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• Iris van Herpen: Please Pleat With Me

  30-07-2026 11:01 via NYT > Arts > Art & Design
  A Dutch fashion iconoclast turns the Brooklyn Museum into her atelier — and a reporter tries to be a couturier for a day.
  
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• Russell Brand Could Face More Accusations After Rape Conviction, Police Chief Says

  06-11-2026 21:37 via NYT > Arts
  The comment came a day after a jury convicted Brand of rape. The London police have said they are investigating two further accusations against the former comedy star.
  
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• Some Publishers Drop Russell Brand After Rape Conviction

  06-11-2026 20:46 via NYT > Arts
  Some book publishers pulled Brand’s titles after his conviction on a rape charge on Thursday. But streaming services like YouTube seem less sure how to deal with old content featuring the former star.
  
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• Juan Atkins: 10 Essential Songs From the Techno Pioneer

  06-11-2026 20:40 via NYT > Arts
  The Detroit D.J. and producer, who died at 64, merged electronic music to Afro-futuristic funk, giving rise to the genre.
  
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• Amazon Follows Melania Trump Film With Two-Part Series by the Same Director

  06-11-2026 20:04 via NYT > Arts
  The documentary, which the first lady executive produces, will debut on Nov. 20. Brett Ratner directs.
  
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• Andy Warhol’s ‘Camouflage’ Portraits Inspired Piaget’s New Limited-Edition Watch

  06-11-2026 19:51 via ARTnews.com
  
  Andy Warhol amassed quite the watch collection during his life—including a piece or two from Piaget (around seven, to be exact). And now, the maison has collaborated with the Andy Warhol Foundation for Visual Arts to bring an homage to the artist to your wrist.Meet the Camouflage watch, a creation inspired by Warhol’s Camouflage self-portraits, which the artist crafted in 1986. As such, just 86 pieces of this iteration of the Andy Warhol watch will be made. Piaget takes the bold colors splas
  
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• Premieres at Paul Taylor: An Emotional Swing and a Hollow Miss

  06-11-2026 19:49 via NYT > Arts
  The company’s resident choreographers, Lauren Lovette and Robert Battle, showed new dances at Lincoln Center. As usual, Taylor’s works flattened them to bits.
  
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• Miami Beach Dealer Faces Another Lawsuit from Artist Alleging Non-Payment as Gallery Dissolves

  06-11-2026 19:33 via ARTnews.com
  
  Gabriel Kilongo, the dealer behind the Miami Beach–based gallery Jupiter, is facing another lawsuit from a third artist who alleges that he is withholding money from the sales of her art.Yirui Jia, a young painter who had a solo show at Jupiter’s Miami Beach location in 2025, sued Kilongo in September in the Supreme Court of the State of New York, alleging that he had only paid her $2,000 of a $42,000 sum owed for the sales of five paintings.It is one of four lawsuits filed in the past two y
  
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• Carsten Höller’s Spiraling Silver Slides Appear in Mexico City as a Permanent Installation

  06-11-2026 19:20 via ARTnews.com
  
  Belgian artist Carsten Höller’s giant, spiraling silver slides have made their way to Arte Abierto Polanco in Mexico City as part of a permanent installation.The large-scale installation, titled Mexico City Slides (2026), features four spiral slides integrated into Antara, an upscale open-air shopping mall that houses retail, dining, entertainment, offices and public space. Höller’s installation was commissioned by Arte Abierto and Sordo Madaleno Arquitectos and can be seen from Antara’s
  
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• Rome’s Galleria Borghese’s $11.15 M. Extension Is Moving Forward Despite Pushback

  06-11-2026 19:17 via ARTnews.com
  
  Rome’s Galleria Borghese is getting too popular for its own good. The 17th-century villa museum has launched an architectural competition for an extension, reports Le Figaro.The decision is a result of an influx of tourists. Each year, the museum has 700,000 visitors, 60 percent of which are international. The museum houses paintings, sculptures, and antiquities from works by Bernini and Caravaggio to Canova and Raphael. “Until now, we have had to cap daily attendance at 2,000 people, allowi
  
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• Federal Judge Temporarily Blocks Construction of Trump’s Arch, Hours After it Gains Final Approval

  06-11-2026 18:04 via ARTnews.com
  
  A federal judge has temporarily blocked construction of President Donald Trump’s triumphal arch just hours after a hastily convened planning commission granted the project final approval.U.S. District Judge Tanya Chutkan issued a restraining order Friday morning halting construction of the 250-foot arch for 14 days, giving the court time to consider lawsuits challenging the project’s legality. The order bans all activities related to the project, including excavation, utility installation, a
  
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• ‘It Gets Worse’ Review: Leo Reich Comedy Channels ‘Girls’

  06-11-2026 18:00 via NYT > Arts
  Produced by A24 and Crave, Leo Reich’s new comedy is prickly and perceptive.
  
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• Lauren Ambrose, in ‘Unbelievers,’ and Jasmine Cephas Jones, in ‘2:22,’ Are Superb

  06-11-2026 17:03 via NYT > Arts
  Lauren Ambrose plays the mother of a missing teen in “The Unbelievers,” and Jasmine Cephas Jones plays a mother hearing spooky sounds in “2:22.”
  
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• What’s the Wallpaper on Camera Obscura’s “Let’s Get Out of This Country” Cover

  06-11-2026 17:00 via NYT > Arts > Art & Design
  Tracking down a floral wallpaper featured on the artwork for Camera Obscura’s “Let’s Get Out of This Country.”
  
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• Police Chief Says He ‘Wouldn’t Be Surprised’ by Further Russell Brand Accusations

  06-11-2026 17:00 via NYT > Arts
  The comment came a day after a jury convicted Brand of rape. The London police have said they are investigating two further accusations against the former comedy star.
  
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• Art Collector Barbara Jakobson’s Famous Upper East Side Townhouse On the Market for $9 Million

  06-11-2026 16:42 via ARTnews.com
  
  Barbara Jakobson was a monumental force in the New York art world for over 60 years, serving as an influential collector, a fierce patron, and a longtime trustee of New York’s Museum of Modern Art (MoMA). She also had a sharp, curatorial eye and a truly singular style. That is perhaps best evident in her home on Manhattan’s Upper East Side, which doubled as her own ever-evolving gallery from the mid-1960s until her death in 2025.“I see the house as a vessel for an ongoing autobiographical
  
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• Lucien Smith Cause of Death Announced, French Authorities Investigate Unauthorized Reproductions of Picasso Silver Plates and Gold Medallions, and More: Morning Links for November 6, 2026

  06-11-2026 15:23 via ARTnews.com
  
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  The artist Lucien Smith died from an accidental overdose of fentanyl and oxycodone, stated the New York City medical examiner’s office.A French court has opened a criminal investigation after Paloma Ruiz-Picasso filed a complaint claiming “a large number” of reproductions of silver plates and gold medallions were made using Picasso’s molds without authorization.President
  
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• She Commands the Sunken Titanic, from 1,000 Miles Away

  06-11-2026 15:00 via NYT > Arts
  A Virginia judge, empowered by quirks in maritime law, has overseen the salvage of the remote shipwreck for decades. Now her rule is being challenged.
  
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• 2028 Whitney Biennial to Be Curated by Meg Onli and Zack Winokur

  06-11-2026 12:39 via ARTnews.com
  
  The Whitney Museum has named the curators for the next Biennial: Whitney curator Meg Onli and director Zack Winokur. The 83rd edition of one of the country’s top biennials—and almost always most polarizing—will open in March 2028.Onli will co-curate the Whitney Biennial for the second time, having done the 2024 edition, titled “Even Better Than the Real Thing,” with Chrissie Iles. Onli joined the Whitney was a curator-at-large in 2023, and she was promoted to the title of Nancy and Fre
  
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• Here’s How Major Galleries’ UK Operations Performed in 2025

  06-11-2026 12:03 via ARTnews.com
  
  The good news: The United Kingdom is still the world’s second-largest art market by value, according to the latest Art Basel & UBS Art Market Report. The not-so-good news? Since 2009, UK sales have grown just 14 percent, while the United States market has grown 51 percent.The art market seesaw keeps tilting. This fall, many galleries with UK branches filed their annual reports with Companies House, the UK government agency that keeps records for businesses registered in the country. Some,
  
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• Whitney Museum Announces Curators for 2028 Biennial

  06-11-2026 11:04 via NYT > Arts
  Meg Onli, a Biennial veteran, and Zack Winokur, the former artistic director of Little Island, will organize the 83rd edition of the much-scrutinized exhibition.
  
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• In ‘Birds of War,’ Romance Unfolds Against a Backdrop of Strife

  06-11-2026 11:03 via NYT > Arts
  Two filmmakers tell the gripping story of how they fell in love long-distance as they covered protests and uprisings in Syria and Lebanon.
  
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• In the Elizabeth Holmes Documentary ‘You Can See Everything,’ Faces Tell the Real Story

  06-11-2026 11:02 via NYT > Arts
  Close-ups of Elizabeth Holmes, Nathan Fielder and Billy Evans give the documentary its signature look as well as its humor, horror and mystery.
  
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• A Guide to the Comedy Gold Mine That Is ‘SCTV’

  06-11-2026 11:02 via NYT > Arts
  The Canadian sketch show, now available on Netflix, featured a murderer’s row of comedians like John Candy, Catherine O’Hara, Eugene Levy and Andrea Martin.
  
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• 59 Movies to See This Winter, From ‘Avengers: Doomsday’ to ‘Dune: Part Three’

  06-11-2026 11:02 via NYT > Arts
  The riches this season include “Dune: Part Three” along with surprises like a Paul Thomas Anderson concert film and a Nigerian adaptation of “Mrs. Dalloway.”
  
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• New York City Ballet’s ‘Nutcracker,’ Now in Virtual Reality

  06-11-2026 11:01 via NYT > Arts
  On a domed screen in Detroit, New York City Ballet’s production of “The Nutcracker” began a new, immersive chapter.
  
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• Dave Thomas Looks Back on ‘SCTV’

  06-11-2026 11:01 via NYT > Arts
  A new documentary explores the legacy of this sketch series, which is now available to stream. In an interview, a core cast member recalls its inception and his favorite sketches.
  
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• After ‘Babydoll’, Dominic Fike Embraces the Mess

  06-11-2026 11:01 via NYT > Arts
  In the wake of a viral hit, new sobriety and fatherhood, the rocker scrapped the album he had been working on to make a less-polished LP.
  
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• 10 Shows to Catch at the New York Comedy Festival

  06-11-2026 11:01 via NYT > Arts
  From headliners like Dave Chappelle and Marc Maron to up-and-comers like Olivia Carter, the event has plenty of options for fans.
  
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• With ‘The Debut’ Coming Soon, Stream These Movies About Scrappy Theater

  06-11-2026 11:00 via NYT > Arts
  With the community-theater comedy “The Debut” coming soon, five, six, seven, eight your way to these films about stage-struck amateurs.
  
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