into an agreement with the Islamic Civilization Center in Uzbekistan to collaborate on exhibitions, academic research, and other projects.At a signing ceremony on Monday, the connection forged between the two institutions marked the first official reciprocal visit by a Central Asian cultural institution since Hong Kong&rsquo;s chief executive, John Lee Ka-chiu, led a delegation including the Palace Museum&rsquo;s director to the region last month. It follows a]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/arts/hong-kong-palace-museum-partners-with-islamic-civilization-center-inuzbekistan/</link><pubDate>Tue, 21 Jul 2026 21:45:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/arts/hong-kong-palace-museum-partners-with-islamic-civilization-center-inuzbekistan/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Trump-Backed Federal Council Aims to Reduce Protections of Historic Sites]]></title><description><![CDATA[On Friday, the federal Advisory Council on Historic Preservation (ACHP), most of whose members were appointed by President Trump or include leaders of Trump-controlled agencies, sent an internal draft proposal to eliminate federal regulations requiring public and state input before construction begins on historic sites, as first reported The Atlantic.The suggested amendments to regulations, shared by the Washington Post, have stoked fears that the requested changes to existing rules will give Tr]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/arts/trump-backed-federal-council-aims-to-reduce-protections-of-historicsites/</link><pubDate>Tue, 21 Jul 2026 21:43:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/arts/trump-backed-federal-council-aims-to-reduce-protections-of-historicsites/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New York Sculptor Bet $100,000 on a Charlie Kirk Statue, Now No One Wants to Buy It]]></title><description><![CDATA[A New York sculptor thought he had found an unlikely market for a new artwork. Instead, he found himself stuck with a six-foot-four-inch bronze-colored monument sitting in his studio, a broken foot, a six-figure bill, and almost no interest from collectors.Artist Sergio Furnari says he spent roughly $100,000 building a life-size sculpture of the late conservative activist Charlie Kirk, believing wealthy donors would help finance the project and eventually turn it into a traveling monument. Inste]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/arts/new-york-sculptor-bet-100000-on-a-charlie-kirk-statue-now-no-one-wants-to-buyit/</link><pubDate>Tue, 21 Jul 2026 19:16:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/arts/new-york-sculptor-bet-100000-on-a-charlie-kirk-statue-now-no-one-wants-to-buyit/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Is Italy’s Famed Ancient ‘Warrior of Capestrano’ a Mussolini-Backed Fake?]]></title><description><![CDATA[Is Italy&rsquo;s famous 6th-century BCE statue known as the &ldquo;Warrior of Capestrano&rdquo; a Mussolini-backed forgery? Recently granted permission to test the mysterious statue, held in Abruzzo&rsquo;s National Archaeology Museum in Chieti, central Italy, may have the answers, reports the Times of London.The over-two-meters-high, imposing limestone figure, adorned with a wide-brimmed hat, its arms crossed upon an hourglass-shaped body outfitted with intricately carved armor and weapons, was]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/arts/is-italys-famed-ancient-warrior-of-capestrano-a-mussolini-backed-fake/</link><pubDate>Tue, 21 Jul 2026 19:09:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/arts/is-italys-famed-ancient-warrior-of-capestrano-a-mussolini-backed-fake/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[EU Officially Suspends €2 M. Grant to Venice Biennale Over Russia’s Inclusion After Review  ]]></title><description><![CDATA[The European Union has officially suspended its&nbsp;&euro;2 million ($2.3 million)&nbsp;grant&nbsp;to&nbsp;the Venice Biennale after a review of the inclusion of the Russian Pavilion in its official program.&nbsp;&nbsp;The decision was announced by the European Education and Culture Executive Agency (EACEA) after a legal review and on the recommendation of the European Commission,&nbsp;Monopol&nbsp;reported Tuesday.&nbsp;Last week, the Commission&nbsp;announced&nbsp;its recommendation to suspen]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/arts/eu-officially-suspends-2-m-grant-to-venice-biennaleover-russias-inclusionafter-review/</link><pubDate>Tue, 21 Jul 2026 19:02:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/arts/eu-officially-suspends-2-m-grant-to-venice-biennaleover-russias-inclusionafter-review/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[“Joyce stands out among the great modernist writers for his belief in tolerance, equality, democracy, progress, and the preciousness of the everyday”]]></title><description><![CDATA[&ldquo;Joyce stands out among the great modernist writers for his belief in tolerance, equality, democracy, progress, and the preciousness of the everyday&rdquo;]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/arts/joyce-stands-out-among-the-great-modernist-writers-for-his-belief-in-tolerance-equality-democracy-progress-and-the-preciousness-of-the-everyday-2/</link><pubDate>Tue, 21 Jul 2026 17:28:39 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/arts/joyce-stands-out-among-the-great-modernist-writers-for-his-belief-in-tolerance-equality-democracy-progress-and-the-preciousness-of-the-everyday-2/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[What separates American architecture from European is a matter of scale, speed, and spectacle]]></title><description><![CDATA[What separates American architecture from European is a matter of scale, speed, and spectacle]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/arts/what-separates-american-architecture-from-european-is-a-matter-of-scale-speed-and-spectacle/</link><pubDate>Tue, 21 Jul 2026 17:11:29 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/arts/what-separates-american-architecture-from-european-is-a-matter-of-scale-speed-and-spectacle/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Pousette-Dart Foundation Receives Major Donation, Announces Search for Next Director]]></title><description><![CDATA[The Richard Pousette-Dart Foundation has received a donation of work&nbsp;by&nbsp;the artist from his&nbsp;late&nbsp;widow, Evelyn Pousette-Dart.&nbsp;&nbsp;The gift&nbsp;consists of&nbsp;all works by the artist that Evelyn&nbsp;owned at&nbsp;the&nbsp;time of&nbsp;her death&nbsp;in 2025. The foundation characterized the gift as &ldquo;very substantial&rdquo; and is still&nbsp;in the process of inventorying&nbsp;the extent of the donation, which includes paintings, sculptures, works on paper, pho]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/arts/pousette-dart-foundation-receives-major-donation-announces-search-for-nextdirector/</link><pubDate>Tue, 21 Jul 2026 16:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/arts/pousette-dart-foundation-receives-major-donation-announces-search-for-nextdirector/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Pousette-Dart Foundation Announces Major Donation and Search for Next Director]]></title><description><![CDATA[The Richard Pousette-Dart Foundation has announced a bequest of work&nbsp;by&nbsp;the artist from his&nbsp;late&nbsp;widow, Evelyn Pousette-Dart.&nbsp;&nbsp;The gift&nbsp;will consist of&nbsp;all works by the artist that Evelyn&nbsp;owned at&nbsp;the&nbsp;time of&nbsp;her death&nbsp;in 2025. The foundation characterized the gift as &ldquo;very substantial&rdquo; and is still&nbsp;in the process of inventorying&nbsp;the extent of the planned donation, which includes paintings, sculptures, works o]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/arts/pousette-dart-foundation-announces-major-donation-and-search-for-nextdirector/</link><pubDate>Tue, 21 Jul 2026 16:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/arts/pousette-dart-foundation-announces-major-donation-and-search-for-nextdirector/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[UK Culture Ministry’s Challenges Under New Prime Minister, Charlie Kirk Statue with No Funding, and More: Morning Links for July 21, 2026]]></title><description><![CDATA[To receive&nbsp;Morning Links&nbsp;in your inbox every weekday,&nbsp;sign&nbsp;up&nbsp;for our&nbsp;Breakfast with ARTnews&nbsp;newsletter.Good morning!UK culture ministry faces a series of challenges under new prime minister, Andy Burnham.&nbsp;An artist who spent $100,000 of his own money making a statue of Charlie Kirk is struggling to sell and exhibit the work.How does artwork pricing work, and how do you know if you&rsquo;re getting a good deal?The Headlines	NO REST FOR THE WICKED.&nbsp;As]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/arts/uk-culture-ministrys-challenges-under-new-prime-minister-charlie-kirk-statue-with-no-funding-and-more-morning-links-for-july-212026/</link><pubDate>Tue, 21 Jul 2026 15:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/arts/uk-culture-ministrys-challenges-under-new-prime-minister-charlie-kirk-statue-with-no-funding-and-more-morning-links-for-july-212026/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[What separates American architecture from Europe's is a matter of scale, speed, and spectacle]]></title><description><![CDATA[What separates American architecture from Europe's is a matter of scale, speed, and spectacle]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/arts/what-separates-american-architecture-from-europes-is-a-matter-of-scale-speed-and-spectacle/</link><pubDate>Tue, 21 Jul 2026 01:47:46 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/arts/what-separates-american-architecture-from-europes-is-a-matter-of-scale-speed-and-spectacle/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[“Joyce stands out? among the great modernist writers for his belief in tolerance, equality, democracy, progress, and the preciousness of the everyday”]]></title><description><![CDATA[&ldquo;Joyce stands out? among the great modernist writers for his belief in tolerance, equality, democracy, progress, and the preciousness of the everyday&rdquo;]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/arts/joyce-stands-out-among-the-great-modernist-writers-for-his-belief-in-tolerance-equality-democracy-progress-and-the-preciousness-of-the-everyday/</link><pubDate>Tue, 21 Jul 2026 01:47:46 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/arts/joyce-stands-out-among-the-great-modernist-writers-for-his-belief-in-tolerance-equality-democracy-progress-and-the-preciousness-of-the-everyday/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[For Marco Roth, the cardinal sin of elegy writing “is to make it about oneself more than the deceased”]]></title><description><![CDATA[For Marco Roth, the cardinal sin of elegy writing &ldquo;is to make it about oneself more than the deceased&rdquo;]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/arts/for-marco-roth-the-cardinal-sin-of-elegy-writing-is-to-make-it-about-oneself-more-than-the-deceased/</link><pubDate>Tue, 21 Jul 2026 01:47:46 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/arts/for-marco-roth-the-cardinal-sin-of-elegy-writing-is-to-make-it-about-oneself-more-than-the-deceased/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Christine Borland, Artist Who Researched Histories of Science and Medicine, Dies at 60]]></title><description><![CDATA[Christine Borland, a Scottish artist whose research-intensive work delved into such subjects as forensic science, the history of medicine, and human genetics, died on Sunday at the age of 60. Her death was confirmed by Patricia Fleming Gallery in Glasgow, which represented Borland. Her death followed a battle with cancer.Borland was nominated for the prestigious Turner Prize in 1997, for artwork &ldquo;exploring themes of creation and destruction through institutional (scientific/forensic/police]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/arts/christine-borland-artist-who-researched-histories-of-science-and-medicine-dies-at60/</link><pubDate>Mon, 20 Jul 2026 21:31:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/arts/christine-borland-artist-who-researched-histories-of-science-and-medicine-dies-at60/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Vienna Will Get a New Art Fair in September, After Cancelation of City’s Main Two Fairs]]></title><description><![CDATA[After the cancelation of two Viennese art fairs, an association of 35 of the city&rsquo;s galleries has come together to launch a new fair: Astoria Artshow.Running September 10&ndash;13, Astoria Artshow will take place at the historic Astoria Garage, a six-story historic building dating to 1923 in Vienna&rsquo;s 8th District that will host an art event for the first time. The inaugural edition host around 70 galleries, both from Austria and abroad, and it will act as a preview for a more formali]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/arts/vienna-will-get-a-new-art-fair-in-september-after-cancelation-of-citys-main-twofairs/</link><pubDate>Mon, 20 Jul 2026 21:30:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/arts/vienna-will-get-a-new-art-fair-in-september-after-cancelation-of-citys-main-twofairs/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[V&amp;A Museum&rsquo;s Head of Academic Programs Quits Citing &lsquo;Racist&rsquo; Behavior of Staff, Newly Revealed Letter&nbsp;Shows]]></title><description><![CDATA[The former head of academic programs at the Victoria and Albert Museum in London resigned in late January after accusing the institution&rsquo;s staff of &ldquo;racist&rdquo; and &ldquo;culturally insensitive&rdquo; behaviors, the Art Newspaper reported Monday.The accusations by Yuko Kikuchi came in a January 26 letter addressed to V&amp;A director Tristram Hunt, as well as trustees of the V&amp;A&rsquo;s research committee. In that letter, Kikuchi wrote that the museum &ldquo;likely&rdquo; has]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/arts/vampa-museumrsquos-head-of-academic-programs-quits-citing-lsquoracistrsquo-behavior-of-staff-newly-revealed-letternbspshows/</link><pubDate>Mon, 20 Jul 2026 21:21:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/news/arts/vampa-museumrsquos-head-of-academic-programs-quits-citing-lsquoracistrsquo-behavior-of-staff-newly-revealed-letternbspshows/</guid></item></channel></rss>