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\n\tThe Headlines<\/strong><\/p>\n \n\tEARLY BATH.\u00a0<\/strong>The current\u00a0Istanbul Biennial<\/strong>, titled \u201cThe Three-Legged Cat,\u201d won\u2019t continue on as planned following the resignation of its curator,\u00a0Christine Tohm\u00e9.<\/strong>\u00a0The news was\u00a0announced<\/a>\u00a0by the\u00a0Istanbul Foundation for Culture and Arts\u00a0<\/strong>(IKSV), which organizes the event. The first phase of the biennial, which ran from September 20 to November 23, spanned eight venues and welcomed more than 600,000 visitors. The second phase, an academic program, was planned for 2026, while the third phase, a second exhibition, was slated for 2027. Now, neither of those planned phases will take place. The biennial\u2019s early end follows a turbulent period for the event. After the advisory board\u2019s 2023 selection for curator was overturned, prompting protests\u00a0within the arts community, Tohm\u00e9 was eventually appointed; she proposed a longer-term, more transparent structure. IKSV said that preparations for the 19th Istanbul Biennial, scheduled for 2027, will begin shortly,\u00a0with\u00a0its curator to be announced in 2026. Tohm\u00e9 due to \u201cpersonal circumstances,\u201d IKSV said.<\/p>\n \n\tROMAN RESPLENDENCE.\u00a0<\/strong>Two decades after it was stolen, a bronze shield that once belonged to\u00a0Giuseppe Garibaldi,<\/strong>\u00a0the general who returned to Italy, is once again viewable to the public. It\u2019s now on view at the\u00a0Palazzo Venezia,<\/strong>\u00a0from whose depot it was stolen during the early 2000s,\u00a0according<\/a>\u00a0to the\u00a0Times of London<\/em>. The ornate piece of armor wasn\u2019t found until 2019, when it turned up in a Roman barber\u2019s home. Newly restored, the shield is once again a shining bit of Italian cultural memory. \u201cOur history needs to be kept alive for future generations,\u201d said\u00a0Francesco Garibaldi,<\/strong>\u00a0the general\u2019s great-great-grandson.<\/p>\n \n\tThe Digest<\/strong><\/p>\n \n\tPalestinian artists<\/strong>\u00a0spoke out on how they survived two years of war. [The New York Times<\/a>]<\/p>\n \n\tTristram Hunt<\/strong>, director of London\u2019s\u00a0Victoria & Albert Museum<\/strong>, has been awarded a knighthood in\u00a0King Charles<\/strong>\u2019s\u00a02026 UK New Year Honours list. [The Art Newspaper<\/a>]<\/p>\n \n\tWilliam Martin,<\/strong>\u00a0director of Richmond\u2019s\u00a0Valentine<\/strong>\u00a0history museum, died at 71 after being hit by a car. [ABC News<\/a>]<\/p>\n \n\tARTnews<\/em>\u00a0looks back on how\u00a0Latinx artists<\/strong>\u00a0reacted to the defining events in 2025. [ARTnews<\/a>]<\/p>\n \n\tThe Kicker<\/strong><\/p>\n \n\tBOOM, BOOM.\u00a0<\/strong>The<\/a>\u00a0Economist<\/a>\u00a0<\/em>examines\u00a0China\u2019s second museum boom,\u00a0<\/strong>arguing that the country has learned hard lessons from the missteps of its first surge a decade ago. \u201cIn [China\u2019s] headlong pursuit of growth and modernity, officials around the country had funded grand new museums,\u201d the publication writes. \u201cMany sat empty. Today, China is again in the grips of a museum boom. But this time it means something else: a giant increase in visitors and a big leap in exhibition quality, especially of ancient splendours.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The Headlines EARLY BATH.\u00a0The current\u00a0Istanbul Biennial, titled \u201cThe Three-Legged Cat,\u201d won\u2019t continue on as planned following the resignation of its curator,\u00a0Christine Tohm\u00e9.\u00a0The news was\u00a0announced\u00a0by the\u00a0Istanbul Foundation for Culture and Arts\u00a0(IKSV), which organizes the event. 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