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The New York Times asks, “What Happened to the Stolen Gold Toilet?”
The New York Times
The Lyon Biennial has a new director: Yves Robert.
Le Quotidien d’Art
Anonymous Was a Woman has revealed the 10 artists receiving its annual award, which comes with $25,000 each.
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R.I.P.
In its “Overlooked” column, the New York Times writes about Pauline Boty, an early practitioner of Pop art in Britain who was also an actor and broadcast journalist.
The New York Times
Alan Wallwork, one of Britain’s most distinctive potters, has died at 88.
The Guardian
Two Artists and a Curator
Ted Loos previews Mickalene Thomas’s new solo show at the Baltimore Museum of Art, where she has invited other artists to participate.
The New York Times
Carolina A. Miranda looks at artist Oscar Tuazon’s “hippie outlaw architecture.”
Los Angeles Times
In “Ask a Curator,” Francesco Bonami answers the season’s most pressing question: “Is a curator boyfriend the hottest accessory for 2020?”
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The Critics
The Istanbul Biennial “ignored the city’s specific social issues in favor of general ecological themes,” writes Kaya Genç.
Art in America
Here is Zadie Smith on the new memoir by painter Celia Paul, which Smith calls “a different animal altogether.”
The New York Review of Books
Sean O’Hagan reviews Dora Maar’s retrospective at Tate Modern, where the “beautifully curated” exhibition shows that the artist’s “creativity far outweighs her relationship with Picasso.”
The Guardian