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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 I AM BANKSY.<\/strong>\u00a0Part of Banksy<\/strong>\u2019s appeal is his anonymous mystique, according to a\u00a0Reuters\u00a0<\/em>long-read,which nevertheless does the detective work of trying to remove it by identifying the artist. The team of reporters justifies their big scoop as serving a \u201cdeep public interest,\u201d while insisting on how Banksy has \u201cmonetized\u201d said mystique. And yet, the most revealing parts of the story are not so much the naming of Banksy, but reporting about how and with whom the artist works. To cut to the chase, turns out Banksy was born Robin Gunningham<\/strong> in 1973, as some have suspected in the past, and he later changed his name to David Jones<\/strong>. There are 6,000 other men in the UK who also went by that most common of names in 2017. If Banksy hasn\u2019t already changed his name again, he is still one of them.<\/p>\n KENNEDY CENTER TAKEDOWN<\/strong>. After a judge ordered Representative Joyce Beatty<\/strong> (Democrat) to be given access to documents and the ability to voice her opposition to a proposed closure for renovations of the John F.<\/strong>Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts<\/strong> in Washington, D.C., the New York Times<\/em> revealed that President Trump<\/strong> is planning to have the center\u2019s board vote on that project today. The president announced he wanted to shut down the center for renovations after artists and patrons boycotted Trump\u2019s takeover and eponymous renaming of the cultural monument. Thus far, the judge-ordered released documents \u201cprove that there is absolutely no basis to shutter this precious living memorial \u2026\u201d Beatty stated. \u201cIt certainly looks like President Trump is shutting down the center because he is embarrassed that ticket sales are down and artists are fleeing since his illegal renaming.\u201d Meanwhile, the center\u2019s Trump-appointed president, Richard Grenell<\/strong>, announced he is leaving his position.<\/p>\n The Digest<\/strong><\/p>\n Italy\u2019s culture minister, Alessandro Giuli<\/strong>, has called for the resignation of the government\u2019s representative on the board of the Venice Biennale, Tamar Gregoretti<\/strong>, for not alerting the government of the possibility that Russia would participate in the event for the first time since its invasion of Ukraine in 2022. [ARTnews]<\/p>\n \n\tSwiss dealer Yves Bouvier<\/strong> is heading to criminal court in Paris over accusations of concealing stolen goods and money laundering, following the disappearance of dozens of artworks by Picasso<\/strong> that had been in storage.\u00a0 [The Art Newspaper]<\/p>\n \n\tThe New York Academy of Art<\/strong> said it plans to donate $65,900 linked to donations from Jeffrey Epstein<\/strong> to a nonprofit that supports victims of human trafficking. [The New York Times and ARTnews]<\/p>\n \n\tOutgoing Tate<\/strong> director Maria Balshaw<\/strong> said the UK should offer tax incentives on cash gifts to art institution endowment funds. [The Financial Times]<\/p>\n Two People Exchanging Saliva<\/em>, a film written and directed by artist Alexandre Singh<\/strong> and art historian Natalie Musteata,<\/strong>\u00a0tied with The Singers<\/em> to win the Academy Award<\/strong> for live-action short film. [The New York Times]<\/p>\n The Kicker <\/strong><\/p>\n CAT AND MOUSE OSCAR GAMES<\/strong>. Hollywood and the art scene converged this week ahead of the Oscars on Sunday, for the star-studded, annual opening and dinner at Gagosian<\/strong>\u2019s Beverly Hills gallery,\u00a0per Vanity Fair\u2019<\/em>s Nate Freeman. On Thursday, the so-called \u201cGagosian Oscar show pantheon\u201d honors went to artist Jonas Wood<\/strong>, whose exhibition opened at the space, marking his first in LA in over four years. The event drew famous artists, curators, top collectors, along with their Hollywood counterparts, not to mention pop music stars. \u201cIt\u2019s a public opening when anyone can show up\u2014\u00a0where anyone could<\/em> show up,\u201d writes Freeman, and it\u2019s a relatively rare chance to mix the art and cinema gangs, for what it\u2019s worth. \u201cThe film world is an enormous world, and we\u2019re like little mice playing between the cats \u2014 but I kind of like that,\u201d said Gagosian, by way of comparison.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n [analyse_source url=”https:\/\/www.artnews.com\/art-news\/news\/banksy-unmasked-judge-granted-democratic-congresswoman-access-to-kennedy-centers-plans-ahead-of-todays-vote-on-renovations-morning-links-for-march-16-2026-1234777495\/”]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" [analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https:\/\/www.artnews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/GettyImages-450166054.jpg?w=1024″] To receive\u00a0Morning Links\u00a0in your inbox every weekday,\u00a0sign\u00a0up\u00a0for our\u00a0Breakfast with ARTnews\u00a0newsletter. 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