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Max Kozloff, Influential Art Critic Who Augured a Turn Away from Formalism, Dies at 91

Max Kozloff. Bettmann Archive via Getty Images Max Kozloff, a critic who influentially collapsed the divide between art and politics that was erected by formalists who came before him, died on April 6 at 91. His death was announced this week by his wife, the artist Joyce Kozloff. Kozloff made his name during the 1970s …

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BBC House’s Restored Sculpture by Artist and Sexual Abuser Eric Gill Goes Back on View

The restored sculpture by Eric Gill behind protective glass on the exterior of BBC Broadcasting House in London, photographed on April 9. Photo Yui Mok/PA Images via Getty Images The BBC Broadcasting House in London has restored a sculpture by Eric Gill, an artist associated with the Arts and Crafts Movement who is also known …

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Dali Museum Produces Salvador Dali’s Once-Lost Screenplay With Google’s New Generative Video Platform

A still from the trailer for Giraffes on Horseback Salad, a new film made from Salvador Dali’s unmade screenplay. It was created using Google’s new generative video platform Veo 2. Screenshot/Dali Museum and Goodby Silverstein & Partners In December, Google announced that it would soon launch a new version of its generative video model, Veo …

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Artist Umar Rashid on Curating a Robert Colescott Show for Blum LA

Installation view of “The Anansean World of Robert Colescott,” curated by Umar Rashid, 2025, at Blum Los Angeles. Photo Josh Schaedel; ©The Robert H. Colescott Separate Property Trust / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York; Courtesy The Trust and BLUM Los Angeles, Tokyo, New York Robert Colescott’s most famous painting might just be George Washington …

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It’s in the Cards: An Exhibition at London’s Warburg Institute Offers a History of Tarot

Warburg Institute, London. From Renaissance Milanese court painter Bonifacio Bembo to the Surrealists and even contemporary artist Claire Tabouret (who painted her home’s ceiling with images from an early-20th-century tarot deck), tarot—a centuries-old set of 78 cards—wafts in and out of art history. Between 1979 and 1998, French avant-garde artist Niki de Saint Phalle built …

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Institute of Museum and Library Services Staff Placed on Administrative Leave by Trump Administration

L’Enfant Promenade in Washington, D.C., 2011. Courtesy Wikimedia Commons Work at the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) in Washington, D.C., came to a screeching halt yesterday afternoon after the entire staff was placed on administrative leave, effective immediately, by Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE). Between 55 and 70 employees received a …

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Trump’s Executive Order on the Smithsonian Will Send Art History Backwards

The Smithsonian Institution. Photo Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images During the 1990s, artist Consuelo Jimenez Underwood was driving along the 405 Freeway in San Diego when she spotted a yellow sign showing a man, a woman, and a little girl running in fear from an unseen threat. Above these people was a menacing word: “CAUTION.” The sign, …

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Texas Politician Proposes Plan to Fine Museums for Displaying ‘Obscene’ Content

The Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth, Texas. Photo Carol M. Highsmith/Buyenlarge/Getty Images A Texas lawmaker has proposed a bill that could be used to keep certain kinds of art off view, the Fort Worth Report reports. On March 6, representative David Lowe filed House Bill 3958, which outlines a proposed civil penalty against any …

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