Art News from Around the World

Visual Arts Tue, 14 Apr 2026 19:02 The Trump-As-Jesus Image Conveyed More Than He Realized: Philip Kennicott “Among those messages: a palpable sense of desperation. In the rapid and angry response to the meme, one sensed a coalition beginning to crack, and in the message itself — unfiltered, offensive and unhinged — one sensed the instability of the man who disseminated it.” – The Washington Post (MSN)Source: Visual Arts Tue, 14 Apr 2026 17:15 EU Tells Venice Biennale To Justify Russia’s Inclusion Or Lose Funding The letter, invoking the charge that the Biennale had violated EU sanctions against Russia, asks the exhibition to “respond to these allegations” and “inform us of any corrective measures you intend to adopt.” At stake is a €2 million ($2.3 million) grant that the commission is prepared to “suspend or terminate” – ARTnewsSource: Visual Arts Tue, 14 Apr 2026 16:01 Australia’s Most Controversial Exhibition Of Indigenous Art Opens After Three-Year Delay The major exhibition “Ngura Puḻka – Epic Country,” was supposed to open at the National Gallery in Canberra in 2023. It was almost entirely installed when The Australian (a Murdoch paper) published allegations which led to a string of investigations, sustained and divisive public commentary, a multimillion-dollar lawsuit, and a three-year postponement. – The GuardianSource: The World Tue, 14 Apr 2026 21:56 Who’s Afraid of the Trocks? Good Morning Les Ballets Trockadero de Monte Carlo has been selling out theaters for 50 years. Now some American venues won’t book them — not for lack of audience, but because presenting a drag ballet company might cost them what little government funding they have left (The Irish Times). Finnish violinist Pekka Kuusisto is going […]Source: The World Tue, 14 Apr 2026 21:49 Director of Development Playwrights Horizons, an award-winning Off-Broadway theater located in the heart of Manhattan, seeks a dynamic, strategic and collaborative Director of Development to lead a high-performingSource: Issues Tue, 14 Apr 2026 18:30 New Contemporary Art Museum In Indianapolis Aims To Reinvent The Form The $13 million campus, which spans five acres, includes a Vegas-style, chicken-themed wedding chapel, a radio station, a contemporary art gallery with a coffee shop, an amphitheater, a sculpture park and 18 colorful, affordable houses for resident artists and their families. – The New York TimesSource: Theatre Tue, 14 Apr 2026 18:05 Performing “A Streetcar Named Desire” In “Found Spaces” All Across The U.S. “Featuring four actors, a sparse set, and no props, … this production has been performed since 2023 on all manner of improvised stages. An airplane hangar in Los Angeles. An opera house in Colorado. A dining hall, library and bar at Yale. A Baptist church and various homes in Manhattan.” – The Washington Post (Yahoo!)Source: Issues Tue, 14 Apr 2026 17:44 Trump Fires Entire Presidio Board A year after threatening to “dramatically” downsize the operations of San Francisco’s Presidio, President Donald Trump has terminated the park’s board of trustees. – San Francisco ChronicleSource: People Tue, 14 Apr 2026 17:31 Finnish Violinist Says He Won’t Perform In The US Due To The Political Situation ’I would like to, with utmost sensitivity and respect, suggest to the administrations of the major American orchestras to consider using your voices… I’m quite convinced that the situation would get easier, faster, if the arts community came together to say “no more” in unison, in a way that inspires.’ – The StradSource: Words Tue, 14 Apr 2026 17:03 LGBTQ Bookstores Had Been Slowly Disappearing For Years, Now There’s A New Generation Of Them. “The number of LGBTQ+-focused bookstores in the U.S. has slowly but steadily increased over the past five years. While this new generation of booksellers all give a nod to their predecessors, they’ve also made a point of doing things differently.” – Publishers WeeklySource: Ideas Tue, 14 Apr 2026 16:44 How AI Will Kill Content Platforms Not only will AI agents compete away the revenue streams of the giant digital platforms, but they will also render irrelevant the data on which the platforms built their competitive advantage. – Harvard Business ReviewSource: Media Tue, 14 Apr 2026 16:28 Paramount Responds To Industry Protests To Its Warner Deal “This transaction uniquely brings together complementary strengths to create a company that can greenlight more projects, back bold ideas, support talent across multiple stages of their careers, and bring stories to audiences at a truly global scale.” – DeadlineSource: Music Tue, 14 Apr 2026 16:15 When You Take Up A Musical Instrument Late In Life If this attempt to reclaim the instrument of my youth had been a mistake, I wasn’t alone in making it. Asking around, I became aware of other older people who were returning to music or even taking it up for the first time. – The New YorkerSource: Words Tue, 14 Apr 2026 15:44 A Professor Gets Besotted With His Chatbot An English professor burns the midnight oil talking to Microsoft Copilot about Shakespeare, Dickinson, Hawthorne, and a play he’s been working on—and comes away deeply impressed by its literary insights. – QuilletteSource: Ideas Tue, 14 Apr 2026 15:31 Why Has Culture Gone Flat? Capitalism—and then late capitalism, and then late, late capitalism—has been identified as the culprit for culture’s flattening for at least a century. David Marx borrows heavily from Fredric Jameson’s account of postmodernism. – LA Review of BooksSource: Media Tue, 14 Apr 2026 15:15 Is The Internet’s Most Complete Archiver On Its Death Bed? According to analysis by the artificial-intelligence-detection startup Originality AI, 23 major news sites are currently blocking ia_archiverbot, the web crawler commonly used by the Internet Archive for the Wayback project. – WiredSource: People Tue, 14 Apr 2026 15:06 Sid Krofft, Co-Producer Of “H.R. Pufnstuf” And A Slew Of Other Children’s TV Shows, Is Dead At 96 A puppeteer since childhood, Sid, with his younger brother Marty (who died 2½ years ago), produced H.R. Pufnstuf, Land of the Lost, The Bugaloos, Lidsville and Sigmund and the Sea Monsters and created the look of The Banana Splits — all using a psychedelic 1970s day-glo style and flashes of knowing grownup humor. – DeadlineSource: The World Tue, 14 Apr 2026 15:05 Dean, Westminster College of Media & Performing Arts Rider University seeks a dynamic and visionary leader to serve as the Inaugural Dean of the Westminster College of Media & Performing Arts.Source: Dance Tue, 14 Apr 2026 14:34 To This We’ve Come: The Trocks Say Some US Presenters Are Now Afraid To Book Them Les Ballets Trockadero de Monte Carlo, to use the full name, has been popular all over the country and overseas for decades. Now some venues worry that what little government funding they get will be cancelled if they present a drag troupe, even one that’s been around for 50 years. – The Irish TimesSource: Words Tue, 14 Apr 2026 14:02 What Paramount Is Planning For Its New Publishing House “The new imprint will develop new publishing content based on properties from Paramount’s various divisions, such as SpongeBob SquarePants, … Star Trek, and Yellowstone, complementing the work of its licensed publishers. … The imprint will also allow the company to generate original intellectual properties with potential for extension into entertainment and experiences.” – Publishers WeeklySource: