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• How Shikeith Brings Pittsburgh’s Black History to the Surface

  23-04-2026 23:44 via NYT > Arts
  With Project Blue Space, the sculptor and image maker Shikeith brings the city’s Black history to the surface.
  
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• Taiwan Revokes National Art Prize from Sakuliu Pavavaljung After Sexual Assault Conviction

  23-04-2026 23:04 via ARTnews.com
  In a landmark move, Taiwan’s National Culture and Arts Foundation has revoked the National Award for Arts given to artist Sakuliu Pavavaljung in 2018 and instructed him to return the NTD 1 million ($32,000) prize following his conviction on sexual assault charges, Art Asia Pacific reports.Established in 1997 and administered by the Taiwanese government, the award is one of the nation’s most prestigious honors bestowed to artists. Sakuliu was one of seven artists recognized in the awa
  
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• Collector Justin Sun Sues Trump’s Memecoin Company, World Liberty Financial 

  23-04-2026 22:51 via ARTnews.com
  Collector Justin Sun is suing World Liberty Financial, the Trump family’s memecoin company, claiming that the company illegally froze his holdings of tokens, reports NBC News.In July 2025, Hong Kong–based Sun bought $100 million worth of the coin, $TRUMP, which would soon thereafter be traded on TRON, the blockchain Sun founded in 2017. Sun had already, as of May, sunk $75 million into World Liberty Financial coins, $WFI. At the same time, Sun was being sued by the Securities and Exc
  
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• World Press Photo of the Year Depicts a Family Torn Apart by ICE

  23-04-2026 22:15 via ARTnews.com
  The World Press Photo foundation has awarded its top honor to Separated by ICE, a harrowing image of two young girls clinging futilely to their father’s shirt as he is detained. Taken by independent photojournalist Carol Guzy in a hallway of New York’s Jacob K. Javits Federal Building, one of the few U.S. federal buildings where photography is permitted, the photograph has come to symbolize the human cost of President Trump’s immigration crackdown.The annual contest recognizes
  
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• Saudis Withdraw Offer of Millions to Metropolitan Opera

  23-04-2026 22:00 via NYT > Arts
  The arrangement would have brought up to $200 million to the Metropolitan Opera, which has suffered a series of financial setbacks.
  
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• Stream These Movies and TV Shows Before They Leave Netflix in May

  23-04-2026 21:49 via NYT > Arts
  Dozens of titles leave the streaming service for U.S. subscribers every month. Here’s a roundup of the best ones leaving soon.
  
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• Darrell Sheets, Auction Bidder Who Starred on ‘Storage Wars,’ Dies at 67

  23-04-2026 21:23 via NYT > Arts
  He appeared in 13 seasons of the long-running reality television show about storage-unit auctions. He later opened an antique shop in Arizona.
  
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• Edvard Munch Paintings for a Chocolate Factory Go on View in Norway

  23-04-2026 21:06 via ARTnews.com
  Art aficionados who have not visited a certain Norwegian chocolate factory will be able to see a series of paintings by Edvard Munch for the first time starting in May, when the Munch Museum in Oslo opens a show focused on the artist’s little-known public works from 1923.  An exhibition titled “Edvard Munch and the Chocolate Factory” will feature large-scale paintings temporarily relocated to the museum from a manufacturing center for Freia chocolate, for which Munch creat
  
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• Ai Weiwei to Reenact His Own Detention in 24-Hour Performance in Manchester

  23-04-2026 20:44 via ARTnews.com
  In the 15 years since his 81-day detention by China’s Ministry of Public Security, artist and dissident artist Ai Weiwei has explicitly addressed the harrowing experience in his work. This summer, he will do so again, in what will likely be the most demanding presentation to date.As part of his site-specific exhibition called “Button Up!” at Factory International’s Aviva Studios in Manchester, England, Ai will present Sewing a Button, a 24-hour performance piece in which
  
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• Dartmouth Students Turn to Moldy Beef Jerky Installation in Renewed Bid to Remove Leon Black’s Name from Arts Center

  23-04-2026 20:40 via ARTnews.com
  The removal of a controversial artwork in the exhibition “Storage Room,” which was curated by art students Erik Siegel and Angeles Juarez-Ruiz, is causing quite the stir beyond the walls of Dartmouth College’s Black Family Visual Arts Center (BFVAC). The art center opened on Dartmouth’s campus in 2012, thanks to a $48 million gift from billionaire financier and art collector—and 1973 Dartmouth alum—Leon Black and his wife Debra, whose friendship and business d
  
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• Berlin Modern Museum Delayed Again as Moisture Damage Pushes Opening to 2030

  23-04-2026 18:45 via ARTnews.com
  Another day, another setback for Berlin’s long awaited Berlin Modern, as moisture damage in the building’s shell and microbial contamination in other parts of the structure have forced the postponement of the museum to 2030.The Prussian Cultural Heritage Foundation announced the delay earlier this week, according to Monopol, after the Berlin-Brandenburg Broadcasting Corporation broke the story on the issues. The latest delay adds approximately eight months to the construction timelin
  
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• Ruth Slenczynska, 101, Dies; Piano Prodigy Overcame Father’s Abuse

  23-04-2026 18:42 via NYT > Arts
  Treated brutally, she went from celebrated child star to 15-year-old “burned-out candle.” Against the odds, she later resumed performing.
  
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• The Turner Prize Has Revealed Its 2026 Nominees—and Already Courted Controversy

  23-04-2026 18:01 via ARTnews.com
  The Turner Prize, the esteemed Tate-run award for British artists, has revealed this year’s nominees, and in typical Turner Prize fashion, they’ve already polarized critics.Simon Barclay, Kira Freije, Marguerite Humeau, and Tanoa Sasraku are the four nominees for this year’s award, which once again comes with a £25,000 ($33,800) award for the winner. Facilitated by Tate Britain in London, the Turner Prize will this year stage a show of the nominees’ work at Teeside
  
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• Remembering Napoleon Jones-Henderson, an AfriCOBRA Founding Member Who Imbued Art and Life with Exuberant Energy

  23-04-2026 17:31 via ARTnews.com
  “Do the work” was Napoleon Jones-Henderson’s mantra. He believed that beautiful things grow wherever people invest themselves in the labor of collective empowerment. Born in Chicago in 1943, Jones-Henderson grew up in the Bronzeville neighborhood on Chicago’s South Side and attended George Washington Carver High School, where he was introduced to weaving by an influential art teacher. This teacher “threw the doors open,” as Jones-Henderson remembered, con
  
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• After Cesar Chavez’s Fall, What to Do With the Art That Honored Him?

  23-04-2026 17:09 via NYT > Arts
  Artists who created public depictions of the civil rights icon Cesar Chavez have had to revisit their works after accusations emerged of Mr. Chavez’s sexual abuse of girls in the movement.
  
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• Gladstone Gallery to Relocate in Seoul, Doubling Exhibition Space

  23-04-2026 17:00 via ARTnews.com
  Gladstone Gallery will move its Seoul location to the city’s Hannam-dong neighborhood later this year.Designed by Minsuk Cho of Seoul-based firm Mass Studies, Gladstone’s new outpost will take over two floors of the 739-28 Hannam Building at Yongsan. Across the street is Pace Gallery’s Seoul location and down the street is the Leeum Museum of Art.The space is scheduled to open in the late summer, ahead of Frieze Seoul in September. A solo exhibition for Ed Atkins, his first in
  
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• Art Basel’s Swiss Fair Will Include a New Initiative Where Galleries Will Withhold Works from Their PDF Previews

  23-04-2026 16:00 via ARTnews.com
  With only two months before its marquee Swiss edition opens, Art Basel is hoping that a new initiative will help ensure that people make the trek to the Messeplatz to see art in-person.“Basel Exclusive,” as the fair is calling it, has a relatively simple premise: galleries will withhold at least one work, but up to their entire booth, from the PDF previews that they send out to clients ahead of the fair. Per a release, the initiative is meant to lean into one of the Swiss fair’
  
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• After a Hero’s Fall, What to Do With the Art That Honored Him?

  23-04-2026 15:56 via NYT > Arts
  Artists who created public depictions of the civil rights icon Cesar Chavez have had revisit their works after revelations emerged of Mr. Chavez’s sexual abuse of girls in the movement.
  
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• Trump Fires Top Collector John Phelan, Looted Helmet Heads Home to Romania: Morning Links for April 23, 2026

  23-04-2026 15:43 via ARTnews.com
  To receive Morning Links in your inbox every weekday, sign up for our Breakfast with ARTnews newsletter.The Headlines DIARY OF ORPHAN ART. Nazi-looted artworks known as “orphaned” or “heirless,” brought back to the Netherlands from Germany after World War II, should be managed by a new Jewish foundation rather than the Dutch government, a panel has announced, reports The New York Times. The collection, worth millions, comprises some 1,50
  
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• Michael Tilson Thomas, Celebrated American Conductor, Dies at 81

  23-04-2026 15:28 via NYT > Arts
  A galvanizing force in classical music as a conductor, composer, pianist and evangelist, he spent 25 years as music director of the San Francisco Symphony.
  
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• Venice Biennale Jury Says It Won’t Consider Countries Charged with Crimes Against Humanity, Including Israel and Russia

  23-04-2026 14:17 via ARTnews.com
  The Venice Biennale’s jury said on Thursday that it would not consider nations whose leaders have been charged with crimes against humanity by the International Criminal Court—a move that effectively tosses Israel and Russia out of the running for the top honors at the world’s greatest art exhibition.Issued the day after the jury was announced by the Biennale, the statement spoke of “a responsibility towards the historical role of the Biennale as a platform that connects
  
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• Three University of Minnesota professors elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences - University of Minnesota Twin Cities

  23-04-2026 14:00 via news.google.com
  Three University of Minnesota professors elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences  University of Minnesota Twin Cities
  
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• Alan Osmond, Who Led His Brothers in Song, Dies at 76

  23-04-2026 13:54 via NYT > Arts
  He was the eldest original member of the Osmonds, a family singing group that hit it big in the 1970s with songs like “One Bad Apple.”
  
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• How a Museum Built Its Buzz: Popcorn, Puppets and Free Tickets

  23-04-2026 13:49 via NYT > Arts > Art & Design
  The Museum of the Moving Image in Queens, long a home for cinephiles, doubled attendance by repositioning itself as a community hub.
  
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• Meet the Turner Prize 2026 Nominees

  23-04-2026 13:07 via NYT > Arts > Art & Design
  This year’s shortlist for the major British art award includes an artist who stages spoken-word performances and another who makes art using oil company merch bought off eBay.
  
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• Private Sales Are Surging as Auction Houses Lean into Exclusive, Experience-Led Selling

  23-04-2026 11:44 via ARTnews.com
  Editor’s Note: This story originally appeared in On Balance, the ARTnews newsletter about the art market and beyond. Sign up here to receive it every Wednesday.In mid-March, just before Sotheby’s modern and contemporary evening sale in London, the house’s co-heads of UK private sales, James Francis Fox and David Rothschild , ushered me into a stately backroom for a look at its invitation-only selling exhibition, “The Apartment.
  
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• Anne Hathaway, Queen of Effort, Is Finally Ready to Vibe

  23-04-2026 11:04 via NYT > Arts
  Known best for tightly wound characters in generational hit films, the actress is a tortured pop star in “Mother Mary” and returns to playful form in “The Devil Wears Prada 2.”
  
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• ‘Two Women’ Review: An Erotic Protest Against Monogamy

  23-04-2026 11:01 via NYT > Arts
  A pair of neighbors start sleeping with local handymen in this featherweight sex comedy, set in Montreal.
  
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• ‘Two Seasons, Two Strangers’ Review: Possibilities of a Blank Page

  23-04-2026 11:01 via NYT > Arts
  In this film of structural surprises, based on two works by the late manga artist Yoshiharu Tsuge, lives converge on the beach and in a wintry village.
  
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• These Literary Thrillers Explore Hollywood’s Dark Side

  23-04-2026 11:00 via NYT > Arts
  The best-selling author Kelly Yang recommends mysteries set in Tinseltown, from the down and dirty to the deliciously dishy.
  
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• ‘Over Your Dead Body’ Review: Unholy Matrimony

  23-04-2026 11:00 via NYT > Arts
  Jason Segel and Samara Weaving star in this gory home-invasion comedy directed by one of the members of the Lonely Island, Jorma Taccone.
  
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• ‘Omaha’ Review: Right Road, Wrong Destination

  23-04-2026 11:00 via NYT > Arts
  Great performances can’t quite save a delicate family road drama with a baffling ending.
  
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• Is 1990s Alternative Rock the New Country?

  23-04-2026 11:00 via NYT > Arts
  Stagecoach Festival started out as the “country Coachella,” but has been morphing into a new home for ’90s rock bands slinging angst and guitar music.
  
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• ‘I Swear’ Review: Surviving and Thriving Against the Odds

  23-04-2026 11:00 via NYT > Arts
  The British actor Robert Aramayo rises above the clichés in a biographical drama about a man living with Tourette’s syndrome.
  
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• How a Museum Built Its Buzz: Popcorn, Free Tickets and Puppets

  23-04-2026 11:00 via NYT > Arts
  The Museum of the Moving Image in Queens, long a home for cinephiles, doubled attendance by repositioning itself as a community hub.
  
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• ‘Fuze’ Review: Dishonor Among Thieves

  23-04-2026 11:00 via NYT > Arts
  A high-wattage cast led by Aaron Taylor-Johnson and Sam Worthington helps smooth this amiably absurd heist thriller.
  
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• ‘Desert Warrior’ Review: An Extra-Lavish Epic From Saudi Arabia

  23-04-2026 11:00 via NYT > Arts
  An action-adventure film set in seventh-century Arabia features many fighting men, but the warrior of the title turns out to be the British-Saudi actress Aiysha Hart.
  
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• Controversies and Production Issues Around ‘Michael,’ the Jackson Biopic, Explained

  23-04-2026 11:00 via NYT > Arts
  Reshoots, reluctant studios and family holdouts: the production faced many issues. But now the box office is expected to be huge.
  
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• Stephen Colbert Sends Jimmy Kimmel a Box of ‘Iran War Jokes’

  23-04-2026 08:54 via NYT > Arts
  Colbert said he was “beginning to think this war might not be over before Memorial Day,” when “The Late Show” will have ended its run.
  
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• Dave Mason, Songwriter and a Co-Founder of Traffic, Dies at 79

  23-04-2026 06:21 via NYT > Arts
  An English singer and guitarist, he wrote classic-rock mainstays like “Feelin’ Alright?” and “Only You Know and I Know.” He also had a successful solo career, singing “We Just Disagree.”
  
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• Andrew Hacker, Author Who Challenged Conventional Thinking, Dies at 96

  23-04-2026 06:07 via NYT > Arts
  In a host of books and articles as a political scientist, he attacked received ideas on the battle of the sexes, the usefulness of high school math and other subjects.
  
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• ‘Beaches’ Review: A Classic Weepie Dries Its Tears

  23-04-2026 05:00 via NYT > Arts
  A new musical version of the 1980s tear-jerker comes to Broadway, but the production is too muddled to make an emotional impact.
  
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• The Best Planter Pots for Your Indoor Garden, at a Range of Prices

  23-04-2026 02:52 via NYT > Arts > Art & Design
  When it comes to freshening up a space, these pots pull their weight.
  
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• Top Collector John Phelan Fired as Navy Secretary, After Reports of Pentagon Infighting

  23-04-2026 01:23 via ARTnews.com
  Secretary of the Navy John Phelan, who has appeared on multiple editions of ARTnews’s Top 200 Collectors list, is stepping down from his position. Undersecretary Hung Cao will become acting secretary, according to a short post on X by Sean Parnell, chief Pentagon spokesperson.While Parnell’s statement contained little information about Phelan’s departure, the New York Times characterized it as a “firing,” saying that it followed months of disagreements with senior m
  
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• Judge Dismisses Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs’s $100 Million Defamation Suit Against NBC

  23-04-2026 00:51 via NYT > Arts
  The music mogul, now imprisoned, had sued after NBCUniversal’s streaming service, Peacock aired the documentary “Diddy: The Making of a Bad Boy” last year.
  
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• Joy Harmon, Car-Washing Temptress in ‘Cool Hand Luke,’ Dies at 87

  23-04-2026 00:03 via NYT > Arts
  All it took was a bucket of soapy water and a slinky housedress for her to achieve movie immortality in the 1967 Paul Newman classic.
  
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