French police officers patrol in front of the Institut du Monde Arabe (IMA – Arab World Institute) during a search as part of investigations entrusted to the National Anti-Fraud Office (ONAF) on the Epstein case linked to its president Jack Lang, at the Institut du Monde Arabe in Paris on February 16, 2026. AFP via …
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The December 2006 YouTube watch page acquired and reconstructed by the Victoria & Albert Museum. Courtesy Victoria & Albert Museum The Victoria & Albert Museum in London has acquired the first video ever uploaded to YouTube, as well as an early watch page of the video-sharing platform, for its collection. The video, “Me at the …
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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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The British Museum said it did not, in fact, remove the word “Palestinian” from some displays in response to pressure from a pro-Israel group. Photo Leon Neal/Getty Images The British Museum contested a Telegraph report from this weekend, saying that it had not entirely stripped the word “Palestinian” from its wall texts in response to …
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Marilyn Minter at Hulu’s “The Twisted Tale of Amanda Knox” New York Premiere held at the New York Historical Society on August 19, 2025 in New York, New York. Kristina Bumphrey/Variety Marilyn Minter, known for her feminist practice that blends painting and photography, has won this year’s International Artist Award from the Anderson Ranch Arts …
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Carol Rama’s estate will now be represented by Hauser & Wirth. Photo Pino Dell’Aquila/©Archivio Carol Rama, Turin/Courtesy Galerie Isabella Bortolozzi and Hauser & Wirth Hauser & Wirth, one of the biggest galleries in the world, has added yet one more artist to its roster: Carol Rama, whose estate Hauser & Wirth will represent alongside the …
Adrian Searle. Photo Helen Rickett After 30 years at the Guardian, chief art critic Adrian Searle is stepping down from the role he has held since 1996. The Guardian announced today that Searle will leave his full-time role at the end of March. His final article, a look back at the past three decades and …
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Paul Slocum of And/Or Gallery Courtesy And/Or Gallery This past week, Paul Slocum celebrated 20 years of And/Or gallery, a pioneering space for the exhibition of new media art. Founded in 2006 with a show featuring works by Tom Moody and Saskia Jorda, Slocum’s ad hoc gallery became a home for outsider artists exploring the …
The news about the environment, as you may know, is not good. President Donald Trump recently announced that he was erasing the finding that climate change endangers humans and the environment, meaning the Environmental Protection Agency can no longer control pollution. The glaciers on Greenland are melting faster and faster. Partly owing to climate risks, …
A US flag has replaced a Pride flag on a flagpole at the Stonewall National Monument in New York, following a Trump administration directive. Photo Barry Williams/New York Daily News/Tribune News Service via Getty Images Earlier this week, news broke that the Trump administration had quietly removed the Pride flag that once waved over the …
