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In Artforum’s March 2026 issue, Gordon Hughes considers the art of Carol Bove, which makes “visible the theatricality that is the very hallmark of our time” by exposing “the underlying mechanism that drives theatricality: display.” artforum.com/issue/2026/mar…

The beleaguered John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts will close for two years to undergo renovations following a unanimous vote from the board, which is helmed by Donald Trump. artforum.com/news/board-vot…

In this episode of Under the Influence, Lisa Yuskavage shares her admiration for Bellini’s Sacred Conversation, relays advice from her MFA teacher Mel Bochner, and discusses Rainer Werner Fassbinder’s impact on how she structures her work. artforum.com/video/lisa-yus…

British Swedish curator and writer James Taylor-Foster has been appointed executive director of Para Site in Hong Kong. artforum.com/news/james-tay…

Paglen discussed his anxieties about the future of images, his favorite Paul Klee painting, and much more with Artforum for the February episode of Under the Influence. artforum.com/video/trevor-p…

Multidisciplinary artist Trevor Paglen, known for his work investigating the hidden systems of tech and power, has been named the winner of the fourth LG Guggenheim Award. artforum.com/news/trevor-pa…

DOGE reportedly cancelled a grant awarded to the High Point Museum in North Carolina after ChatGPT flagged it as DEI. The grant in question was meant to fund the replacement of the museum’s HVAC system. artforum.com/news/doge-canc…

On the heels of the Oscars, Artforum revisits J. Hoberman’s essay on midcentury cinema as proto-Pop, which looked at the films of Orson Welles, Douglas Sirk, and Alfred Hitchcock and found in them “avant-garde experiments in the guise of Hollywood movies.” artforum.com/columns/popcor…

Curator and educator Toleen Touq has been appointed the curator of the twentieth edition of the Montreal-based MOMENTA Biennale d’art contemporain, which will take place in 2027. artforum.com/news/toleen-to…

The Brooklyn Museum has announced Keisha Scarville as the winner of its sixth UOVO Prize. artforum.com/news/keisha-sc…

In a new interview, Ukrainian artists Roman Khimei and Yarema Malashchuk discuss their exhibition “Pedagogies of War,” on view at @MuseoThyssen and @TBA21, which confronts the competing depictions of war in today’s technologically enhanced media ecology. artforum.com/features/roman…

Last week researchers at the Royal Institute for Cultural Heritage of Belgium (KIK-IRPA) announced that they had used scientific analysis to connect a centuries-old Pietà painting to the Italian master Michelangelo. artforum.com/news/researche…

The US Supreme Court declined to hear an appeal for computer scientist Stephen Thaler’s attempt to secure copyright protection for an AI-generated image. artforum.com/news/us-suprem…

A guerrilla art installation featuring the names and visages of twenty public figures who’ve been linked to convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein appeared in a public park close to the White House in Washington, DC earlier this month. artforum.com/news/guerrilla…

A BODY TO LIVE IN reviewed by @Artforum! "seeks to track all aspects of its heterodoxy without judgement, and includes many interviews with Musafar’s closest collaborators as they explain their various relationships to the Modern Primitivist movement" artforum.com/columns/a-body…

The Contemporary Art Center (CAC) Vilnius has appointed artist Nikita Kadan and art historian, writer, and curator Natalia Sielewicz curators of the Sixteenth Baltic Triennial, to take place in 2027. artforum.com/news/curators-…

Researchers from Cambridge University’s Fitzwilliam Museum recently discovered that Ancient Egyptians used a 3,000-year-old version of Wite-Out to amend mistakes on their papyrus creations. artforum.com/news/ancient-e…

Yesterday, the 2026 Whitney Biennial opened to the public. For Artforum’s website, Co-Editor @rwetzhler provides a mini-tour of the survey, Senior Editor Alex Jovanovich selects the standout works, and Editorial Assistant Theo Belci weighs some high and low points. artforum.com/columns/openin…

Thaddeus Mosley, known for his dramatic abstract sculptures made from reclaimed wood, died on March 6 at his home in Pittsburgh. He was ninety-nine. artforum.com/news/self-taug…

"Perhaps we already have reached that 'point of no return' at which the pursuit of realism . . . is offering a set of diminishing returns." —Patrick R. Crowley for @artforum artforum.com/features/patri…

GLITTER AND DOOM. Frieze Week LA 2026 rages during our new age of conflict. By @AndrewBerardini via @Artforum artforum.com/columns/frieze…