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By Mika LeeJuly 7, 2026

“Every ruin feels like a message”

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HAUSER & WIRTH CLEARED OF RUSSIAN SANCTIONS CHARGE

The prominent gallery Hauser & Wirth has been cleared of the charges against alleging they breached the British-imposed sanctions against Russia, Artnet reports. The Swiss gallery, which has locations UK locations in London and Somerset, was charged by the U.K. Crown Prosecution Service last November, together with the art shipping company Artay Rauchwerger Solomons, for selling an […]

Mika LeeJul 10, 2026

Artforum

Saodat Ismailova on Ancient Forests and Collective Hallucinations

The artist and filmmaker discusses her film Amanat, and the forest that inspired it: Arslanbob.

Samuel WilkenJul 10, 2026

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Tasmania’s Museum of Old and New Art Plans Outpost in Thailand

The Museum of Old and New Art (Mona) in Tasmania, Australia has just announced plans to build an outpost museum in Bangkok; specifically, plans indicate that the new site, called Mona Bangkok, will be located on the banks of the Chao Phraya River. Mona, the largest private museum in Australia, is executing the new museum […]

Mika LeeJul 10, 2026

Artforum

Bacteria Causing Legionnaires’ Disease Discovered in Guggenheim Cooling Tower

Legionella bacteria, which causes Legionnaires’ disease, has been found in the cooling tower of the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum in New York. The Art Newspaper reports that the bacteria was discovered during routine monthly testing earlier this week and that the institution quickly complied with the city’s remediation requirements. The museum has said that the tower is […]

Polly WatsonJul 10, 2026

Artforum

Smithsonian Secretary Lonnie Bunch Defends Institution Against White House Criticism

In an email to his staff, American educator, historian, and Smithsonian Secretary Lonnie G. Bunch III pushed back against a recent White House Domestic Policy Council report which accused the Smithsonian National Museum of American History of veering towards a mission rooted in “extreme political activism.” Bunch’s email, which was published by the Washington Post […]

Mika LeeJul 10, 2026

Artforum

Valerie Brathwaite, Whose Curvaceous and Colorful Sculptures Channeled the Natural World of the Caribbean, Is Dead

Trinidadian-born Caracas-based abstract sculptor Valerie Brathwaite, who drew on what she described as the “overwhelming beauty” of nature to create vibrantly hued organic forms, has died. She was variously reported to have been between eighty-six and eighty-eight. Her death was announced on July 6 by the Museo de Arte Latinoamericano de Buenos Aires (MALBA) in an Instagram post. […]

Polly WatsonJul 9, 2026

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Valerie Brathwaite, Whose Curvaceous and Colorful Sculptures Channeled the Natural World of the Caribbean, Is Dead