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Andres Serrano Proposes Trump Altar for the Venice Biennale
“It makes sense to me that for America’s 250th Celebration, there’s no one better to represent America than the President," the photographer told Hyperallergic.
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Amy Sherald Cancels Smithsonian Show, Citing Censorship of Trans Artwork
The artist said the National Portrait Gallery was considering removing the painting after Trump issued anti-trans mandates for federally funded museums.
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Trump Withdraws US From UNESCO, Again
The organization oversees over 1,200 heritage sites, including the Taj Mahal in India and Machu Picchu in Peru.
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Met Museum Announces Highest Attendance Numbers Since 2019
Two exhibitions alone accounted for more than half a million visitors in the last year.
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Visa Denials Create Hurdles for Artist Residencies
Artists slated to participate in the Art Omi program in Upstate New York must stay back due to closed embassies or denied documents, an ongoing challenge expected to worsen under Trump.
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New Zealand Wants to Be the “Best Place to Have Herpes”
A new award-winning ad campaign uses filmstock aesthetics, retro travel imagery, and irreverent humor to change perceptions of the common virus.
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Israel Says It Will Hand Over Hebron Mosque to Settlers
Israeli authorities reportedly plan to strip the Palestinian municipality of control over the Ibrahimi Mosque, where a Zionist extremist massacred 29 Palestinians in 1994.
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Trump Gifted Epstein a Lewd Drawing on His Birthday, Report Says
The sketch of what appears to be a nude woman was included in a leather-bound album compiled by the disgraced financier’s former assistant, Ghislaine Maxwell.
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Yale Art Gallery Withdraws Federal Grant Requests After Trump DEI Ban
The university museum said it will self-fund an exhibition of African art instead of requesting NEA and NEH funding, which is subject to the president’s anti-DEI mandate.
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Buyer of Maurizio Cattelan Banana Invests $100M in Trump Crypto
Billionaire Justin Sun is the largest holder of the president’s meme coin, which has raised concerns among ethics watchdogs.
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Artists Decry Centre Pompidou’s Cancellation of Caribbean Art Exhibition
Guadeloupean curator Claire Tancons called it a “brutal and shocking” decision and over 100 people signed a letter in protest.
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Ancient Egyptian Coffin Paintings Suggest Awareness of Milky Way
Representations of the Egyptian sky goddess Nut on 3,000-year-old coffins shows evidence of the galaxy being accurately represented.