{"id":1815859,"date":"2026-03-09T10:00:07","date_gmt":"2026-03-09T07:00:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=1815859"},"modified":"2026-03-09T10:00:07","modified_gmt":"2026-03-09T07:00:07","slug":"chronicles-of-a-needless-war","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=1815859","title":{"rendered":"Chronicles of a Needless War"},"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\">Chronicles of a Needless War<\/h1>\n<p class=\"gh-article-excerpt is-body\">DC\u2019s \u201cJeffrey Epstein Walk of Shame,\u201d a major ruling on copyrights for AI art, Israel-US strikes damage a historic site in Tehran, exhibitions to visit in Los Angeles this month, and more.<\/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=\"2026-03-09\">March 9, 2026<\/time><span class=\"gh-article-meta-length\"><span class=\"bull\">\u2014<\/span> 4 min read<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/header>\n<section class=\"gh-content gh-canvas is-body\">\n<p>As Lunar New Year celebrations continue across the world, nobody embodies the holiday spirit quite like New Yorkers. Case in point: AX Mina visited Abrons Arts Center for its annual mutual aid initiative and art exhibition. <em>With Love, From Chinatown<\/em> celebrates the kaleidoscope of queer, working-class imagery and art that makes the community so special \u2014 and amid a world in turmoil, Mina&#8217;s reflections remind us of what the Year of the Fire Horse truly represents.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, Israel and US airstrikes on Tehran damage priceless artifacts in the Qajar-era Golestan Palace as a \u201cJeffrey Epstein Walk of Shame\u201d guerrilla installation in DC reminds us of the real reason why Trump waged this needless war.<\/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\/03\/IMG_0971-1.jpg\" class=\"kg-image\" alt loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\"><figcaption><span>Installation view of <\/span><i><em class=\"italic\">From Chinatown, With Love <\/em><\/i><span>(photo AX Mina\/<\/span><i><em class=\"italic\">Hyperallergic<\/em><\/i><span>)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h3 id=\"the-political-potential-of-the-chinatown-storefront\">The Political Potential of the Chinatown Storefront<\/h3>\n<p>Abrons Arts Center is hosting its annual Lunar New Year mutual aid initiative, where art highlights and supports local businesses. | AX Mina<\/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\/03\/3.-Paula-Rego-Untitled-2-1999-hi-1.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>Artists Thinking Out Loud: The IFPDA Returns to the Park Avenue Armory this April<\/strong><\/b><\/p>\n<p><span>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.<\/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\/03\/GettyImages-2263996940-1.jpg\" class=\"kg-image\" alt loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\"><figcaption><span>Golestan Palace on March 3 after it was damaged during US and Israeli airstrikes in Tehran, Iran (photo by Majid Saeedi via Getty Images)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<ul>\n<li>Israeli and American airstrikes on Iran have\u00a0caused significant damage\u00a0to the Qajar-eraartifacts, a\u00a0UNESCO World Heritage Site\u00a0in the heart of Tehran.<\/li>\n<li>In Washington, DC, a &#8220;Jeffrey Epstein Walk of Shame&#8221; includes \u201cstars\u201d for MoMA trustee Leon Black, arts patron Les Wexner, and others mentioned in the Epstein files.<\/li>\n<li>Computer scientist\u00a0Stephen Thaler\u00a0struck out once again this week after the US Supreme Court declined to hear his appeal on the years-long legal battle to secure copyright protections for an AI-generated \u201cartwork.\u201d<\/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\/03\/Petrit6-1.jpg\" class=\"kg-image\" alt loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\"><figcaption><span>Installation view of Petrit Halilaj, \u201cShkrepe\u0308tima (Nita)\u201d (2018) (photo by Cat Dawson\/<\/span><i><em class=\"italic\">Hyperallergic<\/em><\/i><span>)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h3 id=\"petrit-halilaj%E2%80%99s-opera-of-kosovan-memory-and-myth\">Petrit Halilaj\u2019s Opera of Kosovan Memory and Myth<\/h3>\n<p>Through his fantastical vignettes, Halilaj suggests curiosity about others as a way to neutralize the forces that lead to difference-based violence. | Cat Dawson<\/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\/03\/AdDigital-2400X1350-_Hyperallergic.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>Prisoners of Love: Until the Sun of Freedom<\/strong><\/b><\/p>\n<p><span>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.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>                            Learn more<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<hr>\n<h2 id=\"what-to-see-in-la\">What to See in LA<\/h2>\n<figure class=\"kg-card kg-image-card kg-card-hascaption\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/hyperallergic.com\/content\/images\/2026\/03\/Kahraman_259_IveBeenCirclingForThousandsOfYears_hires-2-1.jpg\" class=\"kg-image\" alt loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1713\" height=\"963\"><figcaption><span>Hayv Kahraman, \u201cI\u2019ve been circling for thousands of years\u201d (2025\u201326), oil and acrylic on linen (photo by Brica Wilcox, courtesy the artist and Vielmetter Los Angeles)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h3 id=\"10-art-shows-to-see-in-los-angeles-this-march\">10 Art Shows to See in Los Angeles This March<\/h3>\n<p>The artists of Nature Morte gallery, Hayv Kahraman\u2019s painted libations, Jesse Wiedel\u2019s screwball American dream, the late Nona Olabisi\u2019s homegrown muralism, and more. | Matt Stromberg<\/p>\n<hr>\n<h2 id=\"member-comment\">Member Comment<\/h2>\n<p>Stephencribari on Bella Bromberg\u2019s \u201cSuffering From \u2018Creative Hangover\u2019? You\u2019re Not Alone\u201d:<\/p>\n<div class=\"kg-card kg-callout-card kg-callout-card-yellow\">\n<div class=\"kg-callout-text\">The authors of that study say that \u201c(t)hough all people have the capacity to be creative, the fact remains that some do so in a professional context and others on a more need-to or want-to basis. Since they are creating for fun rather than for their livelihood, the comparison group experiences \u2018lower intensity and less frequent sustained creative demands,\u2019 wrote Smith and Drake.\u201d I think there may be a third option: those who are not creating for money or for fun but whose need or want reveals a deep desire to be creative people regardless of the cost, a cost that may be more intense with greater demands than either of the other two groups.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<hr>\n<h2 id=\"from-the-archive\">From the Archive<\/h2>\n<figure class=\"kg-card kg-image-card kg-card-hascaption\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/hyperallergic.com\/content\/images\/2026\/03\/naqsh-e_jahan_square_from_the_gheisariye_vault.jpg\" class=\"kg-image\" alt loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\"><figcaption><span>Naqsh-e Jahan Square from the Gheisariye Vault, Isfahan, Iran (photo by Amirpashaei via Wikimedia Commons)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h3 id=\"targeting-iran%E2%80%99s-cultural-heritage-means-targeting-human-beings\">Targeting Iran\u2019s Cultural Heritage Means Targeting Human Beings<\/h3>\n<p>Targeting Iranian cultural heritage is first and foremost bad because of the devastating effects it would have on Iranians. We in the rest of the world may feel a real loss, but that is secondary at best. | Michael Press<\/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\">Chronicles of a Needless War<\/h1>\n<p class=\"gh-article-excerpt is-body\">DC\u2019s \u201cJeffrey Epstein Walk of Shame,\u201d a major ruling on copyrights for AI art, Israel-US strikes damage a historic site in Tehran, exhibitions to visit in Los Angeles this month, and more.<\/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=\"2026-03-09\">March 9, 2026<\/time><span class=\"gh-article-meta-length\"><span class=\"bull\">\u2014<\/span> 4 min read<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/header>\n<section class=\"gh-content gh-canvas is-body\">\n<p>As Lunar New Year celebrations continue across the world, nobody embodies the holiday spirit quite like New Yorkers. Case in point: AX Mina visited Abrons Arts Center for its annual mutual aid initiative and art exhibition. <em>With Love, From Chinatown<\/em> celebrates the kaleidoscope of queer, working-class imagery and art that makes the community so special \u2014 and amid a world in turmoil, Mina&#8217;s reflections remind us of what the Year of the Fire Horse truly represents.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, Israel and US airstrikes on Tehran damage priceless artifacts in the Qajar-era Golestan Palace as a \u201cJeffrey Epstein Walk of Shame\u201d guerrilla installation in DC reminds us of the real reason why Trump waged this needless war.<\/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\/03\/IMG_0971-1.jpg\" class=\"kg-image\" alt loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\"><figcaption><span>Installation view of <\/span><i><em class=\"italic\">From Chinatown, With Love <\/em><\/i><span>(photo AX Mina\/<\/span><i><em class=\"italic\">Hyperallergic<\/em><\/i><span>)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h3 id=\"the-political-potential-of-the-chinatown-storefront\">The Political Potential of the Chinatown Storefront<\/h3>\n<p>Abrons Arts Center is hosting its annual Lunar New Year mutual aid initiative, where art highlights and supports local businesses. | AX Mina<\/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\/03\/3.-Paula-Rego-Untitled-2-1999-hi-1.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>Artists Thinking Out Loud: The IFPDA Returns to the Park Avenue Armory this April<\/strong><\/b><\/p>\n<p><span>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.<\/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\/03\/GettyImages-2263996940-1.jpg\" class=\"kg-image\" alt loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\"><figcaption><span>Golestan Palace on March 3 after it was damaged during US and Israeli airstrikes in Tehran, Iran (photo by Majid Saeedi via Getty Images)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<ul>\n<li>Israeli and American airstrikes on Iran have\u00a0caused significant damage\u00a0to the Qajar-eraartifacts, a\u00a0UNESCO World Heritage Site\u00a0in the heart of Tehran.<\/li>\n<li>In Washington, DC, a &#8220;Jeffrey Epstein Walk of Shame&#8221; includes \u201cstars\u201d for MoMA trustee Leon Black, arts patron Les Wexner, and others mentioned in the Epstein files.<\/li>\n<li>Computer scientist\u00a0Stephen Thaler\u00a0struck out once again this week after the US Supreme Court declined to hear his appeal on the years-long legal battle to secure copyright protections for an AI-generated \u201cartwork.\u201d<\/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\/03\/Petrit6-1.jpg\" class=\"kg-image\" alt loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\"><figcaption><span>Installation view of Petrit Halilaj, \u201cShkrepe\u0308tima (Nita)\u201d (2018) (photo by Cat Dawson\/<\/span><i><em class=\"italic\">Hyperallergic<\/em><\/i><span>)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h3 id=\"petrit-halilaj%E2%80%99s-opera-of-kosovan-memory-and-myth\">Petrit Halilaj\u2019s Opera of Kosovan Memory and Myth<\/h3>\n<p>Through his fantastical vignettes, Halilaj suggests curiosity about others as a way to neutralize the forces that lead to difference-based violence. | Cat Dawson<\/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\/03\/AdDigital-2400X1350-_Hyperallergic.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>Prisoners of Love: Until the Sun of Freedom<\/strong><\/b><\/p>\n<p><span>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.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>                            Learn more<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<hr>\n<h2 id=\"what-to-see-in-la\">What to See in LA<\/h2>\n<figure class=\"kg-card kg-image-card kg-card-hascaption\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/hyperallergic.com\/content\/images\/2026\/03\/Kahraman_259_IveBeenCirclingForThousandsOfYears_hires-2-1.jpg\" class=\"kg-image\" alt loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1713\" height=\"963\"><figcaption><span>Hayv Kahraman, \u201cI\u2019ve been circling for thousands of years\u201d (2025\u201326), oil and acrylic on linen (photo by Brica Wilcox, courtesy the artist and Vielmetter Los Angeles)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h3 id=\"10-art-shows-to-see-in-los-angeles-this-march\">10 Art Shows to See in Los Angeles This March<\/h3>\n<p>The artists of Nature Morte gallery, Hayv Kahraman\u2019s painted libations, Jesse Wiedel\u2019s screwball American dream, the late Nona Olabisi\u2019s homegrown muralism, and more. | Matt Stromberg<\/p>\n<hr>\n<h2 id=\"member-comment\">Member Comment<\/h2>\n<p>Stephencribari on Bella Bromberg\u2019s \u201cSuffering From \u2018Creative Hangover\u2019? You\u2019re Not Alone\u201d:<\/p>\n<div class=\"kg-card kg-callout-card kg-callout-card-yellow\">\n<div class=\"kg-callout-text\">The authors of that study say that \u201c(t)hough all people have the capacity to be creative, the fact remains that some do so in a professional context and others on a more need-to or want-to basis. Since they are creating for fun rather than for their livelihood, the comparison group experiences \u2018lower intensity and less frequent sustained creative demands,\u2019 wrote Smith and Drake.\u201d I think there may be a third option: those who are not creating for money or for fun but whose need or want reveals a deep desire to be creative people regardless of the cost, a cost that may be more intense with greater demands than either of the other two groups.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<hr>\n<h2 id=\"from-the-archive\">From the Archive<\/h2>\n<figure class=\"kg-card kg-image-card kg-card-hascaption\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/hyperallergic.com\/content\/images\/2026\/03\/naqsh-e_jahan_square_from_the_gheisariye_vault.jpg\" class=\"kg-image\" alt loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\"><figcaption><span>Naqsh-e Jahan Square from the Gheisariye Vault, Isfahan, Iran (photo by Amirpashaei via Wikimedia Commons)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h3 id=\"targeting-iran%E2%80%99s-cultural-heritage-means-targeting-human-beings\">Targeting Iran\u2019s Cultural Heritage Means Targeting Human Beings<\/h3>\n<p>Targeting Iranian cultural heritage is first and foremost bad because of the devastating effects it would have on Iranians. We in the rest of the world may feel a real loss, but that is secondary at best. | Michael Press<\/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>As Lunar New Year celebrations continue across the world, nobody embodies the holiday spirit quite like New Yorkers. Case in point: AX Mina visited Abrons Arts Center for its annual mutual aid initiative and art exhibition. <em>With Love, From Chinatown<\/em> celebrates the kaleidoscope of queer, working-class imagery and art that makes the community so special \u2014 and amid a world in turmoil, Mina&#8217;s reflections remind us of what the Year of the Fire Horse truly represents.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, Israel and US airstrikes on Tehran damage priceless artifacts in the Qajar-era Golestan Palace as a \u201cJeffrey Epstein Walk of Shame\u201d guerrilla installation in DC reminds us of the real reason why Trump waged this needless war.<\/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\/03\/IMG_0971-1.jpg\" class=\"kg-image\" alt loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\"><figcaption><span>Installation view of <\/span><i><em class=\"italic\">From Chinatown, With Love <\/em><\/i><span>(photo AX Mina\/<\/span><i><em class=\"italic\">Hyperallergic<\/em><\/i><span>)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h3 id=\"the-political-potential-of-the-chinatown-storefront\">The Political Potential of the Chinatown Storefront<\/h3>\n<p>Abrons Arts Center is hosting its annual Lunar New Year mutual aid initiative, where art highlights and supports local businesses. | AX Mina<\/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\/03\/3.-Paula-Rego-Untitled-2-1999-hi-1.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>Artists Thinking Out Loud: The IFPDA Returns to the Park Avenue Armory this April<\/strong><\/b><\/p>\n<p><span>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.<\/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\/03\/GettyImages-2263996940-1.jpg\" class=\"kg-image\" alt loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\"><figcaption><span>Golestan Palace on March 3 after it was damaged during US and Israeli airstrikes in Tehran, Iran (photo by Majid Saeedi via Getty Images)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<ul>\n<li>Israeli and American airstrikes on Iran have\u00a0caused significant damage\u00a0to the Qajar-eraartifacts, a\u00a0UNESCO World Heritage Site\u00a0in the heart of Tehran.<\/li>\n<li>In Washington, DC, a &#8220;Jeffrey Epstein Walk of Shame&#8221; includes \u201cstars\u201d for MoMA trustee Leon Black, arts patron Les Wexner, and others mentioned in the Epstein files.<\/li>\n<li>Computer scientist\u00a0Stephen Thaler\u00a0struck out once again this week after the US Supreme Court declined to hear his appeal on the years-long legal battle to secure copyright protections for an AI-generated \u201cartwork.\u201d<\/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\/03\/Petrit6-1.jpg\" class=\"kg-image\" alt loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\"><figcaption><span>Installation view of Petrit Halilaj, \u201cShkrepe\u0308tima (Nita)\u201d (2018) (photo by Cat Dawson\/<\/span><i><em class=\"italic\">Hyperallergic<\/em><\/i><span>)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h3 id=\"petrit-halilaj%E2%80%99s-opera-of-kosovan-memory-and-myth\">Petrit Halilaj\u2019s Opera of Kosovan Memory and Myth<\/h3>\n<p>Through his fantastical vignettes, Halilaj suggests curiosity about others as a way to neutralize the forces that lead to difference-based violence. | Cat Dawson<\/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\/03\/AdDigital-2400X1350-_Hyperallergic.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>Prisoners of Love: Until the Sun of Freedom<\/strong><\/b><\/p>\n<p><span>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.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>                            Learn more<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<hr>\n<h2 id=\"what-to-see-in-la\">What to See in LA<\/h2>\n<figure class=\"kg-card kg-image-card kg-card-hascaption\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/hyperallergic.com\/content\/images\/2026\/03\/Kahraman_259_IveBeenCirclingForThousandsOfYears_hires-2-1.jpg\" class=\"kg-image\" alt loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1713\" height=\"963\"><figcaption><span>Hayv Kahraman, \u201cI\u2019ve been circling for thousands of years\u201d (2025\u201326), oil and acrylic on linen (photo by Brica Wilcox, courtesy the artist and Vielmetter Los Angeles)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h3 id=\"10-art-shows-to-see-in-los-angeles-this-march\">10 Art Shows to See in Los Angeles This March<\/h3>\n<p>The artists of Nature Morte gallery, Hayv Kahraman\u2019s painted libations, Jesse Wiedel\u2019s screwball American dream, the late Nona Olabisi\u2019s homegrown muralism, and more. | Matt Stromberg<\/p>\n<hr>\n<h2 id=\"member-comment\">Member Comment<\/h2>\n<p>Stephencribari on Bella Bromberg\u2019s \u201cSuffering From \u2018Creative Hangover\u2019? You\u2019re Not Alone\u201d:<\/p>\n<div class=\"kg-card kg-callout-card kg-callout-card-yellow\">\n<div class=\"kg-callout-text\">The authors of that study say that \u201c(t)hough all people have the capacity to be creative, the fact remains that some do so in a professional context and others on a more need-to or want-to basis. Since they are creating for fun rather than for their livelihood, the comparison group experiences \u2018lower intensity and less frequent sustained creative demands,\u2019 wrote Smith and Drake.\u201d I think there may be a third option: those who are not creating for money or for fun but whose need or want reveals a deep desire to be creative people regardless of the cost, a cost that may be more intense with greater demands than either of the other two groups.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<hr>\n<h2 id=\"from-the-archive\">From the Archive<\/h2>\n<figure class=\"kg-card kg-image-card kg-card-hascaption\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/hyperallergic.com\/content\/images\/2026\/03\/naqsh-e_jahan_square_from_the_gheisariye_vault.jpg\" class=\"kg-image\" alt loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\"><figcaption><span>Naqsh-e Jahan Square from the Gheisariye Vault, Isfahan, Iran (photo by Amirpashaei via Wikimedia Commons)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h3 id=\"targeting-iran%E2%80%99s-cultural-heritage-means-targeting-human-beings\">Targeting Iran\u2019s Cultural Heritage Means Targeting Human Beings<\/h3>\n<p>Targeting Iranian cultural heritage is first and foremost bad because of the devastating effects it would have on Iranians. We in the rest of the world may feel a real loss, but that is secondary at best. | Michael Press<\/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\/03\/CA200040-2400x1350.jpg\" alt=\"Olafur Eliasson: A symphony of disappearing sounds for the Great Salt Lake\" loading=\"lazy\"><\/figure>\n<div class=\"gh-card-wrapper\">\n<h3 class=\"gh-card-title is-title\">Olafur Eliasson: A symphony of disappearing sounds for the Great Salt Lake<\/h3>\n<p class=\"gh-card-excerpt is-body\">As the lake\u2019s ecological crisis worsens, the artist\u2019s new site-specific installation in Salt Lake City renders audible what is increasingly at risk of vanishing.<\/p>\n<footer class=\"gh-card-meta\"><span class=\"gh-card-author\">Wake the Great Salt Lake<\/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\/03\/LizNielsen_RotatingLandscape1.jpg\" alt=\"Interdimensional Timelines: Hartford Art School Exhibits Liz Nielsen\u2019s Photograms\" loading=\"lazy\"><\/figure>\n<div class=\"gh-card-wrapper\">\n<h3 class=\"gh-card-title is-title\">Interdimensional Timelines: Hartford Art School Exhibits Liz Nielsen\u2019s Photograms<\/h3>\n<p class=\"gh-card-excerpt is-body\">As she concludes her term as the university\u2019s Distinguished Chair in Photography, Nielsen\u2019s \u201clight paintings\u201d are on view this spring in West Hartford, Connecticut.<\/p>\n<footer class=\"gh-card-meta\"><span class=\"gh-card-author\">University of Hartford<\/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\/sp_hyper_center-for-craft_archive-fellowship-2022-1.jpg\" alt=\"Call for Applications: 2026 Craft Archive Fellowship\" loading=\"lazy\"><\/figure>\n<div class=\"gh-card-wrapper\">\n<h3 class=\"gh-card-title is-title\">Call for Applications: 2026 Craft Archive Fellowship<\/h3>\n<p class=\"gh-card-excerpt is-body\">The Center for Craft will award up to four $5,000 fellowships to support research on underrepresented craft histories, culminating in an article on Hyperallergic.<\/p>\n<footer class=\"gh-card-meta\"><span class=\"gh-card-author\">Center for Craft<\/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\/WW_28_WILSON_Promo-1.34.23---PM-2.jpg\" alt=\"In Conversation: Will Wilson\" loading=\"lazy\"><\/figure>\n<div class=\"gh-card-wrapper\">\n<h3 class=\"gh-card-title is-title\">In Conversation: Will Wilson<\/h3>\n<p class=\"gh-card-excerpt is-body\">In partnership with Art Bridges, the Visual Arts Center of New Jersey presents works by Will Wilson alongside historic photographs by Edward Sheriff Curtis. On view through August 23.<\/p>\n<footer class=\"gh-card-meta\"><span class=\"gh-card-author\">Visual Arts Center of New Jersey<\/span><\/footer>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<p>[analyse_source url=&#8221;https:\/\/hyperallergic.com\/chronicles-of-a-needless-war\/&#8221;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[analyse_image type=&#8221;featured&#8221; src=&#8221;&#8221;] Daily Newsletter Chronicles of a Needless War DC\u2019s \u201cJeffrey Epstein Walk of Shame,\u201d a major ruling on copyrights for AI art, Israel-US strikes damage a historic site in Tehran, exhibitions to visit in Los Angeles this month, and more. 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