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The Chumash Museum Opens. But Who’s Still Not Listening?
Panu Syrjämäki examines the tension between cultural preservation and performance in the newly opened Santa Ynez Chumash Museum.
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Win $3,000 in the 2025 Toni Beauchamp Prize for Critical Art Writing
Open to essays, reviews, and scholarship exploring the meaning of art today—judged by Natalie Hegert; no fee; deadline: Sept 14, 2025.
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💥I Got Famous for One Post. Now I'm Stuck in It.
Flash Grenades series of anonymous opinion blasts from inside the art world. Real voices. No names. No filters. These views are their own.
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Smithsonian Removes Trump Impeachment References, Fueling Political History Debate
The Smithsonian Museum of American History removed Trump’s impeachment references from its exhibit, raising concerns about political influence, historical erasure, and institutional censorship under the current administration.
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Studio Doors Swing Open for NYC’s Under-the-Radar Artists in 2025 Keyholder Residency
Lower East Side Printshop’s 2025 Keyholder Residency gives NYC artists nine months of free 24/7 studio access, printmaking facilities, a $1,000 stipend, and a free class. Apply by August 15.
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Why Art Galleries Like South Shields’ Market Gallery Need Protection Now More Than Ever
The destruction of The Market Gallery in South Shields—founded by Laura Robertson and Theodore Godfrey-Cass—underscores a growing global crisis facing art spaces.
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Hauser & Wirth and Société Unite for States of Being at Berlin Art Week
Hauser & Wirth collaborates with Berlin gallery Société for States of Being, a Berlin Art Week 2025 highlight featuring Louise Bourgeois, Rashid Johnson, and Petra Cortright in a powerful dialogue on identity and agency.
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San Francisco Art Institute Archives Survive Closure with SFMOMA Exhibit and CASA Revival
Despite the 2022 closure of the San Francisco Art Institute, archivists Becky Alexander and Jeff Gunderson are preserving its 150-year legacy while a new SFMOMA exhibit and Laurene Powell Jobs’ CASA project promise a creative revival.
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Eames House Survives California Wildfires, Reopens with New Visitor Studio
Charles and Ray Eames’s Case Study House #8 endures Pacific Palisades fires, reopening after restoration with first-ever accessible creative studio.
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Cincinnati Art Museum Launches First Fashion Gallery with $5 Million Gift from Mary W. Baskett
Cincinnati Art Museum receives a $5 million gift from collector Mary W. Baskett to launch its first dedicated fashion gallery, showcasing renowned Japanese designers like Issey Miyake and Rei Kawakubo, and expanding its textile arts program.
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‘Indiana Jones of the Art World’ Arthur Brand Recovers Priceless Dutch East India Company Archives
Renowned art detective Arthur Brand recovers stolen Dutch East India Company archives, including 17th-century ship logs and the corporation’s founding manuscript, restoring invaluable global history.
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Louvre Museum Launches $316 Million Expansion Competition to Ease Overcrowding
Facing overcrowding and staff strikes, Paris’s Louvre Museum initiates a $316 million architectural competition to build new entrances and underground galleries, with a dedicated space for the Mona Lisa.