Curators figured out that "Gothic architecture and medieval painting influenced modern art, and began to conjecture which works, shown together, would best exemplify this trend’ - including a Van Gogh of a skeleton smoking a cigarette. - The New York Times
The Iranian-German photographer called Israel a “Zionist apartheid state” and said “Free Palestine” in her minute-long award acceptance speech. - Hyperallergic
Digital programming, online classes, offline pop-ups, and construction tours keep museums that are undergoing renovations in the eyes, and lives, of the easily distracted public. - The New York Times
The show, dubbed “nicecore” had a lot of potential to be snarky - and sometimes its main character certainly is. But “the show is not driven by strife or messaging.” - HuffPost
At the University of Chicago, “students have about one week to peruse the collection and identify their favorites among the color lithographs by luminaries such as Joan Miró, Marc Chagall and Yves Tanguy, iconic prints by Gordon Parks and Jenny Holzer, and even a couple of Picassos.” - NPR
That’s April, 2026. “LACMA has likened Zumthor‘s design to a kind of living organism. Indeed, the raw concrete is already showing signs of weathering, with water stains and other irregularities.” - Los Angeles Times (MSN)
The LA Times and Washington Post didn’t endorse a candidate, and it seems like their executives are "hoping to hedge their bets in advance of a very, very tight presidential election in which one of the candidates is a vindictive jerk with a massive grudge against the legacy media.” - Slate
Sean Baker’s Anora and his other films are “raw, intimate portraits of Americans who are often misrepresented or overlooked in pop culture, particularly sex workers.” - The Atlantic
The reopening is barreling toward its reopening date, and “while visitors to the most notable cathedrals in neighbouring countries, including Spain, Italy and Britain, routinely pay for the privilege, France’s Roman Catholic church is fiercely opposed to the idea.” - The Guardian (UK)
"Weeks after letting its journalists go, OFF Radio Krakow relaunched this week, with what it said was 'the first experiment in Poland in which journalists … are virtual characters created by AI.' The station … said its three avatars are designed to reach younger listeners by speaking about cultural, art and social issues." - AP
Many of the largest and most powerful art dealers are dedicating significant attention and real estate to photography. It is part of a broader renaissance for the medium that is arriving, perhaps counterintuitively, just as images produced by artificial intelligence become virtually indistinguishable from real documentation. - The New York Times
"In fact, when the modern gaming industry was coming online, the Department of Defense already had skin in the game. … And Call of Duty might be the culmination of the digital marketing world’s efforts to capitalize on real-world military planning." - The Nation
While in the past, we may have been cynical that cultural tourism was just a watered-down ‘sell-y’ option parcelled up by cruises or tour group operators, this tainted perception seems to have matured into a specialist industry that calls on arts professionals to lead the experiences. - ArtsHub
External and Internal advocacy work solidified support for the sector and gave funding agencies “seats at the table” within local government funding deliberations that were not available prior to the pandemic and that LAAs will work to retain. - SMU Arts
It is one thing to appreciate the ways we make and remake ourselves through the cultural transformation of our worlds via tool use and technology, and another to mystify dumb matter put to work by us. - Aeon
