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	COMMUNISM LIVES! A Florida lawyer called Christopher Rodriguez has pleaded guilty to bombing and shooting a statue of late communist leaders Mao Zedong and Vladimir Lenin in Texas. Not only this, but Rodriguez also admitted to taking a pot shot at the Chinese Embassy in Washington D.C. a year later. In 2022, he rented a car and drove 850 miles from his home in Panama City...

Florida Lawyer Blows Up Communist Statues, Egypt’s New Mega-Mummy Museum, London’s National Gallery Revamp, and More: Morning Links for August 6, 2024

Pacita Abad, European Mask , 1990. Acrylic, silkscreen, thread on canvas. Tate: Purchased with funds provided by the Asia Pacific Acquisitions Committee 2019. Courtesy Pacita Abad Art Estate and Tate. Photo: At Maculangan/Pioneer Studios. TORONTO.- A vivid kaleidoscope of colour, the first major retrospective dedicated to artist Pacita Abad (b....

Globally-inspired art star Pacita Abad makes Canadian debut at the AGO

BRIGHTON AND HOVE.- The charity that owns and operates the historic Royal Pavilion in Brighton has today launched an urgent appeal to close the £10K funding shortfall to restore a 200-year-old dome on the palace’s roof. Brighton & Hove Museums is asking for support in saving one of...

Urgent appeal from Brighton & Hove Museums to save damaged Royal Pavilion dome on roof

Columbia, SC

Claude Monet (French, 1840-1926). Houses of Parliament, Sunlight Effect (Le Parlement, effet de soleil), 1903. Oil on canvas, 32 x 36 1/4 in. (81.3 x 92.1 cm). Bequest of Grace Underwood Barton, 68.48.1. (Photo: Brooklyn Museum) COLUMBIA, SC.- The Columbia Museum of Art announced French Moderns: Monet to Matisse, 1850...

Major exhibition of French modern art coming this fall to the Columbia Museum of Art

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Herbie J Pilato

It's been eight years since former TV child star Sawyer Sweeten, best known from Everybody Loves Raymond, died tragically by suicide at only 19 years old. Sawyer Sweeten, his twin brother Sullivan Sweeten, and their older sister Madylin, played Ray Romano's TV children on Everybody Loves Raymond, the Emmy-winning sitcom that originally aired on CBS 1996 to 2005.

The Tragic Suicide of Former TV Child Star Sawyer Sweeten ('Everybody Loves Raymond'): 9 Years Later

Portland, OR

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(The Center Square) - American taxpayers are footing the bill for an exhibit highlighting Japanese artwork.
                The Portland Art Museum received $250,000 from the Institute of Museum and Library Services that it will spend to create an exhibition dedicated to the late Chizuko Yoshida, a modernist artist and printmaker who never lived in the United States.
                The exhibit will highlight "the artist's contributions as an advocate for women artists in...

Federal taxpayers to pay for exhibit on Japanese artist

Saint Petersburg, FL

ST. PETERSBURG, FLA.- The Museum of Fine Arts, St. Petersburg (MFA) Board of Trustees announced the appointment of Klaudio Rodriguez as the new Executive Director and CEO following a comprehensive national search. Mr. Rodriguez joins the MFA from The Bronx Museum of the Arts in The Bronx, New York, where he has successfully led the institution in embracing its core mission of inspiring people and connecting communities through the power of art and education. He will officially assume his role at the MFA in October.

The Museum of Fine Arts, St. Petersburg announces new Executive Director and CEO

Miami, FL

MIAMI BEACH, FLA.- The Wolfsonian–FIU presents the various forms of a single device as a way to explore the habits and values of the men who used them. Smoke Signals: Cigar Cutters and Masculine Values, on view April 25 through September 29, is drawn from a recent donation of 361 cigar cutters by Miami collector Richard Kronenberg.

The Wolfsonian-FIU presents 'Smoke Signals: Cigar Cutters and Masculine Values'

San Francisco, CA

The artist Michael Bennett with his work “Pews, 2023.” His work will be featured at the Museum of the African Diaspora in “Liberatory Living: Protective Interiors & Radical Black Joy,” which will be opening during the art week. (via William Stuart via The New York Times)

Black art week in San Francisco Bay Area is in the works for the fall

CAPE TOWN.- Zeitz MOCAA presents The Other Side of Now, a solo exhibition of film and sculpture by Vietnamese American artist Tuấn Andrew Nguyễn which opens August 22, 2024 and will be on show until July 20, 2025. This exhibition explores the transnational entanglements created by colonisation and...

Zeitz Museum of Contemporary Art Africa to open a solo exhibition of works by Tuấn Andrew Nguy&

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	Next May, one of Yayoi Kusama’s most famous “Infinity Rooms” returns to Dallas, ending an infinitely-Instagrammed museum tour. Yayoi Kusama Unveils First Permanent Public UK Sculpture




	The Dallas Museum of Art jointly acquired All the Eternal Love I Have for the Pumpkins in 2017 with the Rachofsky Collection, which is also based in Dallas. Like other entries in the series, viewers are invited to step inside a small mirrored room filled with Kusama’s whimsical, often polka-dotted sculptures, in this case, her signature yellow and black pumpkins. The effect is a kaleidoscopic sea of sculptures stretching into oblivion—very selfie-friendly. 




	All the Eternal Love I...

Yayoi Kusama’s Famed Pumpkin ‘Infinity Room’ is Returning to the Dallas Museum of Art

Kansas City, MO

Katsushika Hokusai (Japanese, 1760–1849). Under the Wave off Kanagawa (Kanagawa-oki nami-ura), also known as the Great Wave, from the series Thirty-six Views of Mount Fuji (Fugaku sanjūrokkei), about 1830–31 (Tenpō 1–2). Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper. William Sturgis Bigelow Collection. Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. Photograph © Museum of Fine Arts, Boston.

Nelson-Atkins presents major Hokusai exhibition

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A lady is cautioning others about purchasing budget earrings from Amazon, Shein, and H&M, after she experienced keloid formations on her earlobes due to wearing them. On a TikTok post that has garnered more than 334,000 likes, Sailor Rozema (@sailor.rozema), a content creator, shares a warning with her community of "dangly earring girls": the inexpensive jewelry found in fast fashion can have negative impacts on your well-being.

‘I’ll never be wearing earrings for the rest of my life’: Customer warns against buying from Shein

The Week

Turner's 'masterpiece' takes on new meaning in Newcastle

Turner: Art, Industry & Nostalgia – an 'ambitious and moving' show

New York City, NY

Liza Lou, Denouement, 2024. Glass beads and oil paint on stretched canvas with artist's frame, 50 x 51 inches, 127 x 129.5 cm. 51 1/8 x 52 1/8 inches (framed), 129.9 x 132.4 cm. Photo by Joshua White. NEW YORK, NY.- Lehmann Maupin announces Liza Lou: Painting, an exhibition of...

Exhibition of new work by Liza Lou to open at Lehmann Maupin

Plymouth, MA

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The Plymouth Public Library Foundation has announced the return of its Annual Arts and Crafts Festival, a two-day celebration that promises to be a highlight of the summer season. Set to take place on the scenic Plymouth Public Library Lawn, the festival will run from 10 AM to 4 PM on both Saturday, August 10th, and Sunday, August 11th. This family-friendly event is designed to offer something for everyone, making it a perfect outing for people of all ages.

50+ Artisans, Food Trucks & More: Get Ready For The 5th Annual Arts and Crafts Festival

New Orleans, LA

Gene Koss (American, active New Orleans, b. 1947), Ridge Road Climb, 1984. Cast glass. New Orleans Museum of Art, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Hugh Kohlmeyer, 86.101. © Gene Koss. NEW ORLEANS, LA.- Beginning this month, the New Orleans Museum of Art (NOMA) presents the first ever comprehensive look at the institution’s extensive collection of glass objects ranging from tiny ancient Egyptian amulets to large-scale works of contemporary sculpture. Opening Friday, August 30, Sand, Ash, Heat: Glass at the New Orleans Museum of Art explores how a common material has inspired innovation in the arts and sciences for millennia. The exhibition is on view in NOMA’s Ella West Freeman Galleries through February 10, 2025.

Upcoming exhibition at NOMA looks at artistic innovation in glass over 4,000 years

AMSTERDAM.- On 17 August 2024 Nazif Lopulissa will exhibit his work at Museum Perron Oost, as the second of our four part exhibition series 'Fluxus Corporum'. Nazif Lopulissa (1991) makes work inspired by the unwritten rules of play. Constructed from a variety of media – sculpture, painting and photography – Lopulissa’s works explore the dualities which both bind us and open up new possibilities for relating to ourselves and our environments. For this exhibition at Museum Perron Oost, Nazif Lopulissa presents a series of paintings made from bleach and oil. Exploring the role of light as a guiding force and catalyst for growth, direction and exchange, Lopulissa explores themes of migration, displacement, and adaptation.

Nazif Lopulissa opens exhibition at Museum Perron Oost

Planning a trip to Rome? The Eternal City is high on many travel bucket lists, and for good reason! Strolling through the streets of Rome is like stepping back in time, with iconic monuments like the Colosseum and the Trevi Fountain around every corner. There are also incredible museums to visit, stunning piazzas to relax in, and, of course, amazing food!

Things to Do in Rome, Italy (Perfect for First Timers!)

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Kim Kardashian and Kanye West are two of the biggest celebrities in modern times. While much of the happenings between the two involved their marriage and divorce, there are bigger things for them to focus on. Most notably their children.

Kim Kardashian and Kanye West’s Son Diagnosed With Rare Skin Condition

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'Ever Present: First Peoples Art of Australia' coming to National Gallery following international tour

CANBERRA.- Following a successful international tour of the Asia Pacific region, the National Gallery of Australia will present Ever Present: First Peoples Art of Australia –...

'Ever Present: First Peoples Art of Australia' coming to National Gallery following international tour

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