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New exhibition explores how one Swiss artist transcended labels through her art

Meret Oppenheim resisted the celebrity her art brought her, withdrawing from public life and destroying much of her work before making a comeback in the 1950s.
Meret Oppenheim’s “Object” (1936).Meret Oppenheim, “Object” (1936). Museum of Modern Art

Trump troop deployment to California faces court scrutiny

California’s governor argued that the president’s decision to send National Guard troops to quell immigration protests violated state sovereignty.
California National Guard troops and police officers stand guard as people attend a rally against federal immigration sweeps.David Ryder/Reuters

Utilitarian aesthetic of Shaker culture showcased in new German exhibition

Featuring both historical artifacts and contemporary work, the show includes examples of traditional carpentry, as well as a ‘future-facing’ biodegradable coffin inspired by Shaker basket-weaving methods.
Shaker artefacts on displayVitra Design Museum

Long lost 17th C Gentileschi masterpiece to go on public display for first time

The Getty Museum will host the first public display of Artemisia Gentileschi’s ‘Hercules and Omphale,’ which had hung in a private Beirut residence for a century.
Artemisia Gentileschi’s “Hercules and Omphale.”Artemisia Gentileschi, “Hercules and Omphale,” (c. 1630s). Sursock Palace collection/J Paul Getty Trust

Artists’ sartorial choices through history explored in new exhibit

Running at the Louvre-Lens Museum, ‘The Art of dressing. Dressing like an artist,’ “fill[s] a gap in the field,” despite its somewhat “catalog-like feel,” Le Monde wrote.
Henri Fantin-Latour’s “A Studio at Les Batignolles” (1870). Henri Fantin-Latour, A Studio at Les Batignolles (1870). Public domain

US inflation fears eased in May amid Trump tariff walkback

The New York Federal Reserve data suggested an improved inflation outlook after US President Donald Trump paused some tariffs.
A container ship is seen near the Hai Phong International Container Terminal.Athit Perawongmetha/

Paris museum show celebrates artistic use of blurriness

Featuring 83 works by 61 artists, ‘Out of Focus’ demonstrates how blurring, intentional or not, can both conceal a subject or draw the viewer’s attention

‘You can shear a sheep many times, but you can only slaughter it once’: Jonathan D. Cohen on sports gambling

The author spoke to Semafor about how sports betting conquered America, and how it should be regulated.

Indian film spotlights political drama, pandemic tragedies at Cannes

Indian movie ‘Homebound’ based on a New York Times feature about a man returning his friend’s body home during India’s COVID-19 lockdown drew a standing ovation at Cannes.

Guyanese pioneer of abstract art gets an ‘overdue’ reappraisal

Influenced in part by classical music and ancient civilizations, Aubrey Williams was ‘one of the ideas men’ in the Caribbean Arts Movement, a scholar said.

China cuts benchmark lending rates in bid to boost growth

Beijing reduced its one- and five-year loan prime rates to historic lows.

Podcast traces novelist’s quest to understand his ancestors’ departure from Nazi Germany

Welsh writer Joe Dunthorne recounts his journey to uncover the truth behind his German-Jewish ancestors’ departure from Nazi Germany, and reveals disturbing secrets he unearths in the process.

SCOTUS hears birthright citizenship case that could influence Trump’s policy agenda

The case centers on whether judges have the power to issue nationwide injunctions against a president’s executive order.

Scores of artifacts from King Tutankhamun’s tomb delivered to new Egyptian museum

The Grand Egyptian Museum in Giza aims to host the first permanent collection of all 5,398 items from the infamous boy pharaoh’s tomb.

Artist explores female archetypes in myth through wearable sculptures

Opening this week at the Richard Saltoun Gallery, Anna Perach’s ‘A Leap of Faith’ is part traditional exhibition, part live performance.

Photographer charts a decade of New York City commuter life on the Staten Island Ferry

Singaporean photographer Nguan took hundreds of trips on the fleet of ships that make up the century-old service.

American cardinal Robert Francis Prevost named pope, chooses name Pope Leo XIV

The new pontiff greeted followers gathered in St. Peter’s Square with a call for peace.

Japanese woodblock print master takes spotlight in new British Museum exhibit

‘Hiroshige: Artist of the Open Road’ features more than 100 pieces by Utagawa Hiroshige, who first plied his craft creating images of Edo’s courtesans and kabuki actors.