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• Manhattan D.A.’s Office Returns More Than 650 Looted Artifacts to India

  The items are collectively worth nearly $14 million.

• The Biennale Isn’t a Court. Tell That to the Protesters.

  Biennale president Pietrangelo Buttafuoco argues is that none of this—war, sanctions, protests—should determine who gets to participate in the show.

• US Border Wall Construction Damages 1,000-Year-Old Indigenous Land Art in Arizona

  Part of a large etching of a fish embedded in the land was destroyed.

• UK’s Palestinian Ambassador Calls on Government to Have British Museum Reinstate the Word ‘Palestinian’

  The museum denied that it had removed the term, saying it appeared elsewhere on its website.

• In Protest of Israeli Pavilion, Activists and Unions Plan Strike on Venice Biennale’s Opening Day

  The action is being organized by the Art Not Genocide Alliance.

• Robert Therrien Estate Leaves Gagosian After Nearly Three Decades and Joins David Zwirner

  The sculptor's work was recently surveyed by the Broad in Los Angeles.

• LACMA Responds to Anger Over Pedro Reyes Sculpture, New Louvre President Reveals His Plans, and More: Morning Links for May 6, 2026

  Here's what we're reading this morning.

• Abbas Akhavan Transforms the Canada Pavilion Into a Greenhouse, Daring Viewers to Leave Behind Their Preconceptions

  Akhavan challenges the audience to look past their predjudices and preconceptions of his materials.

• Pussy Riot and FEMEN Join Forces in Punk Protest in Venice: ‘Russia Kills! Biennale Exhibits!’

  Nadya Tolokonnikova and her bare-breasted FEMEN allies converged on the Russian pavilion.

• How Well Do the Met Gala’s Attendees Know Their Art History? We Critique Looks by Madonna, Hunter Schafer, and More

  Attendees looked to everything from ancient statues to Surrealist paintings.