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The Paris Olympics’s opening ceremony. Photo François-Xavier Marit – Pool/Getty Images The Headlines EPIC, UNIQUE, OLYMPIC. After giving his blood, sweat, and tears for 18 months, Thomas Jolly, the artistic director of Paris’s Olympics opening ceremony, the first one not to take place in a closed stadium, can be proud. His intention was to capture France in …

Paris Olympics Start with a Bang, Bernini’s Dark Side Revealed, and More: Morning Links for July 29, 2024 Read More »

IV Chan, Ritual rehearsal : the Sacred and the Profane, 2020–24, installation view, in “Cantando Bajito: Incantations,” 2024, at Ford Foundation Gallery, New York. Photo Sebastian Bach/Courtesy Ford Foundation Gallery For 605 days, the Nicaraguan activist and historian Dora María Téllez Argüello was incarcerated for her political opposition to the country’s presidency turned dictatorship. While …

At the Ford Foundation Gallery, an Exhibition Imagines the Possibilities of Femme-Centered Knowledge Read More »

A still from video included in the ‘Turn and See Back’, depicting Trans Pride marches. Photo: Jiyan Andiç Turkish authorities have banned an exhibition that explores the art and history of the country’s transgender community, the Art Newspaper reported Thursday. Authorities shut down the exhibition, titled “Turn and See Back: Revisiting Trans Revolutions in Turkey,” …

Turkey Bans Transgender Art Exhibition Amid Intensified LGBTQ+ Crackdown Read More »

The immersive exhibition ‘Tintin, L’aventure Immersive’ at the ‘Atelier des Lumieres’ on October 20, 2022 in Paris, France. Getty Images To receive Morning Links in your inbox every weekday, sign up for our Breakfast with ARTnews newsletter. THE HEADLINES PEEKABOO. A self-portrait of the coal miner artist Norman Cornish has been rediscovered on the reverse of one of his crowded …

Tintin-Inspired Paintings Go to Court, Hidden Self-Portrait Resurfaces, LGBTQ+ Exhibit Closed in Turkey, and More: Morning Links for July 19, 2024 Read More »

Dominick Di Meo. Courtesy Corbett vs. Dempsey Dominick Di Meo, an artist who shook up Chicago’s art scene in the 1960s with surreal paintings and collages, only to gain a following far beyond the city late in his career, has died at 97. His death was announced on Sunday by his Chicago gallery, Corbett vs. …

Dominick Di Meo, Artist of Chicago’s Monster Roster with a Cult Following, Dies at 97 Read More »

The Paris Olympics have unexpectedly closed galleries in the Saint Germain des Près area. Photo Chesnot/Getty Images Many galleries in Paris’s Saint Germain des Près area, one of the city’s major art hubs, were unexpectedly forced to close on Thursday, due to security measures put in place for the upcoming Olympic Games’s opening ceremony taking …

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Academy Museum of Motion Pictures-Entrance on November 25, 2021 in Los Angeles, California. Getty Images The Academy Museum of Motion Pictures has been a commercial hit and a critical misfire. In an era of declining Oscar telecast ratings, the new institution’s robust ticket sales — there have been nearly 2 million visitors since it opened …

The Academy Museum has a Pandering Problem that Can be Solved Read More »

Estrago patrimonial no prédio do Congresso Nacional, invadido na tarde deste domingo (8), por manifestantes bolsonaristas. É possível identificar objetos quebrados, cadeiras jogadas e vidros estilhaçados, além de extintores e mangueiras contra incêndio espalhadas pelo local. No Salão Nobre, a galeria de retratos oficiais de ex-presidentes do Senado Federal também foi depredada. Foto: Jefferson Rudy/Agência …

Brazil Nears Total Restoration of Art Damaged in 2023 Insurrection Read More »