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How to Piss Off Trump
A mysterious public artwork on the National Mall, the Philadelphia Art Museum's ongoing rebrand debacle, new Louvre heist footage, and Yoko Ono's relentless positivity.
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John Wilson Bears Witness
The Met has a union, John Wilson has a message, Ana Mendieta’s traces, and other happenings around the city this week.
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Trump Targets New Deal-Era Art
The national myth of Grandma Moses, Lotty Rosenfeld's radical linework, and how will art institutions evolve in 2026?
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Martin Luther King Jr. in Art and Memory
Revisiting a 40-year-old mural of the civil rights leader, John Yau on the paintings of John Wilson, and a perspective from a former educator at the California College of the Arts.
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Et Tu, South Africa?
Christina Sharpe and Rinaldo Walcott lambast the country's culture minister for canceling a show about Palestinian grief for the Venice Biennale.
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A Very 2026 Art Reading List
Also, the Smithsonian complies with Trump, the Asian Art Museum's baby rave, and an interview El Salvador's Venice Biennale artist.
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Christina Sharpe's Appeal to South Africa
A call to reinstate Gabrielle Goliath's Venice Biennale pavilion, Ana Mendieta’s earthworks, and the California College of the Arts is no more.
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Lessons for Artists From Ursula K. Le Guin
The insidious ubiquity of application fees, a bill to fund the arts advances to the Senate, and a sexual history of the internet.
New York Newsletter
RIP MetroCard
The Transit Museum honors a NYC icon, Ayoung Kim goes stargazing at MoMA PS1, a puppy persona performance, and more to plan your week in New York.
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Palestinian Embroidery Today
Perspectives of Venezuela and Cuba from exile, an exhibition of artwork made by children in Gaza, and remembering Colombian artist Beatriz González.
Books Newsletter
David Wojnarowicz in the Age of Surveillance
Books on the living tradition of Palestinian embroidery, the women artists whose legacies Picasso eclipsed, and more to kick off 2026.
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No One Was “Picasso’s Woman”
South Africa axes a performance about the genocide in Gaza, the real lives of the women who loved Picasso, the imaginative worlds of Rousseau, and Beer With a Painter.