{"id":1795343,"date":"2026-02-26T11:00:42","date_gmt":"2026-02-26T08:00:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=1795343"},"modified":"2026-02-26T11:00:42","modified_gmt":"2026-02-26T08:00:42","slug":"koyo-kouohs-final-show","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=1795343","title":{"rendered":"Koyo Kouoh\u2019s Final Show"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[analyse_image type=&#8221;featured&#8221; src=&#8221;&#8221;]<\/p>\n<p><main class=\"gh-main\"><\/p>\n<article class=\"gh-article post tag-daily-newsletter tag-newsletter no-image\">\n<header class=\"gh-article-header gh-canvas\">\n<p>                Daily Newsletter<\/p>\n<h1 class=\"gh-article-title is-title\">Koyo Kouoh\u2019s Final Show<\/h1>\n<p class=\"gh-article-excerpt is-body\">The Louvre gets a new director, the world\u2019s largest sock monkey, and remembering artists we lost this week.<\/p>\n<div class=\"gh-article-meta\">\n<div class=\"gh-article-author-image instapaper_ignore\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"author-profile-image\" src=\"https:\/\/hyperallergic.com\/content\/images\/size\/w160\/2025\/11\/hyperallergic-favicon-d-blank-r-g-s-500.png\" alt=\"Hyperallergic\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"gh-article-meta-wrapper\">\n<h4 class=\"gh-article-author-name\">Hyperallergic<\/h4>\n<div class=\"gh-article-meta-content\"><time class=\"gh-article-meta-date\" datetime=\"2026-02-26\">February 26, 2026<\/time><span class=\"gh-article-meta-length\"><span class=\"bull\">\u2014<\/span> 3 min read<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/header>\n<section class=\"gh-content gh-canvas is-body\">\n<p>Nine months after the passing of Koyo Kouoh, the Venice Biennale has named the 111 artists and collectives in the prestigious international exhibition she curated and titled: <em>In Minor Keys<\/em>. Each artist functions almost as a musical key signature of their own, which together &#8220;refuse the orchestral bombast and goose-step military marches and come alive in the quiet tones, the lower frequencies.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>That description comes from Rasha Salti, one of the exhibition advisors who spoke at yesterday&#8217;s announcement of the roster. It&#8217;s an apt invitation to think of curation as an act of composition, with Kouoh&#8217;s vision singing at every turn.<\/p>\n<p><em>\u2014Lakshmi Rivera Amin, associate editor<\/em><\/p>\n<hr>\n<figure class=\"kg-card kg-image-card kg-card-hascaption\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/hyperallergic.com\/content\/images\/2026\/02\/GettyImages-2149110659-1-1.jpg\" class=\"kg-image\" alt loading=\"lazy\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1125\"><figcaption><span>The main pavilion at the Giardini during the 60th Venice Biennale in 2024 (photo by Simone Padovani via Getty Images)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h3 id=\"venice-biennale-names-111-artists-for-international-exhibition\">Venice Biennale Names 111 Artists for International Exhibition<\/h3>\n<p>The selected artists include Wangechi Mutu, Cauleen Smith, Carolina Caycedo, and Khaled Sabsabi, who made headlines last year when Australia rescinded and then reinstated his selection for its national pavilion. Notably, Kouoh&#8217;s team announced that the coveted Golden Lion awards will not be given this year, as the curator was unable to make her selections before her death last May at age 57.<\/p>\n<hr>\n<div class=\"kg-card kg-cta-card kg-cta-bg-white kg-cta-immersive  kg-cta-has-img  \" data-layout=\"immersive\">\n<div class=\"kg-cta-sponsor-label-wrapper\">\n<div class=\"kg-cta-sponsor-label\"><span>SPONSORED<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"kg-cta-content\">\n<div class=\"kg-cta-image-container\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/hyperallergic.com\/content\/images\/2026\/02\/2026-MVP-Hyperallergic-Announcement-Matthew-Bogdanos-001-4.jpg\" alt=\"CTA Image\" data-image-dimensions=\"1200x675\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"kg-cta-content-inner\">\n<div class=\"kg-cta-text\">\n<p><b><strong>Matthew Bogdanos Awarded Marica Vilcek Prize in Art History for Repatriation of Stolen Artifacts<\/strong><\/b><\/p>\n<p><span>The leader of the Manhattan DA\u2019s Antiquities Trafficking Unit is acknowledged for his lifelong dedication to recovering and safeguarding looted antiquities.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>                            Learn more<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<hr>\n<h2 id=\"news\">News<\/h2>\n<figure class=\"kg-card kg-image-card kg-card-hascaption\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/hyperallergic.com\/content\/images\/2026\/02\/christophe-leribault-1-1.jpg\" class=\"kg-image\" alt loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1769\" height=\"1039\"><figcaption><span>New Louvre leader Christophe Leribault in 2024 (photo by Emmanuel Dunand\/AFP via Getty Images)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<ul>\n<li>The Louvre has appointed Christophe Leribault as its new director, just one day after Laurence des Cars&#8217;s resignation in the wake of jewel-heist backlash and renovation issues at the museum (which she warned of last year).<\/li>\n<li>Punch isn&#8217;t the only monkey in the news this week \u2014 a 22-year-old artist just set a world record for the longest sock monkey ever made.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<hr>\n<h2 id=\"from-our-critics\">From Our Critics<\/h2>\n<figure class=\"kg-card kg-image-card kg-card-hascaption\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/hyperallergic.com\/content\/images\/2026\/02\/by-design-1.jpg\" class=\"kg-image\" alt loading=\"lazy\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1125\"><figcaption><span>Still from <\/span><i><em class=\"italic\">By Design<\/em><\/i><span> (2026), dir. Andrea Kramer (image courtesy Music Box Films)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h3 id=\"%E2%80%9Cby-design%E2%80%9D-treats-women-like-objects\">\u201cBy Design\u201d Treats Women Like Objects<\/h3>\n<p>Juliette Lewis turns into a chair in a film that critiques mass culture\u2019s conflation of femininity with consumerism and envy. | Eileen G&#8217;Sell<\/p>\n<hr>\n<div class=\"kg-card kg-cta-card kg-cta-bg-white kg-cta-immersive  kg-cta-has-img  \" data-layout=\"immersive\">\n<div class=\"kg-cta-sponsor-label-wrapper\">\n<div class=\"kg-cta-sponsor-label\"><span>SPONSORED<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"kg-cta-content\">\n<div class=\"kg-cta-image-container\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/hyperallergic.com\/content\/images\/2026\/02\/1-2400-x-1350-4.jpg\" alt=\"CTA Image\" data-image-dimensions=\"1200x675\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"kg-cta-content-inner\">\n<div class=\"kg-cta-text\">\n<p><b><strong>The Rubin\u2019s Annual Grant Program Funds Himalayan Art and Research<\/strong><\/b><\/p>\n<p><span>The 2026 grant cycle opens February 16. Submit a letter of intent by March 6.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>                            Learn more<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<hr>\n<h2 id=\"in-memoriam\">In Memoriam<\/h2>\n<figure class=\"kg-card kg-image-card kg-card-hascaption\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/hyperallergic.com\/content\/images\/2026\/02\/image-107-1-1.jpg\" class=\"kg-image\" alt loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1958\" height=\"1101\"><figcaption><span>Self-portrait of \u00c9vi F\u00e1bi\u00e1n artist (2011) (photo by \u00c9vi F\u00e1bi\u00e1n via <\/span><span>Wikimedia Commons<\/span><span>)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h3 id=\"remembering-d%C3%B3ra-maurer-isaiah-zagar-and-peter-st%C3%A4mpfli\">Remembering D\u00f3ra Maurer, Isaiah Zagar, and Peter St\u00e4mpfli<\/h3>\n<p>This week, we honor a Hungarian avant-garde artist, a Philadelphia mosaicist, a Swiss pop artist, and others. <\/p>\n<hr>\n<h2 id=\"member-comment\">Member Comment<\/h2>\n<p>Vicki Meek on Ed Simon&#8217;s &#8220;The Marquis de Sade of the Upper East Side&#8221;:<\/p>\n<div class=\"kg-card kg-callout-card kg-callout-card-yellow\">\n<div class=\"kg-callout-text\">This article is both illuminating and disturbing, given that most Americans likely have never heard of the Marquis de Sade and therefore can\u2019t appreciate the history repeats itself aspect of the Epstein Files horror. I particularly appreciate Simon\u2019s explanation of the class dynamic in addition to the victimization of women and girls because that hasn\u2019t been emphasized during this entire conversation about the victims.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"kg-card kg-cta-card kg-cta-bg-none kg-cta-minimal kg-cta-no-dividers   \" data-layout=\"minimal\">\n<div class=\"kg-cta-content\">\n<div class=\"kg-cta-content-inner\">\n<div class=\"kg-cta-text\">\n<p><span>Commenting privileges are reserved for paid members. <\/span><span>Join us today<\/span><span>!<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<hr>\n<h2 id=\"icymi\">ICYMI<\/h2>\n<figure class=\"kg-card kg-image-card kg-card-hascaption\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/hyperallergic.com\/content\/images\/2026\/02\/louvre-crown-1.jpg\" class=\"kg-image\" alt loading=\"lazy\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1125\"><figcaption><span>Queen Marie-Am\u00e9lie\u2019s diadem (\u00a9 RMN &#8211; Grand Palais, Mus\u00e9e du Louvre; photo by Mathieu Rabeau)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h3 id=\"the-louvre-heist-was-a-colonial-wake-up-call\">The Louvre Heist Was a Colonial Wake-Up Call<\/h3>\n<p>The stunning theft reveals more than a failure of security: It lays bare how austerity, neglect, and unresolved colonial legacies continue to haunt the museum. | Emiline Smith<\/p>\n<ul class=\"post-tags\">\n<li>\n                        Daily Newsletter\n                      <\/li>\n<li>\n                        Newsletter\n                      <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/section>\n<\/article>\n<p><\/main><\/p>\n<article class=\"gh-article post tag-daily-newsletter tag-newsletter no-image\">\n<header class=\"gh-article-header gh-canvas\">\n<p>                Daily Newsletter<\/p>\n<h1 class=\"gh-article-title is-title\">Koyo Kouoh\u2019s Final Show<\/h1>\n<p class=\"gh-article-excerpt is-body\">The Louvre gets a new director, the world\u2019s largest sock monkey, and remembering artists we lost this week.<\/p>\n<div class=\"gh-article-meta\">\n<div class=\"gh-article-author-image instapaper_ignore\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"author-profile-image\" src=\"https:\/\/hyperallergic.com\/content\/images\/size\/w160\/2025\/11\/hyperallergic-favicon-d-blank-r-g-s-500.png\" alt=\"Hyperallergic\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"gh-article-meta-wrapper\">\n<h4 class=\"gh-article-author-name\">Hyperallergic<\/h4>\n<div class=\"gh-article-meta-content\"><time class=\"gh-article-meta-date\" datetime=\"2026-02-26\">February 26, 2026<\/time><span class=\"gh-article-meta-length\"><span class=\"bull\">\u2014<\/span> 3 min read<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/header>\n<section class=\"gh-content gh-canvas is-body\">\n<p>Nine months after the passing of Koyo Kouoh, the Venice Biennale has named the 111 artists and collectives in the prestigious international exhibition she curated and titled: <em>In Minor Keys<\/em>. Each artist functions almost as a musical key signature of their own, which together &#8220;refuse the orchestral bombast and goose-step military marches and come alive in the quiet tones, the lower frequencies.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>That description comes from Rasha Salti, one of the exhibition advisors who spoke at yesterday&#8217;s announcement of the roster. It&#8217;s an apt invitation to think of curation as an act of composition, with Kouoh&#8217;s vision singing at every turn.<\/p>\n<p><em>\u2014Lakshmi Rivera Amin, associate editor<\/em><\/p>\n<hr>\n<figure class=\"kg-card kg-image-card kg-card-hascaption\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/hyperallergic.com\/content\/images\/2026\/02\/GettyImages-2149110659-1-1.jpg\" class=\"kg-image\" alt loading=\"lazy\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1125\"><figcaption><span>The main pavilion at the Giardini during the 60th Venice Biennale in 2024 (photo by Simone Padovani via Getty Images)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h3 id=\"venice-biennale-names-111-artists-for-international-exhibition\">Venice Biennale Names 111 Artists for International Exhibition<\/h3>\n<p>The selected artists include Wangechi Mutu, Cauleen Smith, Carolina Caycedo, and Khaled Sabsabi, who made headlines last year when Australia rescinded and then reinstated his selection for its national pavilion. Notably, Kouoh&#8217;s team announced that the coveted Golden Lion awards will not be given this year, as the curator was unable to make her selections before her death last May at age 57.<\/p>\n<hr>\n<div class=\"kg-card kg-cta-card kg-cta-bg-white kg-cta-immersive  kg-cta-has-img  \" data-layout=\"immersive\">\n<div class=\"kg-cta-sponsor-label-wrapper\">\n<div class=\"kg-cta-sponsor-label\"><span>SPONSORED<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"kg-cta-content\">\n<div class=\"kg-cta-image-container\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/hyperallergic.com\/content\/images\/2026\/02\/2026-MVP-Hyperallergic-Announcement-Matthew-Bogdanos-001-4.jpg\" alt=\"CTA Image\" data-image-dimensions=\"1200x675\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"kg-cta-content-inner\">\n<div class=\"kg-cta-text\">\n<p><b><strong>Matthew Bogdanos Awarded Marica Vilcek Prize in Art History for Repatriation of Stolen Artifacts<\/strong><\/b><\/p>\n<p><span>The leader of the Manhattan DA\u2019s Antiquities Trafficking Unit is acknowledged for his lifelong dedication to recovering and safeguarding looted antiquities.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>                            Learn more<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<hr>\n<h2 id=\"news\">News<\/h2>\n<figure class=\"kg-card kg-image-card kg-card-hascaption\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/hyperallergic.com\/content\/images\/2026\/02\/christophe-leribault-1-1.jpg\" class=\"kg-image\" alt loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1769\" height=\"1039\"><figcaption><span>New Louvre leader Christophe Leribault in 2024 (photo by Emmanuel Dunand\/AFP via Getty Images)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<ul>\n<li>The Louvre has appointed Christophe Leribault as its new director, just one day after Laurence des Cars&#8217;s resignation in the wake of jewel-heist backlash and renovation issues at the museum (which she warned of last year).<\/li>\n<li>Punch isn&#8217;t the only monkey in the news this week \u2014 a 22-year-old artist just set a world record for the longest sock monkey ever made.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<hr>\n<h2 id=\"from-our-critics\">From Our Critics<\/h2>\n<figure class=\"kg-card kg-image-card kg-card-hascaption\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/hyperallergic.com\/content\/images\/2026\/02\/by-design-1.jpg\" class=\"kg-image\" alt loading=\"lazy\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1125\"><figcaption><span>Still from <\/span><i><em class=\"italic\">By Design<\/em><\/i><span> (2026), dir. Andrea Kramer (image courtesy Music Box Films)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h3 id=\"%E2%80%9Cby-design%E2%80%9D-treats-women-like-objects\">\u201cBy Design\u201d Treats Women Like Objects<\/h3>\n<p>Juliette Lewis turns into a chair in a film that critiques mass culture\u2019s conflation of femininity with consumerism and envy. | Eileen G&#8217;Sell<\/p>\n<hr>\n<div class=\"kg-card kg-cta-card kg-cta-bg-white kg-cta-immersive  kg-cta-has-img  \" data-layout=\"immersive\">\n<div class=\"kg-cta-sponsor-label-wrapper\">\n<div class=\"kg-cta-sponsor-label\"><span>SPONSORED<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"kg-cta-content\">\n<div class=\"kg-cta-image-container\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/hyperallergic.com\/content\/images\/2026\/02\/1-2400-x-1350-4.jpg\" alt=\"CTA Image\" data-image-dimensions=\"1200x675\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"kg-cta-content-inner\">\n<div class=\"kg-cta-text\">\n<p><b><strong>The Rubin\u2019s Annual Grant Program Funds Himalayan Art and Research<\/strong><\/b><\/p>\n<p><span>The 2026 grant cycle opens February 16. Submit a letter of intent by March 6.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>                            Learn more<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<hr>\n<h2 id=\"in-memoriam\">In Memoriam<\/h2>\n<figure class=\"kg-card kg-image-card kg-card-hascaption\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/hyperallergic.com\/content\/images\/2026\/02\/image-107-1-1.jpg\" class=\"kg-image\" alt loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1958\" height=\"1101\"><figcaption><span>Self-portrait of \u00c9vi F\u00e1bi\u00e1n artist (2011) (photo by \u00c9vi F\u00e1bi\u00e1n via <\/span><span>Wikimedia Commons<\/span><span>)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h3 id=\"remembering-d%C3%B3ra-maurer-isaiah-zagar-and-peter-st%C3%A4mpfli\">Remembering D\u00f3ra Maurer, Isaiah Zagar, and Peter St\u00e4mpfli<\/h3>\n<p>This week, we honor a Hungarian avant-garde artist, a Philadelphia mosaicist, a Swiss pop artist, and others. <\/p>\n<hr>\n<h2 id=\"member-comment\">Member Comment<\/h2>\n<p>Vicki Meek on Ed Simon&#8217;s &#8220;The Marquis de Sade of the Upper East Side&#8221;:<\/p>\n<div class=\"kg-card kg-callout-card kg-callout-card-yellow\">\n<div class=\"kg-callout-text\">This article is both illuminating and disturbing, given that most Americans likely have never heard of the Marquis de Sade and therefore can\u2019t appreciate the history repeats itself aspect of the Epstein Files horror. I particularly appreciate Simon\u2019s explanation of the class dynamic in addition to the victimization of women and girls because that hasn\u2019t been emphasized during this entire conversation about the victims.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"kg-card kg-cta-card kg-cta-bg-none kg-cta-minimal kg-cta-no-dividers   \" data-layout=\"minimal\">\n<div class=\"kg-cta-content\">\n<div class=\"kg-cta-content-inner\">\n<div class=\"kg-cta-text\">\n<p><span>Commenting privileges are reserved for paid members. <\/span><span>Join us today<\/span><span>!<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<hr>\n<h2 id=\"icymi\">ICYMI<\/h2>\n<figure class=\"kg-card kg-image-card kg-card-hascaption\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/hyperallergic.com\/content\/images\/2026\/02\/louvre-crown-1.jpg\" class=\"kg-image\" alt loading=\"lazy\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1125\"><figcaption><span>Queen Marie-Am\u00e9lie\u2019s diadem (\u00a9 RMN &#8211; Grand Palais, Mus\u00e9e du Louvre; photo by Mathieu Rabeau)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h3 id=\"the-louvre-heist-was-a-colonial-wake-up-call\">The Louvre Heist Was a Colonial Wake-Up Call<\/h3>\n<p>The stunning theft reveals more than a failure of security: It lays bare how austerity, neglect, and unresolved colonial legacies continue to haunt the museum. | Emiline Smith<\/p>\n<ul class=\"post-tags\">\n<li>\n                        Daily Newsletter\n                      <\/li>\n<li>\n                        Newsletter\n                      <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/section>\n<\/article>\n<section class=\"gh-content gh-canvas is-body\">\n<p>Nine months after the passing of Koyo Kouoh, the Venice Biennale has named the 111 artists and collectives in the prestigious international exhibition she curated and titled: <em>In Minor Keys<\/em>. Each artist functions almost as a musical key signature of their own, which together &#8220;refuse the orchestral bombast and goose-step military marches and come alive in the quiet tones, the lower frequencies.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>That description comes from Rasha Salti, one of the exhibition advisors who spoke at yesterday&#8217;s announcement of the roster. It&#8217;s an apt invitation to think of curation as an act of composition, with Kouoh&#8217;s vision singing at every turn.<\/p>\n<p><em>\u2014Lakshmi Rivera Amin, associate editor<\/em><\/p>\n<hr>\n<figure class=\"kg-card kg-image-card kg-card-hascaption\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/hyperallergic.com\/content\/images\/2026\/02\/GettyImages-2149110659-1-1.jpg\" class=\"kg-image\" alt loading=\"lazy\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1125\"><figcaption><span>The main pavilion at the Giardini during the 60th Venice Biennale in 2024 (photo by Simone Padovani via Getty Images)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h3 id=\"venice-biennale-names-111-artists-for-international-exhibition\">Venice Biennale Names 111 Artists for International Exhibition<\/h3>\n<p>The selected artists include Wangechi Mutu, Cauleen Smith, Carolina Caycedo, and Khaled Sabsabi, who made headlines last year when Australia rescinded and then reinstated his selection for its national pavilion. Notably, Kouoh&#8217;s team announced that the coveted Golden Lion awards will not be given this year, as the curator was unable to make her selections before her death last May at age 57.<\/p>\n<hr>\n<div class=\"kg-card kg-cta-card kg-cta-bg-white kg-cta-immersive  kg-cta-has-img  \" data-layout=\"immersive\">\n<div class=\"kg-cta-sponsor-label-wrapper\">\n<div class=\"kg-cta-sponsor-label\"><span>SPONSORED<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"kg-cta-content\">\n<div class=\"kg-cta-image-container\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/hyperallergic.com\/content\/images\/2026\/02\/2026-MVP-Hyperallergic-Announcement-Matthew-Bogdanos-001-4.jpg\" alt=\"CTA Image\" data-image-dimensions=\"1200x675\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"kg-cta-content-inner\">\n<div class=\"kg-cta-text\">\n<p><b><strong>Matthew Bogdanos Awarded Marica Vilcek Prize in Art History for Repatriation of Stolen Artifacts<\/strong><\/b><\/p>\n<p><span>The leader of the Manhattan DA\u2019s Antiquities Trafficking Unit is acknowledged for his lifelong dedication to recovering and safeguarding looted antiquities.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>                            Learn more<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<hr>\n<h2 id=\"news\">News<\/h2>\n<figure class=\"kg-card kg-image-card kg-card-hascaption\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/hyperallergic.com\/content\/images\/2026\/02\/christophe-leribault-1-1.jpg\" class=\"kg-image\" alt loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1769\" height=\"1039\"><figcaption><span>New Louvre leader Christophe Leribault in 2024 (photo by Emmanuel Dunand\/AFP via Getty Images)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<ul>\n<li>The Louvre has appointed Christophe Leribault as its new director, just one day after Laurence des Cars&#8217;s resignation in the wake of jewel-heist backlash and renovation issues at the museum (which she warned of last year).<\/li>\n<li>Punch isn&#8217;t the only monkey in the news this week \u2014 a 22-year-old artist just set a world record for the longest sock monkey ever made.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<hr>\n<h2 id=\"from-our-critics\">From Our Critics<\/h2>\n<figure class=\"kg-card kg-image-card kg-card-hascaption\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/hyperallergic.com\/content\/images\/2026\/02\/by-design-1.jpg\" class=\"kg-image\" alt loading=\"lazy\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1125\"><figcaption><span>Still from <\/span><i><em class=\"italic\">By Design<\/em><\/i><span> (2026), dir. Andrea Kramer (image courtesy Music Box Films)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h3 id=\"%E2%80%9Cby-design%E2%80%9D-treats-women-like-objects\">\u201cBy Design\u201d Treats Women Like Objects<\/h3>\n<p>Juliette Lewis turns into a chair in a film that critiques mass culture\u2019s conflation of femininity with consumerism and envy. | Eileen G&#8217;Sell<\/p>\n<hr>\n<div class=\"kg-card kg-cta-card kg-cta-bg-white kg-cta-immersive  kg-cta-has-img  \" data-layout=\"immersive\">\n<div class=\"kg-cta-sponsor-label-wrapper\">\n<div class=\"kg-cta-sponsor-label\"><span>SPONSORED<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"kg-cta-content\">\n<div class=\"kg-cta-image-container\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/hyperallergic.com\/content\/images\/2026\/02\/1-2400-x-1350-4.jpg\" alt=\"CTA Image\" data-image-dimensions=\"1200x675\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"kg-cta-content-inner\">\n<div class=\"kg-cta-text\">\n<p><b><strong>The Rubin\u2019s Annual Grant Program Funds Himalayan Art and Research<\/strong><\/b><\/p>\n<p><span>The 2026 grant cycle opens February 16. Submit a letter of intent by March 6.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>                            Learn more<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<hr>\n<h2 id=\"in-memoriam\">In Memoriam<\/h2>\n<figure class=\"kg-card kg-image-card kg-card-hascaption\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/hyperallergic.com\/content\/images\/2026\/02\/image-107-1-1.jpg\" class=\"kg-image\" alt loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1958\" height=\"1101\"><figcaption><span>Self-portrait of \u00c9vi F\u00e1bi\u00e1n artist (2011) (photo by \u00c9vi F\u00e1bi\u00e1n via <\/span><span>Wikimedia Commons<\/span><span>)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h3 id=\"remembering-d%C3%B3ra-maurer-isaiah-zagar-and-peter-st%C3%A4mpfli\">Remembering D\u00f3ra Maurer, Isaiah Zagar, and Peter St\u00e4mpfli<\/h3>\n<p>This week, we honor a Hungarian avant-garde artist, a Philadelphia mosaicist, a Swiss pop artist, and others. <\/p>\n<hr>\n<h2 id=\"member-comment\">Member Comment<\/h2>\n<p>Vicki Meek on Ed Simon&#8217;s &#8220;The Marquis de Sade of the Upper East Side&#8221;:<\/p>\n<div class=\"kg-card kg-callout-card kg-callout-card-yellow\">\n<div class=\"kg-callout-text\">This article is both illuminating and disturbing, given that most Americans likely have never heard of the Marquis de Sade and therefore can\u2019t appreciate the history repeats itself aspect of the Epstein Files horror. I particularly appreciate Simon\u2019s explanation of the class dynamic in addition to the victimization of women and girls because that hasn\u2019t been emphasized during this entire conversation about the victims.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"kg-card kg-cta-card kg-cta-bg-none kg-cta-minimal kg-cta-no-dividers   \" data-layout=\"minimal\">\n<div class=\"kg-cta-content\">\n<div class=\"kg-cta-content-inner\">\n<div class=\"kg-cta-text\">\n<p><span>Commenting privileges are reserved for paid members. <\/span><span>Join us today<\/span><span>!<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<hr>\n<h2 id=\"icymi\">ICYMI<\/h2>\n<figure class=\"kg-card kg-image-card kg-card-hascaption\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/hyperallergic.com\/content\/images\/2026\/02\/louvre-crown-1.jpg\" class=\"kg-image\" alt loading=\"lazy\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1125\"><figcaption><span>Queen Marie-Am\u00e9lie\u2019s diadem (\u00a9 RMN &#8211; Grand Palais, Mus\u00e9e du Louvre; photo by Mathieu Rabeau)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h3 id=\"the-louvre-heist-was-a-colonial-wake-up-call\">The Louvre Heist Was a Colonial Wake-Up Call<\/h3>\n<p>The stunning theft reveals more than a failure of security: It lays bare how austerity, neglect, and unresolved colonial legacies continue to haunt the museum. | Emiline Smith<\/p>\n<ul class=\"post-tags\">\n<li>\n                        Daily Newsletter\n                      <\/li>\n<li>\n                        Newsletter\n                      <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/section>\n<article class=\"gh-card post\">\n<figure class=\"gh-card-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/hyperallergic.com\/content\/images\/size\/w600\/2026\/02\/4.SusanKlecknerUntitled.SusanKlecknerPapersRobertS.CoxSpecialCollectionsandUniversityArchiveResearchCenterUMassAmherstLibraries-1.jpg\" alt=\"Raw Material: The Art and Life of Susan Kleckner\" loading=\"lazy\"><\/figure>\n<div class=\"gh-card-wrapper\">\n<h3 class=\"gh-card-title is-title\">Raw Material: The Art and Life of Susan Kleckner<\/h3>\n<p class=\"gh-card-excerpt is-body\">This exhibition at Haverford College\u2019s Cantor Fitzgerald Gallery is the first comprehensive retrospective of the pioneering feminist, filmmaker, photographer, and performance artist.<\/p>\n<footer class=\"gh-card-meta\"><span class=\"gh-card-author\">Haverford College<\/span><\/footer>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<article class=\"gh-card post\">\n<figure class=\"gh-card-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/hyperallergic.com\/content\/images\/size\/w600\/2026\/02\/3.-Paula-Rego-Untitled-2-1999-hi.jpg\" alt=\"Artists Thinking Out Loud: The IFPDA Returns to the Park Avenue Armory this April\" loading=\"lazy\"><\/figure>\n<div class=\"gh-card-wrapper\">\n<h3 class=\"gh-card-title is-title\">Artists Thinking Out Loud: The IFPDA Returns to the Park Avenue Armory this April<\/h3>\n<p class=\"gh-card-excerpt is-body\">The fair will bring together 80 exhibitors and an expanded focus on drawings in a nod to the medium\u2019s long-standing relationship with printmaking.<\/p>\n<footer class=\"gh-card-meta\"><span class=\"gh-card-author\">IFPDA<\/span><\/footer>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<article class=\"gh-card post\">\n<figure class=\"gh-card-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/hyperallergic.com\/content\/images\/size\/w600\/2026\/02\/E2017.8-d1-2017-03-10-1.jpg\" alt=\"Detroit Institute of Arts Reinstalls African American Galleries at the Heart of the Museum\" loading=\"lazy\"><\/figure>\n<div class=\"gh-card-wrapper\">\n<h3 class=\"gh-card-title is-title\">Detroit Institute of Arts Reinstalls African American Galleries at the Heart of the Museum<\/h3>\n<p class=\"gh-card-excerpt is-body\">African American art history has often been underrepresented. \u201cReimagine African American Art\u201d invites visitors to discover transformative works across two centuries.<\/p>\n<footer class=\"gh-card-meta\"><span class=\"gh-card-author\">Detroit Institute of Arts<\/span><\/footer>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<article class=\"gh-card post\">\n<figure class=\"gh-card-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/hyperallergic.com\/content\/images\/size\/w600\/2026\/02\/AdDigital-2400X1350-_Hyperallergic.jpg\" alt=\"Prisoners of Love: Until the Sun of Freedom\" loading=\"lazy\"><\/figure>\n<div class=\"gh-card-wrapper\">\n<h3 class=\"gh-card-title is-title\">Prisoners of Love: Until the Sun of Freedom<\/h3>\n<p class=\"gh-card-excerpt is-body\">The only US presentation of this exhibition by renowned artists Basel Abbas and Ruanne Abou-Rahme is on view at The Bell Gallery, Brown University. <\/p>\n<footer class=\"gh-card-meta\"><span class=\"gh-card-author\">The Bell<\/span><\/footer>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<p>[analyse_source url=&#8221;https:\/\/hyperallergic.com\/koyo-kouohs-final-show\/&#8221;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[analyse_image type=&#8221;featured&#8221; 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