In today’s news, an artist says he plans to install a monument to Charlie Kirk in Times Square this fall, and the renderings, to put it mildly, are not going over well.
At the same time, the Trump administration has reduced the size of two national monuments in Utah by a staggering 90%. The sites are rich in rock art and sacred land, and the move is being paired with a push for “energy development” in the area.
Elsewhere, a docudrama is aiming to bring new insight to Caravaggio’s life. Also on the docket: Required Reading, Art Movements, and much more.
—Hakim Bishara, editor-in-chief