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EDITOR’S PICK - Alexander Herman, Comment | How do we protect artists from gallery insolvency?: A recent spate of closures has led to calls for legislation—but education is important, too
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Robert Hewison, Will the real Arts Council England please stand up? A new book tells an incomplete history of the funding organisation
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From the Editors, Emer Grant Appointed Inaugural Creative Director of Liverpool’s Bluecoat
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From the Editors, The Broad Museum Will Go To Paris Ahead of $100 Million Expansion
Artnet
Artnet Gallery Network, How Gershon Iskowitz Forged His Own Path to Abstraction
Min Chen, Francis Bacon and Willem de Kooning Meet Again
Richard Whiddington, 188-Year-Old Mystery of Photography’s First Human Subjects Solved
Andrew Russeth, Art Basel Paris Comes Out Swinging With $100M-Plus Modigliani, Big-Dollar Sales
Richard Whiddington, The Broad Is Sending Its Art Treasures Across the Atlantic
Richard Whiddington, Rare Flock of Lalanne Sheep Could Round Up $5M at Auction
ARTnews
Anne Doran, Can AI Help Identify the Sitters in Historical Portraits?
Maximilíano Durón, Rosana Paulino’s Pantheon of Black Plant Goddesses Arrives in Paris
Harrison Jacobs, Art Basel Paris Opens Avant Première with ‘Good Energy,’ a Smattering of Sales, and One $100 M. Work
Anne Doran, National Museum of Korea Director Apologizes for Misattribution of a Work on Display
John Yan, James Gibson’s Cultural and Spiritual Legacy Lives on in His Sculptures
Andy Battaglia, Jenny Holzer on Paris Protests: ‘It’s Gruesome That Kids Have to Fight for a Better Education’
Brian Boucher, Donors Are Secretly Trying to Save the Kennedy Center’s Artworks from ‘Destruction’ or Disposal Amid Trump Takeover
Alex Greenberger, What’s Up with Elizabeth Holmes’s Weird Norman Rockwell–Inspired Background on X?
Alex Greenberger, New York’s Canada Gallery Faced Threat of Dissolution After Backer’s Lawsuits, Court Documents Show
Daniel Cassady, Experts Call for Indigenous Artifacts in Canadian Tycoon’s Collection to Be Repatriated
ArtReview
From the Editors, Hélia Paukner to direct macLYON and Lyon Biennale
From the Editors, Liverpool’s Bluecoat names first creative director
Declan Long, What Do We Miss About the Slacker Years?
Financial Times
Josh Spero, Do memorials belong in train stations?
Frieze
Alice Godwin, Anette Gellein Gives Queer Rebirth a Violent Edge
From the Editors, The 2026 Toronto Biennial Makes Sense of Rupture and Return
From the Editors, Özlem Günyol and Mustafa Kunt Question the Role of Monuments in Society
The Guardian
Eddy Frankel, Why has a crumbling bottle plant been rebuilt in Paris? The stunning show suggesting the future is Ghana-shaped
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Anna Lee, Art Basel Paris Undergoes Lockdown Ahead of Opening
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The Los Angeles Times
Tara Anne Dalbow, Reggie Burrows Hodges prefers to disappear. Now his art and music are everywhere in L.A.
The New York Times
Scott Reyburn, Art Basel Paris Preview Draws Interest Despite Protests
Observer
Elisa Carollo, Observer’s Guide to the Must-See Paris Art Week Shows
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Urgent Matter
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