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DOGE Meeting With National Gallery of Art Sets Off Alarm Bells
The Elon Musk-led agency met with museum leadership to discuss the organization’s “legal status” as the Trump administration continues its attacks on federal arts funding.
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NADA New York 2025 Features 120 International Galleries
The New Art Dealers Alliance’s signature fair presents a diverse and expanded selection of contemporary art from around the world. On view May 7–11.
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Isaac Julien Returns to the Cutting Room Floor of History
“I want to call attention to how you look,” the artist known for his multi-channel film installations says of I Dream a World, his first US museum survey to date.
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A Vision of Design That Transcends Empire’s Grid
Reverberations decenters anthropocentrism, builds upon non-Western cosmologies, and harnesses alternative knowledge-keeping.
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What’s at the Heart of Our Tarot Fascination?
An exhibition at the Warburg Institute proposes that tarot brings forth a smart mixture of play and ancient wisdom that might help us juggle our reality.
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Clara Peeters’s Still Lifes Are Even Better Than the Real Thing
In her paintings, the 17th-century Dutch painter captured a pure, crystalline moment of time with unnerving verisimilitude.
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Move Over, Jeff Koons, There's a New Balloon Sculpture in Town
CJ Hendry’s massive inflatable installation, Keff Joons, transforms a seemingly unassuming Brooklyn warehouse into an air-filled rainbow playground.
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Amid Attacks on Trans Rights, Museum Staff Push for All-Gender Restrooms
From a toilet "intervention" to signage that upends the traditional gendered silhouette, cultural workers share the labor that goes into developing inclusive facilities.
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Is the Smithsonian Museum of the American Latino Finally Moving Forward?
Amid the Trump administration’s mass deportation campaign, a bipartisan coalition is advocating for a bill that would guarantee the institution a spot on the National Mall.
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For the Wing Luke Museum, Storytelling Is a Path to Healing
In the heart of Seattle’s Chinatown-International District, the only pan-Asian art and history museum in the country puts the well-being of its community at the core of its work.
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Devastating Photo of Gaza Child Amputee Wins Top Global Award
Palestinian journalist Samar Abu Elouf earned the World Press Photo of the Year award for her image of nine-year-old Mahmoud Ajjour, who lost both arms in an Israeli attack.
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Required Reading
This week: Lee Bul’s headless sentinels, Tracy Chapman on reissuing “Fast Car,” Viet Thanh Nguyen on the imperialism of American literature, biomorphic seawall designs, and more.