Hirshhorn Museum’s revamped sculpture garden will feature new acquisitions by Mark Grotjahn, Lauren Halsey and more • Contemporary Jewish Museum puts its Libeskind-designed building in San Francisco up for sale • Who owns the seas? Shahzia Sikander's new animation on world trade beamed onto M+ museum facade

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Hirshhorn Museum’s revamped sculpture garden will feature new acquisitions by Mark Grotjahn, Lauren Halsey and more
The Smithsonian’s Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden in Washington, DC, will reopen its 1.4-acre sculpture garden later this year with eight...

Contemporary Jewish Museum puts its Libeskind-designed building in San Francisco up for sale
San Francisco’s Contemporary Jewish Museum (CJM) has put its Daniel Libeskind-designed downtown building up for sale after closing in December...

Who owns the seas? Shahzia Sikander's new animation on world trade beamed onto M+ museum facade
Artist Shahzia Sikander’s new hand-drawn animated film, 3 to 12 Nautical Miles, is being screened on the digital façade of Hong Kong’s M+ museum...

Pat Steir, Whose ‘Waterfall’ Paintings Redefined Abstraction, Has Died
Pat Steir, the New York-based painter and printmaker known for her “Waterfall” paintings, died at age 87 of natural causes in Manhattan on March...

Christopher Columbus statue installed on White House grounds
A marble statue of Christopher Columbus has been installed on the White House grounds near the Eisenhower Executive Office Building, facing...

‘I have not walked this path alone’: South African artist Gabrielle Goliath on showing her cancelled Venice Biennale project outside the main event
South African artist Gabrielle Goliath will present her Venice Biennale project Elegy independently in Venice after South Africa’s sports, arts...

Paul Klee Painting Once Owned by Walter Benjamin Thwarted from US Debut Because of Mideast War
Paul Klee’s Angelus Novus (1920), once owned by philosopher Walter Benjamin, was unable to travel from Israel to New York due to conditions linked...

Ex-Sotheby’s CEO Tad Smith Banks on NFTs, Agrees to Buy Collectibles Platform Candy Digital
Tad Smith, former Sotheby’s CEO and current chairman of Doodles, has agreed to buy most assets of the digital collectibles platform Candy Digital...

Ukrainian Official Calls For Russia to be Banned from Venice Biennale After Drone Strike Damages UNESCO-Listed Monastery
Ukraine’s foreign minister Andrii Sybiha called for Russia to be barred from the Venice Biennale after a March 24 Russian drone strike damaged a...

Following Shutdown of AI Video Platform Sora, Disney Pulls Out of $1 B. Deal with OpenAI
OpenAI announced it will shut down its standalone Sora AI video app just months after launching it last fall, saying it will share timelines for...

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