{"id":1846063,"date":"2026-03-24T10:00:45","date_gmt":"2026-03-24T07:00:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=1846063"},"modified":"2026-03-24T10:00:45","modified_gmt":"2026-03-24T07:00:45","slug":"columbus-statue-at-the-white-house","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=1846063","title":{"rendered":"Columbus Statue at the White House"},"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\">Columbus Statue at the White House<\/h1>\n<p class=\"gh-article-excerpt is-body\">Trump installs a toppled Columbus statue outside the White House, a Paul Klee exhibition in New York opens without its centerpiece, and photos from Morandi\u2019s studio in Bologna.<\/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=\"2026-03-24\">March 24, 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>In these strangest of times, up is down and right is wrong. In DC, President Trump installs a statue of Christopher Columbus outside the White House. It&#8217;s a replica of a monument to the colonizer that protesters tore down in Baltimore during the Black Lives Matter protests of 2020. In New York, a Paul Klee exhibition at the Jewish Museum opens without its centerpiece, the famous &#8220;Angelus Novus&#8221; (1920), due to &#8220;current conditions&#8221; in Israel, where the work is held. <\/p>\n<p>To cheer things up, enjoy Joel Meyerowitz&#8217;s heart-pleasing photos of Giorgio Morandi\u2019s preserved studio in Bologna and read about the Indian modernists who practiced &#8220;Global South&#8221; solidarity way before it became an academic buzzword. Also, Julia Curl visits an exhibition in Houston that radically changes her mind about AI art. Watch out, it can happen to you, too.  <\/p>\n<p><em>\u2014Hakim Bishara, editor-in-chief <\/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\/Joel-Meyerowitz-Morandi-Objects-Joel-Meyerowitz--Studio-Bedroom--2015-1-1.jpg\" class=\"kg-image\" alt loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\"><figcaption><span>Joel Meyerowitz\u2019s photograph of Giorgio Morandi\u2019s preserved studio in Bologna (\u00a9Joel Meyerowitz, all images courtesy Damiani Books)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h3 id=\"joel-meyerowitz-on-photographing-giorgio-morandi%E2%80%99s-studio\">Joel Meyerowitz on Photographing Giorgio Morandi\u2019s Studio<\/h3>\n<p>\u201cHe was assembling a force field of geometric objects,\u201d said Meyerowitz, whose book of images exploring the painter\u2019s famous still lifes is being rereleased this spring. | Greta Rainbow<\/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\/HyperallergicSponsoredEmail-EliasSime-2.png\" alt=\"CTA Image\" data-image-dimensions=\"900x471\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"kg-cta-content-inner\">\n<div class=\"kg-cta-text\">\n<p><i><b><strong class=\"italic\">Elias Sime: FINAL DROP (\u12e8\u1218\u1328\u1228\u123b\u12cb \u1320\u1265\u1273)<\/strong><\/b><\/i><b><strong> at James Cohan\u2019s 52 Walker Street Gallery<\/strong><\/b><\/p>\n<p><span>Working with electronic components such as circuit boards, computer keys, and telecommunications wires, Elias Sime creates lyrical abstract compositions that shift seamlessly between evocations of landscape, urban topography, the human form, and expansive fields of radiant color. These works make visible the movement of material goods across the globe while illuminating the fragility of our networked existence.<\/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\/CCS--1.jpg\" class=\"kg-image\" alt loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\"><figcaption><span>(image courtesy White House staff via Italian Sons and Daughters of America)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<ul>\n<li>Trump installed a reconstruction of a Christopher Columbus statue outside the Eisenhower Executive Office building on the White House compound. The original was among dozens of Columbus monuments toppled in 2020 during nationwide protests against racial violence.<\/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\/Klee_AngelusNovus-1-1-1.jpg\" class=\"kg-image\" alt loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\"><figcaption><span>Reproduction of Paul Klee, \u201cAngelus Novus\u201d (1920), oil transfer and watercolor on paper (photos Natalie Haddad\/<\/span><i><em class=\"italic\">Hyperallergic<\/em><\/i><span>)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h3 id=\"the-angel-of-history-is-stuck-in-jerusalem\">The Angel of History Is Stuck in Jerusalem<\/h3>\n<p>The iconic Paul Klee work is missing from an exhibition about fascism at the Jewish Museum in New York due to \u201ccurrent conditions\u201d in Israel. | Natalie Haddad<\/p>\n<h3 id=\"before-the-%E2%80%9Cglobal-south%E2%80%9D-indian-modernists-dreamed-of-solidarity\">Before the \u201cGlobal South,\u201d Indian Modernists Dreamed of Solidarity<\/h3>\n<p>Historian Atreyee Gupta unravels the threads of catchall terms like \u201cGlobal South\u201d to trace the connections between Indian painters and anticolonial figures like Frantz Fanon. | Nageen Shaikh<\/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\/4.SusanKlecknerUntitled.SusanKlecknerPapersRobertS.CoxSpecialCollectionsandUniversityArchiveResearchCenterUMassAmherstLibraries-1-1.jpg\" alt=\"CTA Image\" data-image-dimensions=\"1200x674\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"kg-cta-content-inner\">\n<div class=\"kg-cta-text\">\n<p><b><strong>Raw Material: The Art and Life of Susan Kleckner<\/strong><\/b><\/p>\n<p><span>This exhibition at Haverford College\u2019s Cantor Fitzgerald Gallery is the first comprehensive retrospective of the pioneering feminist, filmmaker, photographer, and performance artist.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>                            Learn more<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<hr>\n<h2 id=\"feature\">Feature<\/h2>\n<figure class=\"kg-card kg-image-card kg-card-hascaption\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/hyperallergic.com\/content\/images\/2026\/03\/_24031b47541d4a2b86533ded50492003_-2.jpg\" class=\"kg-image\" alt loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\"><figcaption><span>Film still of Gr\u00e9gory Chatonsky, \u201cCompletion 1.0\u201d (2021) (image courtesy the artist)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h3 id=\"is-there-an-ethical-path-for-ai-art\">Is There an Ethical Path for AI Art?<\/h3>\n<p>There is a destabilizing, dreamlike sense of awe in encountering something without knowing the answer to sanity\u2019s most fundamental question: \u201cIs this real?\u201d | Julia Curl<\/p>\n<hr>\n<h2 id=\"member-comment\">Member Comment<\/h2>\n<p>Susan Shutan on Aruna D\u2019Souza\u2019s \u201cZarina Brought the World to New York\u201d:<\/p>\n<div class=\"kg-card kg-callout-card kg-callout-card-yellow\">\n<div class=\"kg-callout-text\">Thank you for the article on Zarina. I was not aware of her significant work. How she incorporated displacement and upheaval seemed to echo her survival of nomadic existence.<\/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\/jm_san_cristobal.jpg\" class=\"kg-image\" alt loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\"><figcaption><span>Joel Meyerowitz, \u201cSan Cristoabal de las Casas, Mexico\u201d (1971 )(all images courtesy Joel Meyerowitz from\u00a0<\/span><i><em class=\"italic\">Wild Flowers<\/em><\/i><span>, Damiani 2021)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h3 id=\"joel-meyerowitz%E2%80%99s-wild-flowers-is-a-reminder-that-the-world-is-still-blooming\">Joel Meyerowitz\u2019s <em>Wild Flowers<\/em> Is a Reminder That the World Is Still Blooming<\/h3>\n<p>In its expanded new edition, Meyerowitz\u2019s photo book makes incidental details the leading characters. | Esm\u00e9 Hogveen<\/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\">Columbus Statue at the White House<\/h1>\n<p class=\"gh-article-excerpt is-body\">Trump installs a toppled Columbus statue outside the White House, a Paul Klee exhibition in New York opens without its centerpiece, and photos from Morandi\u2019s studio in Bologna.<\/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=\"2026-03-24\">March 24, 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>In these strangest of times, up is down and right is wrong. In DC, President Trump installs a statue of Christopher Columbus outside the White House. It&#8217;s a replica of a monument to the colonizer that protesters tore down in Baltimore during the Black Lives Matter protests of 2020. In New York, a Paul Klee exhibition at the Jewish Museum opens without its centerpiece, the famous &#8220;Angelus Novus&#8221; (1920), due to &#8220;current conditions&#8221; in Israel, where the work is held. <\/p>\n<p>To cheer things up, enjoy Joel Meyerowitz&#8217;s heart-pleasing photos of Giorgio Morandi\u2019s preserved studio in Bologna and read about the Indian modernists who practiced &#8220;Global South&#8221; solidarity way before it became an academic buzzword. Also, Julia Curl visits an exhibition in Houston that radically changes her mind about AI art. Watch out, it can happen to you, too.  <\/p>\n<p><em>\u2014Hakim Bishara, editor-in-chief <\/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\/Joel-Meyerowitz-Morandi-Objects-Joel-Meyerowitz--Studio-Bedroom--2015-1-1.jpg\" class=\"kg-image\" alt loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\"><figcaption><span>Joel Meyerowitz\u2019s photograph of Giorgio Morandi\u2019s preserved studio in Bologna (\u00a9Joel Meyerowitz, all images courtesy Damiani Books)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h3 id=\"joel-meyerowitz-on-photographing-giorgio-morandi%E2%80%99s-studio\">Joel Meyerowitz on Photographing Giorgio Morandi\u2019s Studio<\/h3>\n<p>\u201cHe was assembling a force field of geometric objects,\u201d said Meyerowitz, whose book of images exploring the painter\u2019s famous still lifes is being rereleased this spring. | Greta Rainbow<\/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\/HyperallergicSponsoredEmail-EliasSime-2.png\" alt=\"CTA Image\" data-image-dimensions=\"900x471\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"kg-cta-content-inner\">\n<div class=\"kg-cta-text\">\n<p><i><b><strong class=\"italic\">Elias Sime: FINAL DROP (\u12e8\u1218\u1328\u1228\u123b\u12cb \u1320\u1265\u1273)<\/strong><\/b><\/i><b><strong> at James Cohan\u2019s 52 Walker Street Gallery<\/strong><\/b><\/p>\n<p><span>Working with electronic components such as circuit boards, computer keys, and telecommunications wires, Elias Sime creates lyrical abstract compositions that shift seamlessly between evocations of landscape, urban topography, the human form, and expansive fields of radiant color. These works make visible the movement of material goods across the globe while illuminating the fragility of our networked existence.<\/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\/CCS--1.jpg\" class=\"kg-image\" alt loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\"><figcaption><span>(image courtesy White House staff via Italian Sons and Daughters of America)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<ul>\n<li>Trump installed a reconstruction of a Christopher Columbus statue outside the Eisenhower Executive Office building on the White House compound. The original was among dozens of Columbus monuments toppled in 2020 during nationwide protests against racial violence.<\/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\/Klee_AngelusNovus-1-1-1.jpg\" class=\"kg-image\" alt loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\"><figcaption><span>Reproduction of Paul Klee, \u201cAngelus Novus\u201d (1920), oil transfer and watercolor on paper (photos Natalie Haddad\/<\/span><i><em class=\"italic\">Hyperallergic<\/em><\/i><span>)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h3 id=\"the-angel-of-history-is-stuck-in-jerusalem\">The Angel of History Is Stuck in Jerusalem<\/h3>\n<p>The iconic Paul Klee work is missing from an exhibition about fascism at the Jewish Museum in New York due to \u201ccurrent conditions\u201d in Israel. | Natalie Haddad<\/p>\n<h3 id=\"before-the-%E2%80%9Cglobal-south%E2%80%9D-indian-modernists-dreamed-of-solidarity\">Before the \u201cGlobal South,\u201d Indian Modernists Dreamed of Solidarity<\/h3>\n<p>Historian Atreyee Gupta unravels the threads of catchall terms like \u201cGlobal South\u201d to trace the connections between Indian painters and anticolonial figures like Frantz Fanon. | Nageen Shaikh<\/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\/4.SusanKlecknerUntitled.SusanKlecknerPapersRobertS.CoxSpecialCollectionsandUniversityArchiveResearchCenterUMassAmherstLibraries-1-1.jpg\" alt=\"CTA Image\" data-image-dimensions=\"1200x674\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"kg-cta-content-inner\">\n<div class=\"kg-cta-text\">\n<p><b><strong>Raw Material: The Art and Life of Susan Kleckner<\/strong><\/b><\/p>\n<p><span>This exhibition at Haverford College\u2019s Cantor Fitzgerald Gallery is the first comprehensive retrospective of the pioneering feminist, filmmaker, photographer, and performance artist.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>                            Learn more<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<hr>\n<h2 id=\"feature\">Feature<\/h2>\n<figure class=\"kg-card kg-image-card kg-card-hascaption\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/hyperallergic.com\/content\/images\/2026\/03\/_24031b47541d4a2b86533ded50492003_-2.jpg\" class=\"kg-image\" alt loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\"><figcaption><span>Film still of Gr\u00e9gory Chatonsky, \u201cCompletion 1.0\u201d (2021) (image courtesy the artist)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h3 id=\"is-there-an-ethical-path-for-ai-art\">Is There an Ethical Path for AI Art?<\/h3>\n<p>There is a destabilizing, dreamlike sense of awe in encountering something without knowing the answer to sanity\u2019s most fundamental question: \u201cIs this real?\u201d | Julia Curl<\/p>\n<hr>\n<h2 id=\"member-comment\">Member Comment<\/h2>\n<p>Susan Shutan on Aruna D\u2019Souza\u2019s \u201cZarina Brought the World to New York\u201d:<\/p>\n<div class=\"kg-card kg-callout-card kg-callout-card-yellow\">\n<div class=\"kg-callout-text\">Thank you for the article on Zarina. I was not aware of her significant work. How she incorporated displacement and upheaval seemed to echo her survival of nomadic existence.<\/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\/jm_san_cristobal.jpg\" class=\"kg-image\" alt loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\"><figcaption><span>Joel Meyerowitz, \u201cSan Cristoabal de las Casas, Mexico\u201d (1971 )(all images courtesy Joel Meyerowitz from\u00a0<\/span><i><em class=\"italic\">Wild Flowers<\/em><\/i><span>, Damiani 2021)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h3 id=\"joel-meyerowitz%E2%80%99s-wild-flowers-is-a-reminder-that-the-world-is-still-blooming\">Joel Meyerowitz\u2019s <em>Wild Flowers<\/em> Is a Reminder That the World Is Still Blooming<\/h3>\n<p>In its expanded new edition, Meyerowitz\u2019s photo book makes incidental details the leading characters. | Esm\u00e9 Hogveen<\/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>In these strangest of times, up is down and right is wrong. In DC, President Trump installs a statue of Christopher Columbus outside the White House. It&#8217;s a replica of a monument to the colonizer that protesters tore down in Baltimore during the Black Lives Matter protests of 2020. In New York, a Paul Klee exhibition at the Jewish Museum opens without its centerpiece, the famous &#8220;Angelus Novus&#8221; (1920), due to &#8220;current conditions&#8221; in Israel, where the work is held. <\/p>\n<p>To cheer things up, enjoy Joel Meyerowitz&#8217;s heart-pleasing photos of Giorgio Morandi\u2019s preserved studio in Bologna and read about the Indian modernists who practiced &#8220;Global South&#8221; solidarity way before it became an academic buzzword. Also, Julia Curl visits an exhibition in Houston that radically changes her mind about AI art. Watch out, it can happen to you, too.  <\/p>\n<p><em>\u2014Hakim Bishara, editor-in-chief <\/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\/Joel-Meyerowitz-Morandi-Objects-Joel-Meyerowitz--Studio-Bedroom--2015-1-1.jpg\" class=\"kg-image\" alt loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\"><figcaption><span>Joel Meyerowitz\u2019s photograph of Giorgio Morandi\u2019s preserved studio in Bologna (\u00a9Joel Meyerowitz, all images courtesy Damiani Books)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h3 id=\"joel-meyerowitz-on-photographing-giorgio-morandi%E2%80%99s-studio\">Joel Meyerowitz on Photographing Giorgio Morandi\u2019s Studio<\/h3>\n<p>\u201cHe was assembling a force field of geometric objects,\u201d said Meyerowitz, whose book of images exploring the painter\u2019s famous still lifes is being rereleased this spring. | Greta Rainbow<\/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\/HyperallergicSponsoredEmail-EliasSime-2.png\" alt=\"CTA Image\" data-image-dimensions=\"900x471\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"kg-cta-content-inner\">\n<div class=\"kg-cta-text\">\n<p><i><b><strong class=\"italic\">Elias Sime: FINAL DROP (\u12e8\u1218\u1328\u1228\u123b\u12cb \u1320\u1265\u1273)<\/strong><\/b><\/i><b><strong> at James Cohan\u2019s 52 Walker Street Gallery<\/strong><\/b><\/p>\n<p><span>Working with electronic components such as circuit boards, computer keys, and telecommunications wires, Elias Sime creates lyrical abstract compositions that shift seamlessly between evocations of landscape, urban topography, the human form, and expansive fields of radiant color. These works make visible the movement of material goods across the globe while illuminating the fragility of our networked existence.<\/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\/CCS--1.jpg\" class=\"kg-image\" alt loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\"><figcaption><span>(image courtesy White House staff via Italian Sons and Daughters of America)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<ul>\n<li>Trump installed a reconstruction of a Christopher Columbus statue outside the Eisenhower Executive Office building on the White House compound. The original was among dozens of Columbus monuments toppled in 2020 during nationwide protests against racial violence.<\/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\/Klee_AngelusNovus-1-1-1.jpg\" class=\"kg-image\" alt loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\"><figcaption><span>Reproduction of Paul Klee, \u201cAngelus Novus\u201d (1920), oil transfer and watercolor on paper (photos Natalie Haddad\/<\/span><i><em class=\"italic\">Hyperallergic<\/em><\/i><span>)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h3 id=\"the-angel-of-history-is-stuck-in-jerusalem\">The Angel of History Is Stuck in Jerusalem<\/h3>\n<p>The iconic Paul Klee work is missing from an exhibition about fascism at the Jewish Museum in New York due to \u201ccurrent conditions\u201d in Israel. | Natalie Haddad<\/p>\n<h3 id=\"before-the-%E2%80%9Cglobal-south%E2%80%9D-indian-modernists-dreamed-of-solidarity\">Before the \u201cGlobal South,\u201d Indian Modernists Dreamed of Solidarity<\/h3>\n<p>Historian Atreyee Gupta unravels the threads of catchall terms like \u201cGlobal South\u201d to trace the connections between Indian painters and anticolonial figures like Frantz Fanon. | Nageen Shaikh<\/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\/4.SusanKlecknerUntitled.SusanKlecknerPapersRobertS.CoxSpecialCollectionsandUniversityArchiveResearchCenterUMassAmherstLibraries-1-1.jpg\" alt=\"CTA Image\" data-image-dimensions=\"1200x674\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"kg-cta-content-inner\">\n<div class=\"kg-cta-text\">\n<p><b><strong>Raw Material: The Art and Life of Susan Kleckner<\/strong><\/b><\/p>\n<p><span>This exhibition at Haverford College\u2019s Cantor Fitzgerald Gallery is the first comprehensive retrospective of the pioneering feminist, filmmaker, photographer, and performance artist.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>                            Learn more<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<hr>\n<h2 id=\"feature\">Feature<\/h2>\n<figure class=\"kg-card kg-image-card kg-card-hascaption\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/hyperallergic.com\/content\/images\/2026\/03\/_24031b47541d4a2b86533ded50492003_-2.jpg\" class=\"kg-image\" alt loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\"><figcaption><span>Film still of Gr\u00e9gory Chatonsky, \u201cCompletion 1.0\u201d (2021) (image courtesy the artist)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h3 id=\"is-there-an-ethical-path-for-ai-art\">Is There an Ethical Path for AI Art?<\/h3>\n<p>There is a destabilizing, dreamlike sense of awe in encountering something without knowing the answer to sanity\u2019s most fundamental question: \u201cIs this real?\u201d | Julia Curl<\/p>\n<hr>\n<h2 id=\"member-comment\">Member Comment<\/h2>\n<p>Susan Shutan on Aruna D\u2019Souza\u2019s \u201cZarina Brought the World to New York\u201d:<\/p>\n<div class=\"kg-card kg-callout-card kg-callout-card-yellow\">\n<div class=\"kg-callout-text\">Thank you for the article on Zarina. I was not aware of her significant work. How she incorporated displacement and upheaval seemed to echo her survival of nomadic existence.<\/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\/jm_san_cristobal.jpg\" class=\"kg-image\" alt loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\"><figcaption><span>Joel Meyerowitz, \u201cSan Cristoabal de las Casas, Mexico\u201d (1971 )(all images courtesy Joel Meyerowitz from\u00a0<\/span><i><em class=\"italic\">Wild Flowers<\/em><\/i><span>, Damiani 2021)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h3 id=\"joel-meyerowitz%E2%80%99s-wild-flowers-is-a-reminder-that-the-world-is-still-blooming\">Joel Meyerowitz\u2019s <em>Wild Flowers<\/em> Is a Reminder That the World Is Still Blooming<\/h3>\n<p>In its expanded new edition, Meyerowitz\u2019s photo book makes incidental details the leading characters. | Esm\u00e9 Hogveen<\/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\/RajniPereraandMarigoldSantosEfflorescenceTheWayWeWake2023.Courtesytheartists.PhotoMACLyon-3-.jpg\" alt=\"Take Your Practice Further in a Visual Arts Residency at Banff Centre\" loading=\"lazy\"><\/figure>\n<div class=\"gh-card-wrapper\">\n<h3 class=\"gh-card-title is-title\">Take Your Practice Further in a Visual Arts Residency at Banff Centre<\/h3>\n<p class=\"gh-card-excerpt is-body\">Engage with leading contemporary faculty, access exceptional studios, and develop your practice in Banff\u2019s inspiring mountain setting.  <\/p>\n<footer class=\"gh-card-meta\"><span class=\"gh-card-author\">Banff Centre for Arts and Creativity<\/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\/5.png\" alt=\"Vilcek Foundation to Award $200,000 in Grants to Nonprofits Uplifting Immigrant Contributions\" loading=\"lazy\"><\/figure>\n<div class=\"gh-card-wrapper\">\n<h3 class=\"gh-card-title is-title\">Vilcek Foundation to Award $200,000 in Grants to Nonprofits Uplifting Immigrant Contributions<\/h3>\n<p class=\"gh-card-excerpt is-body\">The foundation invites grant applications from mission-aligned nonprofit organizations in the arts and sciences by April 30, 2026.<\/p>\n<footer class=\"gh-card-meta\"><span class=\"gh-card-author\">The Vilcek Foundation<\/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\/RS30297_20250415_BACON_Q2A2522.jpg\" alt=\"VCUarts\u2019 2026 MFA Thesis Exhibition at the Institute for Contemporary Art\" loading=\"lazy\"><\/figure>\n<div class=\"gh-card-wrapper\">\n<h3 class=\"gh-card-title is-title\">VCUarts\u2019 2026 MFA Thesis Exhibition at the Institute for Contemporary Art<\/h3>\n<p class=\"gh-card-excerpt is-body\">The two-part exhibition features the work of 28 MFA candidates across several disciplines in Fine Art and Design. Now on view in Richmond, Virginia.<\/p>\n<footer class=\"gh-card-meta\"><span class=\"gh-card-author\">Virginia Commonwealth University (VCUarts)<\/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\/Sore-Throat--2023---Detail--by-Bugarin---Castle.-Film.-Courtesy-the-artists-1.png\" alt=\"CONDUCTOR Is New York\u2019s First Art Fair Committed to the Global Majority\" loading=\"lazy\"><\/figure>\n<div class=\"gh-card-wrapper\">\n<h3 class=\"gh-card-title is-title\">CONDUCTOR Is New York\u2019s First Art Fair Committed to the Global Majority<\/h3>\n<p class=\"gh-card-excerpt is-body\">From April 30 to May 3, discover 27 galleries and 17 special projects spotlighting artists from across the world at Powerhouse Arts in Brooklyn.<\/p>\n<footer class=\"gh-card-meta\"><span class=\"gh-card-author\">Powerhouse Arts<\/span><\/footer>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<p>[analyse_source url=&#8221;https:\/\/hyperallergic.com\/columbus-statue-at-the-white-house\/&#8221;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[analyse_image type=&#8221;featured&#8221; src=&#8221;&#8221;] Daily Newsletter Columbus Statue at the White House Trump installs a toppled Columbus statue outside the White House, a Paul Klee exhibition in New York opens without its centerpiece, and photos from Morandi\u2019s studio in Bologna. 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