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Culture Type | The Month in Black Art: Here’s What Happened in May 2025

The May 2025 roundup of Black art news reports the deaths of two influential figures: international curator Koyo Kouoh and artist-curator Evangeline J. Montgomery, who died at 94. Montgomery's career spanned metalwork, fiber art, and photography, and she was a key advocate and mentor in the African American art community, later working at the U.S. Information Agency. Other highlights include historian Edda L. Fields-Black winning a Pulitzer Prize for her book on Harriet Tubman, the acquisition of Adam Pendleton's entire "Who is Queen" installation by MoMA, and Kapwani Kiwanga winning the Joan Miró Prize. The Met Gala also featured Black dandy style inspired by the Costume Institute's exhibition "Superfine: Tailoring Black Style."

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washington post art critic sebastian smee laid off

The Washington Post laid off approximately 30% of its newsroom staff, including Pulitzer Prize-winning art critic Sebastian Smee, as part of broader cuts to sports, local news, and international coverage. Smee, who joined the Post in 2018 after working at the Boston Globe and The Australian, confirmed his departure in a statement to ARTnews, expressing gratitude to former editor Marty Baron and solidarity with affected colleagues. Another Pulitzer-winning critic, Philip Kennicott, reportedly remains on staff. The layoffs come shortly after the release of a documentary produced by Amazon MGM Studios, owned by Post owner Jeff Bezos.

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article news schedule Feb 12, 2026 visibility 27 link 5 artists

Art Critic, Jerry Saltz Speaks at Palm Beach Modern Auction to VIP Audience

Pulitzer Prize-winning art critic Jerry Saltz delivered a private talk at Palm Beach Modern Auctions in Florida. The event, held amidst works by artists like Andy Warhol and Willem de Kooning, brought together museum professionals, gallery owners, dealers, and major collectors in a space typically associated with commerce.

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article news schedule May 16, 2025 visibility 13 link 5 artists

who took famous napalm girl photo

A documentary film titled *The Stringer* has sparked a controversy over the authorship of the iconic 1972 Vietnam War photograph known as "Napalm Girl" (officially *The Terror of War*). Both the Associated Press and World Press Photo conducted investigations into whether the credited photographer, Nick Ut, actually took the image. While the AP decided to maintain Ut's credit due to insufficient evidence to the contrary, World Press Photo stripped his authorship, concluding that the level of doubt is too significant to keep the existing attribution. The organization found that two other photographers—Nguyen Thanh Nghe and Huỳnh Công Phúc—were also present and could have taken the shot, but it could not definitively reassign authorship.

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article news schedule Jun 24, 2025 visibility 10 link 2 artists

US billionaire Howard Buffett and Ukrainian Railways team up to create ‘art train’ exploring war-time resilience

Ukrainian Railways (Ukrzaliznytsia) has partnered with the Howard G. Buffett Foundation to launch an 'art train' — three train cars converted into a traveling gallery — that is currently crossing Ukraine. The exhibition, titled *Courage of a Nation*, features photographs taken by billionaire Howard Buffett during his 19 trips to Ukraine between April 2022 and February 2025, documenting the country's resilience after Russia's full-scale invasion. Curated by Pulitzer Prize-winning National Geographic photographer Muhammed Muheisen, the show will make 63 stops over four months, starting in Odesa. Due to security risks, the exact timetable is not publicly announced. A book of the same name, with a foreword by Ukraine's first lady Olena Zelenska, has also been published.

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