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candle obituary schedule Jun 19, 2025 visibility 6 link 8 artists, 3 galleries

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Joel Shapiro, the acclaimed Post-Minimalist sculptor known for his playful yet conceptually rigorous works in bronze, aluminum, and wood, died on Saturday at age 83 due to acute myeloid leukemia. His death was announced by Pace Gallery. Shapiro's career spanned decades, with his work appearing at major institutions including the Metropolitan Museum of Art and the United States Holocaust Museum. He began at Paula Cooper Gallery in the 1970s, creating tiny cast-iron houses and chairs that subverted Minimalist monumentality, before evolving toward large-scale figural sculptures made from beams of metal. His 2024 exhibition at Pace Gallery in New York featured towering works, though he resisted calling them colossal.

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article news schedule Jun 2, 2025 visibility 3 link 13 artists

tate and national portrait gallery buy work by britains caravaggio banksys lighthouse mural defaced paris holocaust museum vandalized morning links for june 2 2025 1234744031

Tate Britain and the National Portrait Gallery have jointly acquired William Dobson's 1630s self-portrait for £2,367,405, far below the rumored £5 million. The painting will be displayed at Tate Britain this fall alongside Dobson's portrait of his wife Judith. Separately, the Mémorial de la Shoah Holocaust museum in Paris was vandalized with green paint, along with two synagogues and a restaurant in the Marais district; an investigation is underway. Other news includes the vandalism and swift restoration of a new Banksy lighthouse mural in Marseille, a warning about a 50,000-year-old rock art site threatened by a gas project in Australia, and the opening of the Naoshima New Museum of Art on Japan's Naoshima island.

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article news schedule Apr 30, 2025 link 13 artists, 1 gallery

trump axes holocaust museum board members san frans pier 49 to become exhibition space germanys new culture minister slated morning links for april 30 2025 1234740240

The April 30, 2025 Morning Links from ARTnews reports three major headlines: the Trump administration has fired board members of the US Holocaust Memorial Museum who were nominated by former president Joe Biden, including former second gentleman Doug Emhoff; San Francisco's long-vacant Pier 29 warehouse will be converted into a large artist studio and exhibition space by the Community Arts Stabilization Trust (CAST) in partnership with the SF Port Commission, featuring a six-month residency program called Art + Water; and criticism is mounting over the appointment of former journalist Wolfram Weimer as Germany's new culture minister, with concerns about his lack of art world experience and conservative agenda. Additional items include Ames Yavuz gallery opening a new London space, Ai Weiwei designing a camouflage netting installation for Art X Freedom on Roosevelt Island, and Kathleen Reinhardt being selected to curate the German pavilion at the Venice Biennale.

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museum exhibitions schedule Oct 9, 2025 visibility 7 link 16 artists, 5 galleries

Where to see art in Houston now: 10 exhibits and shows opening in October

Houston's October art scene is dominated by exhibitions exploring scientific and cosmic themes, including plasma installations, fractal worlds, and quantum landscapes. Notable shows include Anahita Bradberry's 'Spectral Field' at Diverseworks, Julius Horsthuis's 'Fractal Worlds' at Artechouse, and 'Growing Up Jewish' at Holocaust Museum Houston. The month also features CraftTexas 2025 at Houston Center for Contemporary Craft, 'Lines of Resolution' at Menil Drawing Institute, and a farewell show at Anya Tish Gallery.

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gavel restitution schedule Sep 30, 2025 visibility 5 link 1 artist

nazi looted painting argentina attribution investigation 1234754595

A painting discovered in an Argentine home in August, initially attributed to 18th-century Italian painter Giuseppe Ghislandi and believed to be Nazi-looted art, has been called into question. Paolo Plebani, curator of the Accademia Carrara in Bergamo, Italy, told the Argentine newspaper Clarín that the work is actually by Giacomo Ceruti, another Northern Italian painter. The painting was previously owned by Jewish art dealer Jacques Goudstikker, who fled the Nazis, and later by former Nazi Friedrich Kadgien, whose daughters Patricia and Alicia owned the Mar del Plata home where it was found. Argentine authorities recovered the painting after placing the daughters and Patricia's husband under house arrest.

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museum exhibitions schedule Jan 8, 2026 visibility 10 link 14 artists, 1 gallery

Blockbuster Frida Kahlo exhibit and 8 more new Houston art openings

The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston unveils a monumental Frida Kahlo exhibition, alongside eight other new art openings across Houston museums and galleries. Shows include Cynthia Isakson's "Anachronous" at Holocaust Museum Houston, "norMAL and unreMARKable" at Throughline, "The Uncanny In-Between" at Blaffer Art Museum, "End Cash Bail" at Lawndale Art Center, and "Magic Mirrors" at Art League Houston, among others, spanning photography, ceramics, multimedia, and social justice themes.

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article news schedule Mar 4, 2026 visibility 4 link 1 artist

us holocaust museum acquires rare world war ii captain america comics 1234775619

The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum has acquired a rare original copy of Captain America Comics No. 1, donated by Riot Games co-founder Brandon Beck. Published in 1940 by Jewish creators Jack Kirby and Joe Simon, the issue is iconic for its cover art depicting Captain America punching Adolf Hitler. The acquisition also includes Captain America Comics No. 46, which features one of the earliest pop-culture depictions of a concentration camp liberation.

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article policy schedule May 2, 2025 visibility 1 link 1 artist

trump fires biden appointees from holocaust museum board 1234740222

President Donald Trump fired Biden-appointed members of the United States Holocaust Memorial Council, which oversees the Holocaust Museum in Washington, D.C. Those removed include former second gentleman Doug Emhoff, former Biden chief of staff Ron Klain, former labor secretary Tom Perez, former national security adviser Susan Rice, and Jill Biden’s senior adviser Anthony Bernal. The appointments had been announced in January 2025. Emhoff, who is Jewish, condemned the move as politicizing Holocaust remembrance, while the White House stated Trump will appoint new members who honor the Holocaust and support Israel. The museum issued a statement expressing commitment to its mission without directly addressing the firings.

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rate_review review schedule Apr 15, 2026 visibility 10 link 3 artists, 1 gallery

Review: “Boris Lurie: Nothing To Do But To Try” at the Holocaust Museum Houston

The Holocaust Museum Houston is currently hosting "Boris Lurie: Nothing To Do But To Try," an exhibition focusing on the early works of the Holocaust survivor and NO!art movement founder. Organized by the Museum of Jewish Heritage, the show highlights Lurie’s "War Series," featuring paintings, drawings, and never-before-seen ephemera created as a means of processing the trauma of his imprisonment in camps like Buchenwald. The works, ranging from the immediate post-war period to decades later, serve as a visceral record of memory and loss, including tributes to his family members murdered in the Rumbula Forest massacre.

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article local schedule May 4, 2026 visibility 2 link 2 artists

Holocaust Museum LA will reopen as part of the new $70-million Goldrich Cultural Center

Holocaust Museum LA, the first survivor-founded and oldest Holocaust museum in the United States, will reopen after a 10-month closure as part of the new $70-million Goldrich Cultural Center in Pan Pacific Park. The 70,000-square-foot campus, debuting June 14, doubles the museum's original footprint and includes three pavilions, a 200-seat theater, exhibition galleries, a rooftop garden, and a Holocaust-era boxcar. The center is named after the late Jona Goldrich, a Holocaust survivor and co-founder of the museum, and was designed by architect Hagy Belzberg.

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article policy schedule Apr 6, 2026 visibility 11

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The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum (USHMM) has reportedly removed educational content and canceled programming to avoid potential conflict with the Trump administration. Former employees allege that the museum preemptively scrubbed web pages linking Jim Crow laws to Nazi-era policies and rebranded or canceled workshops on the "fragility of democracy" to avoid being labeled as "woke." While the museum claims these decisions were based on funding challenges, internal records show a significant increase in net assets during the same period.

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