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Judge Halts Construction of Trump Ballroom, Maurizio Cattelan Wants You to Confess… to Him: Morning Links for April 1, 2026
To receiveMorning Linksin your inbox every weekday,signupfor ourBreakfast with ARTnewsnewsletter. The Headlines THE LAST DANCE. Yesterday, Judge Richard Leon halted construction of President Trump’s contentious White House ballroom, ruling that Congress must approve the major building project first, reports the New York Times. It is the first time a federal judge has put the brakes read more
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51% of Men Say Mona Lisa "Should Smile More"
Daily Newsletter Also, JD Vance’s incel monument, the Louvre’s new security upgrade, and a secretive art fair in the US Virgin Islands … BREAKING: Just weeks after President Trump non-ironically erected a statue of Christopher Columbus, another tribute to a very different type of terrible man who thinks way too highly of himself has risen read more
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The Embodieries of Michelle Kingdom Capture the murky tangle of our interior world – Hi-Fructose Magazine
“I am trying to capture the murky tangle of our interior world in a way that is both beautiful and haunting. My hope is that if the work rings true personally, it will resonate with others too. I am interested in exploring identity through the lens of self-perception and relationships, and how it shapes our read more
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WAR TOYS: Photographer Brian McCarty Travels to War Zones & Refugee Camps To Communicate Children’s Stories When Words Fail – Hi-Fructose Magazine
Instead, when Paul Vester, Co-Director of the Program in Experimental Animation at CalArts, turned to McCarty and asked, “What’s next?” McCarty began to talk about WAR-TOYS. “He was the first person I told,” muses McCarty. “I thought he was going to say I was crazy.” Instead, Vester knew exactly how to help. A year later, read more
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Boy Howdy! Anthony Hurd Embraces the Personal – Hi-Fructose Magazine
While the obvious basis for a metamorphosis would have something to do with representation, Hurd wasn’t quite sure how to begin. Should he pursue more abstract or hyper-detailed approaches, as in the cases of previous work? Rather than start with an answer in mind, he simply went giddy-up, letting the process guide him towards its read more
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Very Strange Days: The Paintings of Jenny Morgan – Hi-Fructose Magazine
The root of Morgan’s work starts with the photo shoots that she conducts with her models. This is where the intense bond is formed between artist and subject, and that initial feeling of tension and exposure in her portraits is one that originates from this process. “Asking these people to be vulnerable with me and read more
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European Parliament Members Call on EU to Strip Funding from Venice Biennale Amid Russian Pavilion Controversy
As controversy mounts over Russia’s plans to mount its first Venice Biennale pavilion since the nation’s invasion of Ukraine in 2022, 37 members of the European Parliament signed a letter that calls for the European Union to cease all funding to the Biennale. The EU has not publicly stated how much money it gives to read more
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Call to Submit: 2026 Booooooom Art & Photo Book Award
Calling all artists, illustrators, and photographers! It’s the return of one of our most popular open calls, the Booooooom Art & Photo Book Award! Once again we are teaming up with our friends over at Bookmobile to offer the chance to have your work published as a standalone book for free! This year, we will read more
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Remembering Asher Remy-Toledo, Media Art Luminary
Obituary The Colombian-born cultural producer, who died in February at age 62, cultivated community and experimentation for New York City artists, including me. Asher Remy-Toledo at Creative Tech Week at the Red Door, Hyphen Hub, circa 2013–15 (all images courtesy the Hyphen Hub Archive, unless otherwise noted) Asher Remy-Toledo, a beloved New York cultural producer, read more
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A Short Film Joins In the Timeless Swiss Masked Tradition of Silvesterchlausen
In communities throughout Switzerlands’s Appenzell Hinterland and Midland regions, a unique tradition with enigmatic origins unfolds around the New Year. Known as Silvesterchlausen, the custom entails a group of boys and men who don remarkable, handmade costumes with masks and headdresses that represent rural, wild, and natural scenes. “Silvesterchlausen,” a dreamy short film by writer read more
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At Art Basel Hong Kong, Blue-Chips Report Flurry of 7-Figure Deals, While Others Lament ‘Slower Than Usual’ Sales
Editor’s Note:This story originally appeared inOn Balance,the ARTnewsnewsletter about the art market and beyond.Sign up hereto receive it every Wednesday. Cash flowed, but confidence trickled on Day 1 of Art Basel Hong Kong, wherea cross-section of the 240 galleries offered a spectrum ofresponses to one simple question: How are sales? At Hauser & Wirth, MarcPayot,presiding overa read more
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Booooooom x Capture Photography Festival: Sami Farra Interview
If you had to choose three life moments that have shaped who you are today, what would they be? If I had to choose three life moments that have shaped who I am, I would start with the Arab Springs and the beginning of the Syrian Civil War. I grew up in Switzerland, but my read more
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Weightless: The Paintings of Henrik Uldalen – Hi-Fructose Magazine
“It takes a lot of directing to get the photo right,” says Uldalen. He works mainly with people he knows personally simply because it tends to be easier to rope friends into modeling sessions. Uldalen doesn’t go into the photo shoots with a solid idea of what he wants. He spends a lot of time read more
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Despite Uncertainty, Gulf Art World Projects Normalcy
As the US-Israel war on Iran enters its fourth week, neighboring Gulf states, a hub of much of the region’s contemporary art production, are projecting an image of normalcy, with many galleries and museums reopening. It’s a sharp contrast to the sheer scale of destruction in Iran and Lebanon, where American and Israeli strikes have read more
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Worlds Collide: The Art of Mary Iverson – Hi-Fructose Magazine
While the inklings of Iverson’s new work were a long time stewing, she had to undergo several dramatic changes in style before arriving at her current location. “Where this series really started was when I was out painting Seattle’s industrial areas, and doing plein air realistic renderings.” Iverson recalls. “As I focused more on that read more
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Marc Fornes' New Sculptural Pavilion Reimagines the Architectural Folly
A bold new structure has appeared in Cary Park in Cary, North Carolina: the latest sculptural pavilion by Marc Fornes / THEVERYMANY. The work is titled “L’Ile Folie,” which nods to the architectural tradition of the folly, a landscape feature that was all the rage with wealthy estate owners in the 18th and 19th centuries. read more
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"When the Desert Breathes Again" by Photographer Gonzalo Palaveccino
A behind-the-scenes look at the largest religious festival in northern Chile by photographer and creator director Gonzalo Palavecino. Palavecino left Chile for Dubai in search of education and new experiences, he spent some time in Chicago as well before eventually returning to Chile to work with independent creative agency SORRYMOM. This project represents an effort read more
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Islamic Futurism Here and Now
The future of Islamic art, boycott calls at the Venice Biennale, a guide to New York’s spring art fairs, and a different kind of Frida Kahlo exhibition. Just because a handful of cruel goons control world politics and wreak havoc upon entire populations and their civilizations doesn’t mean we should lose hope. If you read read more
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Myth, Masks, and LEGO: Ekow Nimako's Elaborate Afrofuturistic Sculptures
Mythology, landscapes, and technology converge in the meticulous, Afrofuturistic sculptures of Ekow Nimako. Using thousands of black LEGO bricks, the Ghanaian-Canadian artist explores legends and folklore of the African diaspora, creating figurative embodiments of allegorical creatures and spiritual beings. Through a single, modular medium, he highlights a wide range of cultural phenomena, from graffiti writing read more
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A Distinctly Nordic Sensibility Ignites a Quiet Craze
“I’ve been living … a great deal in my memories lately,” the Finnish painter Helene Schjerfbeck wrote in 1937. Hers was a nostalgia perhaps born from relief. That year, the success of Schjerfbeck’s second solo exhibition had won her a loyal gallerist and, at last, a steady income. At the age of 75, she was read more
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