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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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Sotheby’s Will Sell Works by El Anatsui, Sean Scully, and Others to Benefit Royal Academy of Art

A tapestry by El Anatsui that will be offered by Sotheby’s London in March. Courtesy Sotheby’s Next month, during the spring sales in London, Sotheby’s will auction off ten works to raise money for the Royal Academy of Arts in London, which has been in a financial crisis since the pandemic. The works have all …

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Trump Wants the National Portrait Gallery to Commission a New Portrait

A display about Donald Trump at the National Portrait Gallery. Photo Kevin Carter/Getty Images Since George Washington, it has been customary for presidents to have an official portrait—usually an oil painting—unveiled shortly after they leave office. That was to be the case for President Donald Trump, who sat for a portrait by artist Ronald Sherr …

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Queens Museum Promotes Debra Wimpfheimer to Executive Director

Debra Wimpfheimer will be the next director of the Queens Museum. Photo Claudia Lucia The Queens Museum has named Debra Wimpfheimer as its next executive director. She replaces Sally Tallant, who departed last month ahead of taking on the directorship of the Hayward Gallery in London. Wimpfheimer, a Queens native, has worked for the museum …

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Henry Moore Sculpture Worth £15 M. to Headline Christie’s 20th/21st Century Evening Sale in London this Spring

Titled “King and Queen” (1952-53), the 64-inch-tall bronze has a £15 million ($20.5 million) high estimate. Christie’s A sculpture by English artist Henry Moore that’s fresh to the auction block is headlining Christie’s 20th/21st Century evening sale in London on March 5. Titled King and Queen (1952-53), the 64-inch-tall bronze has a £15 million ($20.5 …

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