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To receive\u00a0Morning Links\u00a0in your inbox every weekday,\u00a0sign\u00a0up\u00a0for our\u00a0<\/em>Breakfast with ARTnews\u00a0newsletter<\/em>.<\/p>\n The Headlines <\/strong><\/p>\n IRANIAN LANDMARKS HIT<\/strong>. More news of damage to historical sites in Iran is coming through as the war drags on in the region, reports The Art Newspaper<\/em>. Following the UNESCO-listed Chehel Sotoun<\/strong> in Isfahan and the Golestan Palace<\/strong> in Tehran, other landmarks have been hit by American-Israeli airstrikes. They include sites in Isfahan\u2019s historic center, notably its 17th-century Naqsh-e-Jahan Square\u00a0<\/strong>and the Dawlatkhaneh <\/strong>complex. According to local reports, damaged buildings include the Ali Qapu Palace and the Jame Abbasi Mosque, the Rakeb-Khaneh pavilion originally for royal stables, the Ashraf Hall, and the 15th-century Teymouri Hall that was converted into the Natural History Museum<\/strong>. Isfahan was home to the Safavid dynasty (1501-1736), and it holds some of Iran\u2019s most prized cultural monuments, as well as densely populated areas.\u00a0Meanwhile, a Friday strike on the ancient city of Tyre in Lebanon damaged the perimeter of a UNESCO-listed Al-Bass<\/strong> archaeological site, according to the Lebanese government.<\/p>\n LIBRARY OF BRIBERY?<\/strong> Democratic leaders are probing what happened to the roughly $63 million President Donald Trump<\/strong> was paid in settlements by private companies toward his planned, Miami-based library, after the fund for it was administratively dissolved last year, reports the Washington Post<\/em>. Presidents traditionally establish privately funded, post-presidential libraries that house their archives and serve as museums. Senators Elizabeth Warren<\/strong> (Massachusetts), Richard Blumenthal<\/strong> (Connecticut), and Rep. Melanie Stansbury<\/strong> (New Mexico) shared with the Post<\/em> their letter to the leaders of ABC, Meta, Paramount, and X, asking for information about their agreements to make settlement payments to Trump\u2019s library and the status of those funds. \u201cNow it is unclear where this money has gone, exacerbating concerns about corruption that were apparent at the time of the settlement,\u201d wrote the lawmakers.<\/p>\n The Digest<\/strong><\/p>\n Critics are decrying plans to charge a general entrance fee to the Cologne Cathedral<\/strong> to help balance the monument\u2019s income shortfall.\u00a0[The Guardian]<\/p>\n \n\tItaly has\u00a0spent 30 million euros to acquire a rare\u00a0Caravaggio<\/strong>\u00a0painting depicting the nobleman\u00a0Maffeo Barberini<\/strong>, before he became Pope\u00a0Urban VIII in 1623. [AFP]<\/p>\n \n\tAnonymous, guerrilla artists have installed another statue of President Donald Trump<\/strong> with Jeffrey Epstein<\/strong> in Washington D.C., this time gilded in gold, and locked in the iconic Titanic<\/em>-esque embrace.\u00a0[ARTnews]<\/p>\n \n\tIn a long interview ahead of the April 25\u00a0opening of the exhibit \u201cThe Only Ture Protest Is Beauty\u201d at his new, eponymous foundation focused on the art of craft, designer Dries Van Noten<\/strong> discusses the new venture and his busy life after retiring as his brand\u2019s creative director. [Cultured Magazine]<\/p>\n Emerson Bowyer<\/strong> will become the new chief curator of the Kimbell art Museum<\/strong> in Fort Worth, and will begin his new role on March 5. [Artforum]<\/p>\n The Kicker <\/strong><\/p>\n PUNJAB PRINCESSES WHO PACKED A PUNCH<\/strong>. An exhibition at Kensington Palace tells the remarkable story of Indian princesses who helped save Jews during the Holocaust. They were also ardent suffragettes and supporters of the South Asian gay community, reports the Times<\/em>. The show titled \u201cThe Last Princesses of Punjab,\u201d opening March 26, recounts the lives of the princesses Sophia Duleep Singh, Bamba Sutherland<\/strong>, and Catherine Duleep Singh,<\/strong> who lived in exile in Britain, and whose family had ruled the Sikh Empire. In just one example of their bravery, Catherine sponsored the escape from Germany of Ursula Hornstein<\/strong>\u2019s Jewish family when the latter was a young girl. \u201cIt\u2019s an incredible testament to someone being kind and generous,\u201d said Hornstein\u2019s youngest son, Michael Bowles.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n [analyse_source url=”https:\/\/www.artnews.com\/art-news\/news\/more-unesco-sites-damaged-in-isfahan-and-lebanon-democrats-probe-whereabouts-of-millions-given-to-fund-trump-library-morning-links-for-march-11-2026-1234777032\/”]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" [analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https:\/\/www.artnews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/GettyImages-2263662126.jpg?w=1024″] To receive\u00a0Morning Links\u00a0in your inbox every weekday,\u00a0sign\u00a0up\u00a0for our\u00a0Breakfast with ARTnews\u00a0newsletter. The Headlines IRANIAN LANDMARKS HIT. More news of damage to historical sites in Iran is coming through as the war drags on in the region, reports The Art Newspaper. 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