Art News from Around the World

Visual Arts Mon, 15 Jun 2026 17:02 Sagrada Familia Might Have Topped Out, But Big Challenges Ahead “The biggest [challenge] will be Glory Facade, which is the main facade. Maybe it will take 10 years, but we don’t yet have a fixed schedule.” – DezeenSource: Visual Arts Mon, 15 Jun 2026 15:40 Behold The New Obama Library After standing in the glow of this new South Side landmark, I admittedly feel like a buzzkill focusing on documents, kind of like visiting the Sistine Chapel and contemplating the plumbing. – The AtlanticSource: Visual Arts Mon, 15 Jun 2026 15:00 Living ‘FridaMania’ In Kahlo’s Hometown “Frida died – but she didn’t pass away. She was like a rocket. She just went up and up.” – The Guardian (UK)Source: Visual Arts Mon, 15 Jun 2026 14:30 Why The Art Workers Coalition Still Resonates Across The Art World “Among their demands were a section of the museum dedicated to Black (and, in a later, amended statement, Puerto Rican) artists, an artist committee granted curatorial power, a ‘rental fee’ paid to artists for the exhibition of their work and free admission for all.” – The New York TimesSource: Visual Arts Mon, 15 Jun 2026 13:15 The 91-Year-Old Venezuelan Artist Says No To Weaving With Electronic Machines “Mora, who is 91 and tiny, wearing head scarves around her weathered face, has clung to a mix of ancestral Indigenous and Spanish traditions.” – The New York TimesSource: Visual Arts Mon, 15 Jun 2026 13:00 Where Did This Family’s Looted Artworks Go? “Despite evidence that Neumann did appropriate the Zoellners’ furniture and paintings, he was not convicted; in 1947 he was deported from the Netherlands as an ‘enemy subject’ under the Nazi regime, and emigrated to the United States with his family.” – El País EnglishSource: Blogs Tue, 16 Jun 2026 03:29 What Might the Kennedy Center Best Become — Take Two I’ve received three memorable responses to my recent blog – also posted on Arts Fuse — pondering whether the Kennedy Center might become, or mightSource: The World Mon, 15 Jun 2026 23:12 A Landmark Deal for Music, and a new TV/Video Giant Good Morning, Two big stories for a Monday. First a landmark licensing deal between an AI company and industry-wide music publishers. (Music Business Worldwide). This is the first pact to value songs and recordings equally as training fodder, an admission that the human-made original is the scarce input the machines can’t generate themselves (yet). AND […]Source: Ideas Mon, 15 Jun 2026 18:00 The Old Are Taking Over America Samuel Moyn argues that the oldest Americans, because of their retrograde politics and ever-increasing presence, are profoundly reshaping our collective life. – The New YorkerSource: Ideas Mon, 15 Jun 2026 17:40 Reimagining The Benefits Of Music In Dementia Care Music has a unique capability to engage multiple areas of the brain that can function in sync with one another. This includes areas involved in hearing and listening, movement, attention, language, emotion, memory and thinking. – The ConversationSource: Ideas Mon, 15 Jun 2026 17:21 Study: There Are Cognitive Benefits To Reading Paper Books Reading a book involves a complex series of mental tasks. A reader must decode words, interpret pictures, and connect new information to what they already know. To do this efficiently, the human brain builds what scientists call a story schema. – PsypostSource: Media Mon, 15 Jun 2026 16:46 Fox To Acquire Roku The transaction combines Fox’s sports, news, and entertainment content and the Tubi streaming service with Roku’s connected TV platform, The Roku Channel, first-party data and direct relationship with more than 100 million global streaming households, the deal partners touted. – The Hollywood ReporterSource: Media Mon, 15 Jun 2026 16:40 Attack: FCC Opens Early Comment Period On ABC License Renewal The early renewal order represents one of the most significant actions the Trump administration has taken against a media company, a potential regulatory death-blow to go alongside the myriad legal actions taken against the press and access restrictions placed upon journalists. – The GuardianSource: Music Mon, 15 Jun 2026 16:20 AI Company Makes Industry-Wide Licensing Deal David Israelite said the Udio agreement is the first industry-wide licensing deal struck with a major AI music company, and the first to “value songs and sound recordings equally” when it comes to AI training. – Music Business WorldwideSource: Issues Mon, 15 Jun 2026 16:04 The Kennedy Center Sign Is Restored. But There’s A Bigger Issue My biggest concern is that the Kennedy Center will remain nominally open—as in, I’ll be free to walk through the doors and perhaps buy a coffee at the cafe—but there will be few, or even no, performances to see. – WashingtonianSource: Issues Mon, 15 Jun 2026 15:20 What The Kennedy Center Might Have Been Imagine a scenario in which Bernstein and the Kennedys — John and Jackie both — bequeathed a proactive White House arts component prioritizing American achievement, past and present. It would have shaped the goals of the envisioned national cultural center. It almost happened. – ArtsFuseSource: Ideas Mon, 15 Jun 2026 14:00 Juneteenth Is A Big Deal In Parts Of Mexico Why? It all goes back to enslaved people escaping their captors across the South, and fleeing to Spanish-controlled Florida. – NBC NewsSource: Media Mon, 15 Jun 2026 13:45 Why Are We So Obsessed With Aliens? “You can keep it pretty simple. There are the alien movies where the aliens come in peace and the alien movies where the aliens do not come in peace.” – NPRSource: Dance Mon, 15 Jun 2026 12:45 As The Knicks Win, All Of New York City Becomes A Dance Stage “Of all the joy blooming throughout the Knicks championship run, the most visible has been the jubilant transfer of energy from body to body.” – The New York TimesSource: Music Mon, 15 Jun 2026 12:30 Even In The UK, Music Festival Central, Costs Are Causing Collapse Womad in Glasgow “is the 20th casualty so far this year as small and independent festival operators enter another tough summer facing myriad challenges, from belt-tightening consumers becoming more picky about how they spend their cash, to soaring energy and labour costs.” – The Guardian (UK)Source: