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NEA Nixes Grant. In the latest opposition news National Arts Fund (NEA) It has been cancelled Challenge the United States Report Highly allergic. The program created in 2001 awarded $10,000 to the arts program for “underserved communities”, including those who have access to mental health services. The new requirement for the grant also recently stated that recipients must demonstrate that they will not use the money to “promote gender ideology.” Cancel “send a message to company donors who should rethink the grant”. Robert Kesten,executive Director Stonewall National Museum, Archives and Library. He added that most corporate donors at the museum have “disappeared” since the new Trump policy. “This is the biggest surprise, the speed at which businesses and the U.S. foundations close in the U.S. and reduces the scale and scope of public conversations on important issues,” he added.
The future of fearless girl is unclear. In a related story Artnet News The “fate” reported A fearless girl Sculpture opposite the New York Stock Exchange Kristen Visbal There is a problem. The company behind it reportedly “quietly withdraws from its commitment to diversity.” Landmark bronze sculpture, installed in International Women’s Day In 2017, a young girl showed her hips. In her initial position, she seemed to stare at Wall Street Bull The opposite sculpture. However, investment companies State Street Global ConsultantPaying for Visbal installation, a new guide for 2025 was released on Friday, detailing where customers should invest, minus the company’s prior requirements for certain gender, race and racial quotas, especially among board members. “We believe that the nomination committee is most capable of identifying the most effective board composition,” the guide notes. “We encourage the company to ensure the level of experience and perspectives represented on the board.” The company has renewed temporary licenses for sculptures at its current locations many times in the past, but Artnet The report said it is not clear whether a 10-year license is required to ensure its long-term display.
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Japanese Magnetic flux artist Tatsumi OrimotoBorn in 1946 and also known for his role as a breadman, he passed away. The artist attached to bread like a mask, creating another ego he performed on the street, and also performed with his mother. [ArtReview]
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German artist Anselm Kiefer Say he feels “threatening” to the far right in his motherland AFD political parties and their recent gains in the federal election. The 79-year-old spoke at his exhibition preview, “Tell Me Where Flowers Are”, Amsterdam’s Van Gogh Museum and Stedelijk Museumfrom March 7 to June 9, 2025. [Le Figaro and AFP]
Banks’ painting Crude oil (Vettriano)a reimagined version of the late Scottish painter Jack VettrianoThe painting, Singing housekeeper,sell Sotheby’s In London, for $5.4 million (in its estimate). [BBC]
Nora Razian and Sabih Ahmed Will plan the upcoming third edition Diriyah Biennale of Contemporary Art In Saudi Arabia, it opened in January 2026. Lazian is Deputy Director and Exhibition Director in Dubai Art JameselAhmed is a curator in Dubai Ishra Art Foundation. [ArtReview]
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Yoko’s idea. YokoBy far, the biggest review is “Music of the Mind”. Tate Hyundai Currently showing K20 Before Düsseldorf, it was until March 16 to Berlin. writing London Book ReviewFrances Morgan leads readers to the artist’s practice and radical thinking, as well as an exhibition of more than 200 works, which sounds like one of the highlights of the year. Ono, 92, who lives in the U.S. military bombing of Tokyo, has seen “the growth of the post-war counterculture industry, flyers and other Ephemera, as amulets for fans, investments for collectors or investments for items to be displayed in museums or galleries,” Morgan. “Persist in the power of speculation, and the feeling of the meaning of matter coexisting at work without much friction.” Highlights involve revisiting Ono’s 1971 work, in which she placed ads New York Times and Countryside sound Announce her fictional solo exhibition. When visitors come to watch the show, a man on the sandwich board tells them that Ono caught flies in a jar, as well as the aroma of her favorite perfume, and released it in the “precision center of the museum.” Invite tourists to find them.
