Tag: Controversy
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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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Former MoMA Director Glenn Lowry Says Leon Black Is a ‘Solid Trustee’ Amid Epstein Controversy
While collector Leon Black continues to face controversy over his ties to convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, he has found a defender in Glenn Lowry, a former director of the Museum of Modern Art, the New York institution where Black is currently a board member. Black was previously chair of MoMA’s board, but he left read more
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Sprüth Magers Removes AI-Assisted David Salle Painting Amid Copyright Controversy
A painting inDavid Salle’s new exhibitionatSprüthMagersin Los Angeles has been removed from view after critics questioned whether the painter copied another artist’s work. Salle’s painting,Hatchet (2025), features as its primary subject a woman in a black-and-white dress—her face cropped by the edge of the canvas—brandishing a sledgehammer.The exhibition, titled “My Frankenstein,”opened on February 24, and read more
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