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Renewed Bern Kunsthalle works to reframe Switzerland's history

The Art Newspaper

In place of plastic, the Ghanaian artist enfolded the building in a material evocative of global labour and trade—jute sacks made in Southeast Asia and imported to Ghana for the transportation of cocoa beans to European markets. The history of the Kunsthalle has been a very Eurocentric, very white history,” she says.

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New venue for video, sound and other durational art forms coming to Manhattan

The Art Newspaper

A new venue for durational art, Canyon , will open its doors on the Lower East Side of Manhattan in 2026. The artists working in time-based media today are grappling with everything from artificial intelligence and facial recognition to climate anxiety and cultural memory. The 40,000 sq.

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Capitalism, cityscapes and the climate crisis take centre stage at Luma Arles

The Art Newspaper

The artist acknowledges that, given his location, this should perhaps not have been a surprising experience, and yet it gave rise to a new idea. the artist asks, laughing as he lists these titles, which he says simultaneously fascinated and repulsed him. This work, the artist says, feels necessary. “I What the f**k is that?”

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Katharina Grosse: ‘Imagination doesn’t have a scale’

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A mirrored ceiling reflects Grosse’s installation CHOIR in the Messeplatz outside Art Basel Photo: Jens Ziehe; courtesy the artist; © VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn 2025 Key to the power of Grosse’s work in general, and specifically CHOIR , is her use of an almost indefinable scale, which she describes as “liberating”.

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Slate of Candidates for the 2025 WCG Board Elections

WCG

Candidate for Vice President(term ends June 2026 or 2027 depending upon necessity): Sara Leonowitz holds a Bachelor of Arts from the University of Delawares undergraduate program in art conservation, minoring in art history and religious studies. If you do not receive your ballot, please email nominating@washingtonconservationguild.org.

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From a football feast to deceitful dolphins: three art exhibitions not to miss at the Manchester International Festival

The Art Newspaper

Football City Art United , Aviva Studios The Divine Puppeteer by footballer Ella Toone and the artist collective Keiken Photo: Michael Pollard Top football players have paired up with a selection of major artists for an exhibition at this summer’s Manchester International Festival, the biennial arts event with a focus on new works.