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• Visual Arts - July 21 - Brainerd Dispatch

  21-07-2021 18:30 via brainerddispatch.com
  
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• Savannah Guthrie’s Video Shows a Rare and Anguished Reality

  05-02-2026 23:01 via nytimes.com
  Morning show hosts have shown a vulnerable, candid side to their audiences before, but not like this.
  
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• Matthew Bogdanos, Head of New York DA’s Antiquities Trafficking Unit, Wins $100 K. Prize in Art History

  05-02-2026 22:44 via artnews.com
  The Vilcek Foundation, a nonprofit that raises awareness of the contributions of immigrant to American history and culture, announced the recipients of its 20th annual prizes for excellence in the arts and sciences. Among this year’s honorees was Matthew Bogdanos, a former classics scholar, US Marine colonel, and current assistant district attorney in New York.Bogdanos is a familiar figure in the art world. In 2017, he launched the Antiquities Trafficking Unit, a division of the New York D
  
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• Pulitzer-Winning ‘Washington Post’ Art Critic Sebastian Smee Laid Off in Cutbacks, But Philip Kennicott Remains

  05-02-2026 22:41 via artnews.com
  Billionaire Jeff Bezos’s Washington Post laid off some thirty percent of its employees on Wednesday, according to sources quoted in the New York Times, slashing the paper’s sports, local news, and international coverage. More than 300 of the approximately 800 journalists in the newsroom were reportedly let go.Among the casualties was Pulitzer Prize for Criticism honoree Sebastian Smee, who was on staff since 2018. “I had eight wonderful years at the Post, which paid for me to t
  
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• Tickets to Auschwitz Museum Must Now Be Booked Online Due to ‘Unethical Practices’ of Private Travel Companies

  05-02-2026 22:18 via artnews.com
  The Auschwitz-Birkenau State Museum and Memorial announced on Wednesday that, beginning March 1, all tickets must be booked through its online reservation system. Previously, individual visitors could obtain entry cards on site.In a post on the museum’s website, officials said the change was “primarily a response to the unethical practices of certain tour operators.”“They sold museum tours that included transportation from Kraków. At the last minute, customers were
  
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• The Best Booths at Zona Maco 2026, Where Sculptures Using Natural Materials Shine

  05-02-2026 22:15 via artnews.com
  By Wednesday morning, when Zona Maco opened its 22nd edition to VIPs, Mexico City Art Week was in full swing. Monday and Tuesday had seen a slew of gallery openings across the capital city, with museum exhibitions also opening this week. The energy during opening day was vibrant, with many dealers telling ARTnews that last year was great, and this year is seemingly even stronger. How that will translate into sales still remains to be seen.But what is certain is that there is a strong showing of
  
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• The Philadelphia Museum of Art Restores Its Old Name

  05-02-2026 20:24 via nytimes.com
  After an unpopular name change, and its firing of the director responsible for it, the museum is working to rehabilitate its image.
  
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• Ted Berger, Indefatigable Patron of Artists and Schools, Dies at 85

  05-02-2026 20:16 via nytimes.com
  As head of the New York Foundation for the Arts, he oversaw almost $23 million in grants and helped bring arts education to struggling schools.
  
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• What to See at Milan’s Best Museums and Galleries During the 2026 Winter Olympics

  05-02-2026 19:52 via artnews.com
  The 2026 Winter Olympics are upon us, with the opening ceremony—featuring a performance by Mariah Carey!— taking place at Milan’s San Siro Stadium at 8 PM local time on Friday, February 6.Events will take place throughout northern Italy, with indoor ice events in Milan and outdoor events in Cortina d’Ampezzo, Livigno, Bormio, Predazzo, and Tesero.While the Dolomites and Italian Alps are lovely this time of year, winter sports fans who hope to slip in some art viewing whil
  
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• Buffalo AKG Director Hasn’t Repaid $710 K. Museum Loan Used to Buy Home, State Report Finds

  05-02-2026 19:33 via artnews.com
  Janne Sirén, director of Buffalo’s Albright-Knox Art Gallery since 2013, used a museum loan to help finance a $710,000 home—more than half of which remains unpaid, including accrued interest, according to a state review.Buffalo News, citing data from the Erie County Comptroller’s Office, reported that prevailing interest rates at the time of the loan ranged between 4 and 4.5 percent. The Albright-Knox Art Gallery—now known as the Buffalo AKG Art Museum–a
  
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• Buffalo AKG Director Hasn’t Repaid $335K Museum Loan Used to Buy Home, State Report Finds

  05-02-2026 19:33 via artnews.com
  Janne Sirén, director of Buffalo’s Albright-Knox Art Gallery since 2013, used a museum loan to help finance a $710,000 home—more than half of which remains unpaid, including accrued interest, according to a state review.Buffalo News, citing data from the Erie County Comptroller’s Office, reported that prevailing interest rates at the time of the loan ranged between 4 and 4.5 percent. The Albright-Knox Art Gallery—now known as the Buffalo AKG Art Museum–a
  
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• Toni Morrison’s Best Books: A Guide

  05-02-2026 19:01 via nytimes.com
  Her novels reveal a deeply American desire for freedom and adventure, and one of her work’s great joys lies in always finding something new to discover. Here’s where to start.
  
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• ‘Sirat’ Review: A Shocker in the Desert

  05-02-2026 18:56 via nytimes.com
  The Galician director Oliver Laxe delivers a mesmerizing thriller about a man’s search for his lost daughter, set amid raves in the punishing Sahara.
  
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• New Exhibition Space Opens in Gaudí-Designed Building in Barcelona

  05-02-2026 18:53 via artnews.com
  Casa Batlló, a UNESCO World Heritage Site in Barcelona designed by the Catalan architect Antonio Gaudí, recently opened a new exhibition space designated for shows of contemporary art. The program opened last week with an exhibition of work by United Visual Artists (Matt Clark) and will continue with two annual shows in a space now known as Casa Batlló Contemporary.The new initiative expands on Casa Batlló’s “Mapping,” a series involving commissions
  
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• Ropac to Open New York Project Space, ADAA New Members, And More: Industry Moves for February 5, 2026

  05-02-2026 17:54 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 Thursday! Here’s a round-up of who’s moving and shaking in the art trade this week.Thaddaeus Ropac to Open New York Project Space: The gallery also hired Emilio Steinberger as a senior director in the US. Steinberger was previously a senior partner at Lévy Gorvy Dayan.Hauser &am
  
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• Toledo Museum of Art Director Adam M. Levine on Six of the Museum’s Most Important 2025 Acquisitions

  05-02-2026 17:45 via artnews.com
  The Toledo Museum of Art has a somewhat atypical history, in terms of encyclopedic museums of its ilk. “The museum,” director Adam M. Levine explains, “was founded in 1901 with money and not a collection. The most interesting feature of our acquisitions is that they are almost all funded from the endowment rather than as gifts.” This, Levine feels, enables curators to drive the acquisitions process.“Because the resources are owned by the museum, there is greater sta
  
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• Tom Stoppard Is Gone. In ‘Arcadia,’ His Wit Still Sparkles.

  05-02-2026 17:35 via nytimes.com
  A new London production of the playwright’s masterpiece has extra poignancy just months after his death.
  
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• Carnegie Hall’s 2026-27 Season: What We Want to Hear

  05-02-2026 17:30 via nytimes.com
  Highlights include the hall’s first “Ring,” cycles of sonatas by Beethoven and Mozart and a birthday celebration for Steve Reich.
  
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• Is Martin Puryear the Most Influential American Artist Working Today?

  05-02-2026 17:00 via artnews.com
  Self-portraiture is commonly thought to be one of the most revealing genres of artmaking: In presenting an image of yourself to the world, you are baring it all, or so the thinking goes. What, then, is one to make of Martin Puryear’s 1978 sculpture Self? Composed of a large piece of carved mahogany topped off with a hunk of cedar, this work does not represent much. Its sinuous wooden surface stained a shade of black returns its viewer’s gaze with a whole lot of darkness.Self is a joy
  
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• Fast-Rising Sculptor Yuko Mohri Wins $50,000 Calder Prize

  05-02-2026 17:00 via artnews.com
  Yuko Mohri, a Japanese sculptor whose assemblages of fruit and found objects are in high demand on the international art circuit, has won yet another accolade: the Calder Prize, which is awarded by the namesake artist’s foundation and comes with $50,000.Mohri had already built a long CV in her native Japan before she represented the country at the 2024 Venice Biennale. Building on installations that appeared in biennials held in Gwangju and Sydney, her Japanese Pavilion typified her maxima
  
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• Empress Eugénie’s Crown to be Restored After Louvre Heist, Rembrandt Drawing Breaks Auction Record: Morning Links for February 5, 2026

  05-02-2026 15:33 via artnews.com
  To receive Morning Links in your inbox every weekday, sign up for our Breakfast with ARTnews newsletter. THE HEADLINES FALLEN CROWN. For the first time since the brazen theft of French crown jewels, the Louvre has publicly shared images of Empress Eugénie’s crown, which was badly crushed by thieves who tried but failed to make off with it. Investigators determined that the robbers jammed the crown through a narrow opening they had cut in the jewel
  
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• Philippines-Based Ayala Foundation Names Reuben Keehan as Artistic Director for Kontempo Arts Center

  05-02-2026 15:14 via artnews.com
  The Ayala Foundation, the social development arm of the Phillippines largest conglomerate, announced Wednesday that it has named Reuben Keehan as the incoming artistic director for Kontempo, a new contemporary art space scheduled to open in Manila.Designed by Kulapat Yantrasat, founder of WHY Architecture and architect of the new Rockefeller Wing at the Met, Kontempo will consist of over 26,000 square feet of exhibition space across three galleries. There will also be nearly four acres of open g
  
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• Empress Eugénie’s Damaged Crown to Be Restored After Louvre Heist

  05-02-2026 12:50 via artnews.com
  When thieves broke into Paris’s Louvre on October 19 last year, they ran off with an estimated $102 million in jewels. In their scramble to escape, however, they left behind what may have been top of their loot list: the crown of Empress Eugénie. Dropped and badly damaged during the heist, the diamond- and emerald-encrusted crown is now slated for a painstaking restoration before it returns to public view in the museum’s Galerie d’Apollon.Judicial police initially seized
  
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• Jimmy Kimmel Hints ‘Melania’ Box Office Was a ‘Rigged Outcome’

  05-02-2026 11:44 via nytimes.com
  Late night hosts were skeptical of a $7 million opening weekend for the new Amazon film about the first lady.
  
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• Outside the Art World’s Echo Chamber, at Art Basel Qatar

  05-02-2026 11:04 via nytimes.com
  More than half the exhibited artists were from the Middle East, North Africa or South Asia, giving visitors an opportunity to discover fresh voices.
  
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• Who Is That Masked Man? The Orchids Aren’t Telling.

  05-02-2026 11:03 via nytimes.com
  Mr. Flower Fantastic, guest designer for the New York Botanical Garden’s Orchid Show, lets his art speak for itself, never showing his face.
  
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• One Episode of ‘Wonder Man’ Points a Way Forward for the Marvel Universe

  05-02-2026 11:03 via nytimes.com
  Marvel’s character-driven show on Disney+ provides an intriguing alternative to the company’s big-screen spectacles.
  
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• ‘DWI: Drinking With Instruments’: Experiments in Tipsy Music Making

  05-02-2026 11:03 via nytimes.com
  In “DWI: Drinking With Instruments,” musicians played some thorny new music twice: the first sober, the second under the influence.
  
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• The Churn of Fast Fashion, Slowed Down

  05-02-2026 11:02 via nytimes.com
  A group exhibition at Pioneer Works in Brooklyn takes an idiosyncratic look at the global textile trade.
  
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• How Trump Brought the Fight Over American History to Philadelphia

  05-02-2026 11:02 via nytimes.com
  The administration took a crowbar to a site that focused on George Washington and slavery. But can the contradictions of the Founding Era be erased?
  
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