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British Museum Contests Report on Removal of ‘Palestinian’ from Some Wall Texts

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 Wins Anderson Ranch’s International Artist Award

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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Adrian Searle to Step Down as the Guardian’s Chief Art Critic After Three Decades

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, One of Digital Art’s First Champions, on Building a Sustainable Digital Ecosystem

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 …

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I Swam To See an Underwater Art Project Off Miami Beach That Imagines a Better Aquatic World

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, …

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Trump Administration Removes Pride Flag from Stonewall Monument, Elected Officials Reinstated It on Their Own

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 …

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University of North Texas Cancels Victor Quiñonez Exhibition, Artist Claims Censorship over Anti-ICE Content in His Work

Victor “Marka27” Quiñonez, I.C.E. SCREAM, 2024–ongoing, installation view at Boston University Art Galleries, 2025. Photo Tim Correira/Courtesy Boston University Art Galleries The exhibition was intended to be a homecoming for artist Victor “Marka27” Quiñonez who grew up in the Dallas–Fort Worth metro area. The excitement built when he got the first batch of images showing his traveling …

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Judge Orders Return of Slavery Exhibit at President’s House, Barbican Director Devyani Saltzman Departs: Morning Links for February 17, 2026

Devyani Saltzman (R). Dave Benett/Getty Images for Frieze To receive Morning Links in your inbox every weekday, sign up for our Breakfast with ARTnewsnewsletter. The Headlines GEORGE ORWELL-IAN. On Monday, a judge ruled the Trump administration cannot alter historical facts and must temporarily rehang an exhibition about slavery at a monument to George Washington and John Adams’ home in Philadelphia, while a lawsuit proceeds, …

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Intuit Art Museum in Chicago Gifted Trove of Artworks, Hidden Camera Found in Women’s Restroom at Centre Pompidou’s Offices: Morning Links for February 12, 2026

The Centre Pompidou in Paris. De Agostini via Getty Images To receive Morning Links in your inbox every weekday, sign up for our Breakfast with ARTnews newsletter. The Headlines BAILEY’S BEQUEST. The Intuit Art Museum (IAM) in Chicago, one of the country’s top museums dedicated to self-taught artists, has been gifted 61 works through two donations, reports The Art Newspaper. The largest of …

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