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Category: Cultural Milestones
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Culture Stuff September 7, 2026: The Latest in the Art World: Five Stories Making Headlines This Week – Arts To Hearts Project
Global art exhibitions, fairs, and museum news roundup this week: The Met has cancelled its planned 2027 John Galliano Costume Institute exhibition, Horizons, one month after; and Kanye West returned to Chicago for his first hometown…
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Culture Stuff August 31, 2026: Pitchfork Music Festival CDMX 2026 Announces Full Lineup
Pitchfork Music Festival CDMX has revealed a new slate of names for its 2026 edition, including Umru and Tygapaw, joining previously announced acts American Football, Lido Pimienta, Perfume Genius, Safety Trance, and…
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Culture Stuff August 31, 2026: The Latest in the Art World: Museums, Milestones, and a Major Loss – Arts To Hearts Project
The art world enters autumn with MoMA’s major exhibition on African independence-era art, Frieze Abu Dhabi’s inaugural fair, new High Line commissions, and Werner Bronkhorst’s Berlin debut.
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Culture Stuff August 24, 2026: Isaac Julien, Museum Dreams retrospective in Bergamo
Art Exhibitions and Museum News this week: Isaac Julien’s retrospective Museum Dreams has opened at gres art 671 in Bergamo, running from April 10 to October; and The Armory Show will introduce its first-ever museum acquisition prizes at…
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Culture Stuff August 17, 2026: Dave Marsh Veteran Rock Critic, Torishéju Dumi is building, Black Mid-Century Artist Felrath Hines, and more
Cultural Milestones this week: Dave Marsh, the influential rock critic and Bruce Springsteen biographer, died on August 14 at his home in; and Torishéju Dumi, winner of the 2025 LVMH Savoir Faire Prize, is building a fashion label rooted…
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Culture Stuff August 10, 2026: Berlin’s sleeping architectural giant, Controversial designer John, Before manga India had murals, and more
Cultural Milestones this week: Berlin’s ICC conference centre, dormant since 2014 and listed as a historical monument in 2019, is set for a major; and The Metropolitan Museum of Art has announced that the 2027 Met Gala will honor John…
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Culture Stuff August 3, 2026: Culture secretary crystal clear that
Scotland’s culture secretary, Mairi McAllan, has publicly insisted that the archive of the Centre for Contemporary Arts (CCA) in Glasgow—including its predecessor, the Third Eye Centre—must be retained in full and…
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Culture Stuff July 27, 2026: This private art collection offers, How owning books became everybody’s
Cultural Milestones this week: Ron Zuckerman’s San Francisco flat is a 45-year, one-man archive of queer life across two centuries, assembled on a; and A Salon essay uses the case of Mendel Uminer, a 31-year-old translator threatened with…
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In conversation with Alexandra Cunningham Cameron, Judd Foundation’s first director of design
Cultural Milestones this week: Judd Foundation has appointed Alexandra Cunningham Cameron as its first director of design, a new role created to; and King Charles III’s official state portrait by Jonathan Yeo, which became a viral…
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Art & Design Exhibitions and Openings, Acclaimed art organization Swiss, and more.
Art & Design Exhibitions and Openings this week: Swiss Institute (SI), a leading New York platform for experimental contemporary art, has acquired the ground floor; and New York City Mayor Mamdani has partnered with the Whitney Museum and…