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Yuko Mohri’s Fragile Sculptures Confront the Inevitability of Change

Yuko Mohri’s fragile installations composed of secondhand goods have made her into a star. Photo Christopher Garcia Valle/ARTnews On the first preview day of the 2024 Venice Biennale, a torrential downpour sent artists, curators, journalists, and dealers scurrying for shelter. While others fretted about how the art on view would weather the sheets of rain, …

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Labubus, Vintage YouTube, Pimple Patches, and More On View in the V&A’s Reopened ‘1900-Now’ Galleries

“Meet Me at the Zoo,” the first video uploaded to YouTube, 2005. Photo Peter Kelleher/© Victoria and Albert Museum, London On Wednesday, the V&A in London reopened several galleries dedicated to design from the past 126 years. The newly installed Design 1900-Now spaces, which had been closed since November, showcase 250 objects from the 20th …

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A Popular Bernini Sculpture of an Elephant in a Rome Square Was Damaged. Was It Weather or Vandalism?

Bernini’s sculpture of an elephant in the Piazza della Minerva in Rome. Getty Images/iStockphoto Baroque master Gian Lorenzo Bernini’s popular marble sculpture of an elephant in Rome’s Piazza della Minerva was damaged over the weekend, with a four-inch fragment of the tip of one of its tusks broken off and found on the ground.  Local …

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Veterans Sue Over Trump’s Arch, Saying It Would Blight Arlington National Cemetery and Nearby Monuments

A model of President Donald Trump’s proposed triumphal arch to commemorate the country’s 250th anniversary. Photo by Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images A group of three military veterans and a historical preservationist filed a lawsuit against the Trump administration’s proposed 250-foot arch that opponents contend would mar the views from Arlington National Cemetery to other monuments around …

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South Africa Will Officially Sit Out Venice Biennale After Gabrielle Goliath Cancelation

Gayton McKenzie, South Africa’s culture minister, was protested after he canceled Gabrielle Goliath’s pavilion at the Venice Biennale. Photo Alet Pretorius/Gallo Images via Getty Images After canceling a planned pavilion by Gabrielle Goliath that would have featured references to Israel’s war in Gaza, South Africa will not take part at all in this year’s Venice …

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Nan Goldin’s Photobook The Ballad of Sexual Dependency Celebrates Its 40th Anniversary at Gagosian

Nan Goldin, Greer and Robert on the bed, New York City (1982) from “The Ballad of Sexual Dependency,” 1973–86, 126 archival pigment prints, in frames, each: 15 3/4 × 11 × 1 1/8 inches (40 × 27.9 × 2.9 cm), overall dimensions variable, edition of 10 Artwork copyright © Nan Goldin. Digital image courtesy the …

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From Gorillaz to the Port of Los Angeles: Stephen Thomas Gallagher to Debut a Trippy New Film During Frieze LA

Still image from Stephen Thomas Gallagher, Sunset – The Jubilation of The Baboons (2026) Courtesy of SWEAR Studio There are many people who say they have the coolest job in the world. Stephen Thomas Gallagher might actually have a case. He designs live shows for Gorillaz and Lana Del Rey. He helped build a blazing London tower block …

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