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• A New Residency Aims to Give Indigenous Artists the Tools to Make Art in Neon

  The inaugural artist in residence is Sarah Rowe (Ponca Tribe of Nebraska).

• Zohran Mamdani Visited MoMA PS1’s Greater New York—and Loved It

  Claire Valdez, another socialist politician, admired photographs by Dean Majd alongside him.

• ‘Woman Impressionist’ No More: A New Catalogue Raisonné Restores Eva Gonzalès’s Legacy

  The Wildenstein Plattner Institute has published the first major scholarship on Gonzalès since 1990.

• JR Talks His Homage to Christo, Christie’s Sells $162.7 M. In Tepid Postwar and Contemporary Auction, and More: Morning Links for May 21, 2026

  Here's what we're reading this morning.

• Virginia Museum of Fine Arts Announces a Major Gift of Nearly 2000 Photographs

  The gift comes from the holdings of financier and former Dreyfus Corporation chief Howard Stein (1926–2011)

• Paris Judge Rejects Bid to Suspend the Replacement of Notre-Dame’s Windows

  The judge reasoned that because the new windows by artist Claire Tabouret could conceivably be removed in the future, the project was not irreversible.

• Harald Metzkes, Postwar German Painter of ‘World Theater,’ Dies at 97

  In East Germany, the artist defied the dictates of socialist realism.

• Whitney Gala Honors Julie Mehretu, Benefactor of Museum’s ‘Free Under 25’ Initiative

  "Engagement with art is not a privilege to be purchased, but a right and a necessity," the artist said.

• Bharti Kher Commissioned by Powerhouse Parramatta, Australia’s New Cultural Center Opening Later This Year

  The piece is related to Kher's

• Tilda Swinton to Perform at Guggenheim Bilbao in June

  Dom Pérignon commissioned the new work, titled House of Gestures.