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• Gilded Labor

  03-03-2021 18:07 via artnews.com
  
  “The Confusion of Tongues!,” Harry Gould Harvey IV’s solo exhibition at Bureau, offers a collection of idiosyncratic objects that feel devotional and also a little diabolical, given their swirling coded texts, barbed gothic embellishments, and mystic flair. The multi-element The Space between Your Temples Lay the House of Whose Name Could Never Be Spoken, one of the first works that visitors encounter in the show, is staged in an alcove resembling a side chapel, centered on wha
  
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• At ART SG, Top Sale Hits $650,000 Amid Deepening Focus on Southeast Asia

  28-01-2026 19:00 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.ART SG, Southeast Asia’s largest international art fair, closed its 2026 edition on Sunday at Singapore’s Marina Bay Sands Resort and Convention Center, with plenty of reported sales—but nothing approaching last year’s sale of a $1.2 million Pablo Picasso work.Still, blue-chip ga
  
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• US Holocaust Museum Denounces Tim Walz for Comparison Between Minnesota’s Children and Anne Frank

  28-01-2026 18:03 via artnews.com
  The US Holocaust Memorial Museum pushed back against Minnesota Governor Tim Walz this week after he compared victims of ICE raids in his state to Anne Frank, a Jewish girl who was killed in a concentration camp during the Holocaust.Following the killing of Alex Pretti in Minneapolis by Border Patrol agents over the weekend, Walz held a press conference in which he said, “We have got children in Minnesota hiding in their houses, afraid to go outside. Many of us grew up reading that story of
  
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• Pennsylvania Governor Files Brief in Support of Suit Against Trump Administration’s Removal of Slavery Exhibit

  28-01-2026 17:45 via artnews.com
  Pennsylvania Governor Josh Shapiro filed an amicus brief on Tuesday in support of the City of Philadelphia’s lawsuit against the Trump administration’s removal of an exhibit about slavery at the Independence National Historical Park in Philadelphia.That exhibit, entitled “Freedom and Slavery in the Making of a New Nation,” served as a memorial to the nine enslaved people who worked at the President’s House Site, where George Washington lived for the majority of his
  
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• Jeffrey Deitch Apologizes to Artist After Rapper Stages ‘Unauthorized Derivative’ of His Work

  28-01-2026 17:28 via artnews.com
  New York’s Jeffrey Deitch apologized to artist Miles Greenberg after an ascendant rapper staged an event at the gallery that appeared to draw upon a performance done in the same location in 2021.The musician, Lexa Gates, promoted her new album by walking for hours inside a giant wheel at Jeffrey Deitch on January 14. Titled The Wheel, Gates’s performance was meant to “reinforce the message of persistence, emotional resilience and forward motion that acts as the central theme of
  
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• Jeffrey Deitch Apologizes to Artist After Pop Star Stages ‘Unauthorized Derivative’ of His Work

  28-01-2026 17:28 via artnews.com
  New York’s Jeffrey Deitch apologized to artist Miles Greenberg after an ascendant pop star staged an event at the gallery that appeared to draw upon a performance staged in the same location in 2021.The musician, Lexa Gates, promoted her new album by walking for hours inside a giant wheel at Jeffrey Deitch on January 14. Titled The Wheel, Gates’s performance was meant to “reinforce the message of persistence, emotional resilience and forward motion that acts as the central them
  
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• ‘Ulysses,’ ‘Watch Me Walk’ and Other Festival Shows Revisit the Past

  28-01-2026 17:00 via nytimes.com
  “Watch Me Walk,” “Ulysses” and other offerings from Under the Radar and the Exponential Festival engage with personal histories and the works of literary lions.
  
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• VeneKlasen’s Post-Werner Plans, Sotheby’s Saudi Arabia Sale: Morning Links for January 28, 2026

  28-01-2026 16:43 via artnews.com
  To receive Morning Links in your inbox every weekday, sign up for our Breakfast with ARTnews newsletter.The HeadlinesPASTURES NEW. Following his split from Michael Werner Gallery, dealer Gordon VeneKlasen has revealed plans to relaunch under his own name while reshaping the gallery’s structure, ARTnews reported. After more than three decades running Werner’s New York space, VeneKlasen will take over that location along with the London gallery, both
  
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• Art Stars Honor a Dealer and Her Labor of Love

  28-01-2026 15:12 via nytimes.com
  William Kentridge, Steve McQueen, Julie Mehretu, Tacita Dean and other leading figures celebrate Marian Goodman, who changed their lives.
  
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• Veneklasen Gallery Appoints New Partners, Werner Los Angeles Space Shutters

  28-01-2026 14:00 via artnews.com
  Dealer Gordon VeneKlasen has released new details about his plans after separating from Michael Werner Gallery. After running Werner’s New York space for more than 30 years, VeneKlasen will take over that location, as well as Werner’s London space, under his own eponymous gallery, and promote two longtime employees to partners. As part of the agreement, the short-lived Los Angeles branch of Michael Werner Gallery will close.Justine Birbil, who oversaw global operations at Werner, and
  
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• Strauss and Haydn Take a Hit as Cash-Crunched Vienna Cuts Budgets

  28-01-2026 11:14 via nytimes.com
  Amid a broader austerity push, historical sites and an opera stage will shut temporarily, though many worry the closures will be permanent.
  
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• How Did a 2017 Song Get a 2026 Oscar Nomination?

  28-01-2026 11:04 via nytimes.com
  “Sweet Dreams of Joy,” from the documentary “Viva Verdi!,” was indeed eligible under academy rules even if it was recorded nearly 10 years ago. Here’s how.
  
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• Being the Fun Dad Almost Destroyed My Marriage

  28-01-2026 11:04 via nytimes.com
  For years, Jordan Carlos left most of the chores and child care to his wife. By the time he realized he didn’t want to be that guy anymore, it was almost too late.
  
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• Who Will Win the Best Actor Oscar?

  28-01-2026 11:02 via nytimes.com
  In an exceptionally strong field, Timothée Chalamet, Leonardo DiCaprio, Ethan Hawke, Michael B. Jordan and Wagner Moura each have a way to triumph.
  
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• When Bruce Springsteen (Hank Azaria) Met Michael Stipe (Michael Shannon)

  28-01-2026 11:02 via nytimes.com
  Both actors pay homage to rock ’n’ roll greats onstage. But their relationships to their muses — and how they perform their songs — are very different.
  
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• Theresa Hak Kyung Cha, a Cult Figure Silenced Too Soon

  28-01-2026 11:02 via nytimes.com
  Theresa Hak Kyung Cha’s poetry, performance and films inspired generations of artists. Never forgotten after her murder, a new exhibition sheds light on her legacy.
  
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• ‘The Wrecking Crew’ Review: Super Smash Brothers

  28-01-2026 11:01 via nytimes.com
  Jason Momoa and Dave Bautista play half brothers on a quest for justice in this lean, mean buddy action flick.
  
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• On ‘Shrinking,’ Jessica Williams Moves the Needle

  28-01-2026 11:01 via nytimes.com
  The actor has received Emmy nominations for both seasons of “Shrinking” and knows she’s capable of even more. She just needs the chance to prove it.
  
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• 5 Minutes That Will Make You Love Sondheim

  28-01-2026 11:00 via nytimes.com
  Judy Collins, Mandy Patinkin, Renée Fleming, Michael R. Jackson, Melissa Errico, Tony Kushner, Sherman Irby and New York Times writers and editors pick 14 songs to seal the deal.
  
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• Desi Lydic Says Gregory Bovino Got ‘Iced Out’

  28-01-2026 08:26 via nytimes.com
  “We’re not throwing you under the bus — we’re throwing you onto a bus, and sending it far, far away,” the “Daily Show” host said of the recalled Border Patrol official.
  
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• Johnny Legend, a King of Trash Culture, Dies at 77

  28-01-2026 00:56 via nytimes.com
  His forays into rockabilly music, wrestling and erotic films made him a cult hero in a career as confounding as that of his friend Andy Kaufman.
  
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• Andrew Norman Wilson, Artist and Writer of Viral Baffler Essay, Directed Naomi Scott’s New Music Video

  27-01-2026 22:41 via artnews.com
  File this one under “not on my 2026 bingo card”: Andrew Norman Wilson, the video artist who penned a viral essay in 2024 for The Baffler, is the director behind British actress and singer Naomi Scott’s new music video for the song “Losing You.”Scott is best known for portraying Princess Jasmine in Disney’s 2019 live-action Aladdin—yes, the one where Will Smith played the Genie—but she has also appeared in Netflix’s Anatomy of a Scandal (2022)
  
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• Sound Artist Tarek Atoui Selected for Next Turbine Hall Commission at Tate Modern

  27-01-2026 22:23 via artnews.com
  Artist Tarek Atoui has been selected as the next artist to take on the Hyundai Commission in Tate Modern’s Turbine Hall. His exhibition at the London museum will open on October 13 and run into April 2027. Tate Modern international art curators Nabila Abdel Nabi and Dina Akhmadeeva will curate the commission.The Beirut-born, Paris-based artist is known for creating complex installations featuring specially designed instruments that are often made in collaboration with other artists, compos
  
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• Studio Museum in Harlem to Close for More Than a Week After ‘Sprinkler Emergency’

  27-01-2026 21:41 via artnews.com
  The Studio Museum in Harlem will remain closed through February 7 to work on repairs related to a “sprinkler emergency” that forced visitors to evacuate on Friday.As first reported by Hyperallergic, visitors were instructed to leave after water began pouring from a ceiling near the gift shop. “We saw a large pool of water on the floor near the entrance, and saw the water flowing down in the store,” a witness told the publication. The museum initially announced a week
  
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• Ai Weiwei Returns to China for the First Time Since 2015

  27-01-2026 20:59 via artnews.com
  Chinese artist Ai Weiwei returned to China last month after a decade-long exile in Europe. The three-week trip to Beijing marked his first visit since authorities returned his confiscated passport in 2015, ending years of travel restrictions tied to his political dissent. Ai is internationally famous for his criticism of authoritarianism and its cultural consequences—censorship, police brutality, extrajudicial incarceration—making him a longtime target of the Chinese government.
  
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• Renowned Composer Philip Glass Withdraws Symphony from the Kennedy Center

  27-01-2026 19:39 via artnews.com
  Celebrated composer Philip Glass has withdrawn a symphony he composed on commission honoring Abraham Lincoln for the 50th anniversary of the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, he said in a statement today. The work, Symphony No. 15, was scheduled for its first-ever performance by the National Symphony Orchestra this June.Glass informed the center of his decision in a letter on Tuesday that he later shared on social media. “Symphony No. 15 is a portrait of Abraham Lincoln, and
  
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• Alison Weaver Named Next Director of NYU’s Grey Art Museum

  27-01-2026 19:29 via artnews.com
  New York University announced Tuesday that Alison Weaver will serve as the next director of its Grey Art Museum. She will begin in the role on May 26, after the conclusion of the current academic year. Weaver succeeds Lynn Gumpert, who retired last year and had been in the role since 1997.Weaver comes to NYU from another university museum, theMoody Center for the Arts at Rice University in Houston, where she served as founding executive director since 2015. Her last day at Rice will be on May 1.
  
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• Meet the Swiss Artist-Publisher Making Children’s Books With Artists Like Rachel Harrison and Martin Parr

  27-01-2026 18:20 via artnews.com
  Rachel Harrison’s recent show “The Friedmann Equations,” at New York’s Greene Naftali gallery, was a highlight of 2025. To try to break it down briefly, it was classic Harrison: brainy, oblique, and funny. The show’s title alluded to mathematical formulas relating to the universe’s expansion that were used as a sly call for the opening up of society by Chinese dissidents amid Covid lockdowns. It included a number of her lumpy sculptures that mix abstract shape
  
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• Guggenheim Museum Reveals 2025 Acquisitions, Including Paintings by Salman Toor, Ambera Wellmann

  27-01-2026 18:08 via artnews.com
  New York’s Guggenheim Museum has revealed the 39 works that it acquired last year, among them paintings by some of today’s most celebrated artists.There were some historical works added to the collection last year, including pieces by Freddy Rodríguez and Fanny Sanín, who were born in the Dominican Republic and Colombia, respectively. Both were included in the 2024 Venice Biennale, and both relocated to the US.But many of the works acquired are by emerging and mid-caree
  
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• London’s Courtauld Will Build New Contemporary Art Galleries with $13.8 M. Blavatnik Gift

  27-01-2026 17:54 via artnews.com
  London’s Courtauld Gallery, home to a storied collection including works by artists like Manet and van Gogh, will open two new galleries devoted to contemporary art at the museum’s recently refurbished campus at Somerset House. The galleries will be built with a Blavatnik Family Foundation gift of £10 million ($13.8 million). This brings recent support by the foundation to a total of £20 million ($27.5 million). The top-floor galleries, designed in the 18th century a
  
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