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• Five Key Scenes From ‘The Wire’

  10-06-2022 11:00 via nytimes.com
  
  Cast members look back at some of the HBO drama’s most pivotal moments 20 years after its premiere.
  
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• Late Night Tells the Tale of Dueling Senators

  19-03-2026 07:48 via nytimes.com
  “Also very funny to describe a duel as being between two consenting adults. You know, because if only one person consents, that’s murder,” said Seth Meyers, host of “Late Night.”
  
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• AI Replica of Val Kilmer to Appear in ‘As Deep as the Grave’

  19-03-2026 01:18 via nytimes.com
  Kilmer’s estate collaborated with the filmmakers to make a digital likeness of the actor, who died of cancer last year.
  
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• Trump’s Plans for America’s 250th Emphasize Religion’s Role in the Nation’s Founding

  18-03-2026 23:55 via nytimes.com
  A closed-door White House event included news about the National Garden of American Heroes and an emphasis on the role of religion in the founding.
  
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• Trump’s Planning for America’s 250th Emphasizes Religion’s Role in the Nation’s Founding

  18-03-2026 23:55 via nytimes.com
  A closed-door White House event included news about the National Garden of American Heroes and an emphasis on the role of religion in the founding.
  
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• For Tschabalala Self, Art Is Romantic

  18-03-2026 23:07 via nytimes.com
  The painter and sculptor discusses neighborhood murals, nonlinear storytelling and her commission for the New Museum, a 13-foot-tall rendering of a couple mid-embrace.
  
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• Monet Once Pledged His Paintings to Secure a Loan, a Letter Reveals

  18-03-2026 22:41 via artnews.com
  Paintings by Impressionist artist Claude Monet (1840–1926) are some of the most valuable artworks in the world; in 2019 his Meules (Haystacks) soared to $110.7 million at Sotheby’s New York, setting an auction record for an Impressionist painting that still stands today. From glowing haystacks painted at different hours of the day to his monumental Nymphéas (Water Lilies) canvases and ethereal Venetian cityscapes, Monet’s work has attracted a global f
  
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• Paris Dealer Kamel Mennour Buys Galerie Malingue, Founded Over Five Decades Ago 

  18-03-2026 22:34 via artnews.com
  The baton is being passed from an elder generation of French art dealer to a younger one, with the purchase of Galerie Malingue by dealer Kamel Mennour, who will take over Malingue’s 4,300-square-foot showroom at 26 Avenue Matignon in Paris’s Matignon district.“Located in a space with a long history in modern art, formerly Galerie Malingue, this new venue reflects Mennour’s continued growth while setting out a clear direction: the showcasing of significant works by modern
  
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• Christie’s Turns Pop Culture Into a Stadium Event With $94.5 M. Jim Irsay Sale

  18-03-2026 22:12 via artnews.com
  For a few days in March, Christie’s Rockefeller Center galleries felt less like an auction house than a public exhibition of 20th-century mythmaking. Fans came to see Kurt Cobain’s guitar, Jerry Garcia’s “Tiger,” and John Lennon’s piano from “Sgt. Pepper” and Ringo Starr’s “Ed Sullivan” drum kit up close. Then the sales began, and what had been a museum-like display turned into something louder, faster, and far more competitive.Ac
  
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• Jennie Jieun Lee’s Celebration of Community and Crafts

  18-03-2026 21:43 via nytimes.com
  To mark the opening of her first solo museum show, the artist Jennie Jieun Lee invited friends over for an afternoon of community and crafts.
  
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• Carol Kitman, 96, Dies; Photographer Documented the Vindman Twins

  18-03-2026 21:27 via nytimes.com
  A chance encounter in Brooklyn led to a decades-long project following the boys’ lives, from childhood to national prominence as critics of President Trump.
  
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• Dizzy, Nauseous Columbus Art Museum Workers Issue Complaints About Chemical Fumes

  18-03-2026 21:00 via artnews.com
  Workers at the Columbus Museum of Art in Ohio have complained to the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) about headaches, nausea, and dizziness thought to be caused by a chemical sealant used on gallery floors.As reported Tuesday by the Columbus Dispatch, the museum used the floor sealing product GT 275 on floors during recently commenced renovation work on its Ross building, and employees have complained about fumes throughout the institution in the weeks since work began. A fo
  
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• The Good List: 6 Things to Add Delight to Your Day

  18-03-2026 20:59 via nytimes.com
  Peony tulips, transcendent eye contact and a new game from the creator of Wordle.
  
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• Taylor Frankie Paul’s ‘Bachelorette’ Controversy, Explained

  18-03-2026 20:45 via nytimes.com
  The reality star who rose to fame on “The Secret Lives of Mormon Wives” is being investigated for domestic violence along with the father of one of her children.
  
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• Major Corporate Sponsor Withdraws from Sydney Biennale, Citing Alleged Hate Speech

  18-03-2026 20:26 via artnews.com
  A major corporate sponsor of the Sydney Biennale, Australia’s biggest art exhibition, has withdrawn following allegations of antisemitism involving a DJ in its program.On Tuesday, the NSW Jewish Board of Deputies filed a police complaint over comments allegedly made by US electronic music producer Zubeyda Muzeyyen, who performs as DJ Haram, during a set at the Biennale’s opening night party last week at White Bay Power Station, the Sydney Morning Herald reported. Muzeyyen is accused
  
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• Man Causes ‘Catastrophic Damage’ to Chihuly Glass Museum in Seattle

  18-03-2026 20:03 via artnews.com
  A man caused $240,000 in damage to the Chihuly Garden and Glass Museum in Seattle late on Monday night, according to a report by the local police.The Seattle Police Department did not name the man, saying only that he was 40 and that he was arrested for assault. The blotter report described the vandalism as “catastrophic damage.”According to the report, the man destroyed several sculptures of plants located on the museum’s grounds. Those sculptures are by Dale Chihuly, whose gl
  
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• Praise Shadows’s New Sales Director and Para Site Names Executive Director: Industry Moves for March 18, 2026

  18-03-2026 19:35 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.Happy Wednesday! Here’s a round-up of who’s moving and shaking in the art trade this week.Praise Shadows Hires Rebecca Hayes as Sales Director: Hayes will lead sales at the Boston gallery’s new downtown space. She previously held roles at the Museum of Modern Art and the Addi
  
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• Wine and Spirits Sales at Sotheby’s Grew 12% Last Year to $127.5 M.

  18-03-2026 19:00 via artnews.com
  The news has not been great for the global spirits marketplace, as we’ve reported many times over the past year. Still, despite distilleries pausing production and corporate sales figures slipping, one bright spot seems to be in the auction market for rare and expensive whiskeys. One of the leading auction houses, Sotheby’s, released its 2025 Wine & Spirits Market Report late last week, and it details a bevy of information showing how it is out
  
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• Congress Moves to Expand Holocaust Art Restitution Claims

  18-03-2026 18:35 via artnews.com
  Congress has moved to give new life to a law meant to help families recover art stolen during the Holocaust, while at the same time reopening a long-running battle between heirs and the institutions that still hold those works.The US House of Representatives on Monday approved an extension of the Holocaust Expropriated Art Recovery (HEAR) Act, a 2016 law designed to make it easier for victims’ descendants to bring restitution claims decades after the fact. The measure, according to the&nbs
  
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• Competition in the Auction Business’s Middle Market is Fierce, and Growing Fiercer

  18-03-2026 18:30 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.A former executive at a global auction house recently shared an interesting statistic with me about what the industry calls the “middle market.” This term means different things to different houses, but generally it refers to lots valued below $1 million and collections below $5 million. Thi
  
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• Venice Biennale Says No Sanctions Have Been Broken in Allowing Russia Pavilion to Reopen

  18-03-2026 18:09 via artnews.com
  The Venice Biennale is standing by its polarizing decision to ignore calls to ban Russia from taking part in this year’s exhibition, insisting it hasn’t broken any rules.In a statement released on Tuesday, the biennale’s organizers said they’ve fully complied with all sanctions imposed on Moscow after its invasion of Ukraine in 2022. “No regulations have been violated,” they said, adding that the Italian culture ministry has been provided with documentation to
  
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• Venice Biennale Sayd No Sanctions Have Been Broken in Allowing Russia Pavilion to Reopen

  18-03-2026 18:09 via artnews.com
  The Venice Biennale is standing by its polarizing decision to ignore calls to ban Russia from taking part in this year’s exhibition, insisting it hasn’t broken any rules.In a statement released on Tuesday, the biennale’s organizers said they’ve fully complied with all sanctions imposed on Moscow after its invasion of Ukraine in 2022. “No regulations have been violated,” they said, adding that the Italian culture ministry has been provided with documentation to
  
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• Curator Liz Munsell Named Vice President of Curatorial and Arts Programs at New York’s Powerhouse Arts

  18-03-2026 17:00 via artnews.com
  Powerhouse Arts, a nonprofit creative production center in Brooklyn’s Gowanus neighborhood, announced that curator Liz Munsell to the role of vice president of curatorial and arts programs. Munzell will replace Diya Vij, who was recently appointed as the commissioner of cultural affairs for New York City.In her role, Munsell will work on expanding Powerhouse’s annual exhibitions and public programming, as well as overseeing its artist residency and subsidy initiatives and the art fai
  
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• Camille Henrot Returns to Film After a Decade—with An Instant Classic

  18-03-2026 16:02 via artnews.com
  Camille Henrot’s breakout film Grosse Fatigue (2013) was a tour-de-force: it won her the Silver Lion at the Venice Biennale, and ranked on two lists—ARTnews’s and Frieze’s—of the 21st century’s best artworks.But it’s been nearly a decade since she’s shown a new film: her last was Saturday (2017). This week, that’s changing: Henrot is premiering her new, hotly anticipated In the Veins (2026) at the reopened New Museum, as part of the sprawling
  
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• Goo Goo Dolls’ ‘Iris’ Is Back as ’90s Trend Soundtrack

  18-03-2026 15:04 via nytimes.com
  Courteney Cox, basketball fans and Marvel movies have recently joined in on the resurgence of the band’s signature anthemic ballad.
  
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• National Gallery of Art Acquires Hundreds of Works, from Civil War Photographs to a Salman Toor Painting

  18-03-2026 15:00 via artnews.com
  The National Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C., announced today the acquisition of hundreds of works to its permanent collection, spanning from the 17th century to today.This round of acquisitions shows some of the museum’s current priorities in terms of shoring up its holdings, including early photography and recent large-scale works. Among these is a trove of 35 Civil War photographs by the likes of Alexander Gardner, George N. Barnard, and Andrew Joseph Russell, alongside pieces by Dan
  
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• Berlin Academy of Art Slams Art Prize Cuts, US President Called ‘Steward, Not Owner’ of White House Over Ballroom Plans: Morning Links for March 18, 2026

  18-03-2026 13:25 via artnews.com
  To receive Morning Links in your inbox every weekday, sign up for our Breakfast with ARTnews newsletter.The HeadlinesPOLITICAL MISSTEP? Berlin’s Academy of Arts is pushing back against plans to cut the Berlin Art Prize’s prize money in half, calling it both a cultural and political misstep, Monopol reported. In a statement on Tuesday, the Academy also criticized the fact that Berlin’s Governing Mayor, Kai Wegner, hasn’t responded to
  
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• ‘My Joy Is Heavy’ Review: Hope and Horror Live in the Same House

  18-03-2026 10:02 via nytimes.com
  A full-scale production of the Bengsons’ deeply personal memoir musical is delivered via anthemic songs and remnants of home.
  
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• Why Is ‘Iris’ by the Goo Goo Dolls Still Everywhere?

  18-03-2026 10:01 via nytimes.com
  A TikTok trend steeped in 1990s nostalgia has given the band’s signature anthemic ballad new life, and a new audience.
  
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• Got an Idea About Who Robbed the Gardner Museum? Get in Line.

  18-03-2026 10:01 via nytimes.com
  Theories abound as to who pulled off the largest art heist in U.S. history. In a new book, the former F.B.I. agent who handled the case dismisses many of them.
  
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