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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 \n\tGood morning!<\/p>\n AN ARTWORK A DAY KEEPS \u2026 YOU YOUNGER?<\/strong> A new study has found that enjoying art\u2014whether experiencing it or making it yourself\u2014can be correlated to slowing the biological aging process, with the \u201csame effect on aging as a weekly workout,\u201d reports the Times of London<\/em><\/strong>. (Anyone who recently spent a week tramping across Venice from one exhibit to the next would have to agree.) Researchers from University College London (UCL) found that at least a weekly dose of art\u2014preferably of diverse forms and types\u2014made people on average about a year younger, as suggested by changes to DNA and in terms of overall health, than those who rarely treated themselves to the creative arts. In fact, the study, published in Innovation in Aging<\/em>, concluded that the artsy group appeared to age as much as 4 percent slower than their counterparts, with similar effects to those of a weekly workout. (It should be noted that those who benefited most from their art-injection were over 40, and the study was done on 3,556 adults in the UK.) \u201cThese results demonstrate the health impact of the arts at a biological level. They provide evidence for arts and cultural engagement to be recognized as a health-promoting behavior in a similar way to exercise,\u201d said\u00a0Daisy Fancourt<\/strong>, the study\u2019s lead author from UCL\u2019s Institute of Epidemiology and Health Care.<\/p>\n POOLSIDE AT LINCOLN MEMORIAL.<\/strong> On Monday, the Cultural Landscape Foundation<\/strong>, an education and advocacy nonprofit in the Washington D.C. area, sued the Trump administration for painting the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool<\/strong> blue, and is seeking to stop the work, which is already well underway, reports the Washington Post<\/em><\/strong>. In their lawsuit filed in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia, the nonprofit argues that Trump did not seek the required federal reviews prior to changing historic landmarks. They also maintain that the pool\u2019s original basin was designed to give a sense of depth and reflection. Trump\u2019s new blue tint, which a contractor has called \u201cAmerican Flag Blue,\u201d is \u201cmore appropriate to a resort or theme park,\u201d said Charles A. Birnbaum<\/strong>, head of the Cultural Landscape Foundation. The current administration insists that the blue-paint job and renovation are needed to stop leaks, and initially claimed they would cost only $1.8 million, per a contractor chosen without seeking competing bids. However, that number has since exploded to $13.1 million, paid by the Interior Department, the\u00a0New York Times<\/em><\/strong> first reported.<\/p>\n \n\tDuring a France-Africa partnership summit<\/strong> in Nairobi on Monday, French President Emmanuel Macron<\/strong> said that even after he is out of office, future leaders of France will not be able to roll back a newly passed French law for restituting art looted during colonialism, because \u201cwe built something irreversible and unstoppable.\u201d [Le Figaro and AFP<\/strong>]<\/p>\n \n\tNew York\u2013based artist Trevor Paglen<\/strong>, known for his engagement with technical issues such as surveillance and AI, will curate the third edition of \u201cZero 10,\u201d Art Basel<\/strong>\u2019s new digital art sector, running in the Swiss city from June 17\u201321. [ARTnews<\/strong>]<\/p>\n \n\tThe third floor of Antoni<\/strong>Gaud\u00ed<\/strong>\u2019s Casa Batll\u00f3<\/strong> apartment building, a UNESCO World Heritage Site<\/strong> in Barcelona, has been restored to its original 1906 style and can be rented out by the hour. [El Pa\u00eds<\/strong>]<\/p>\n \n\tBerlin\u2019s Savvy Contemporary<\/strong> art space recently won an Art Basel award, but hasn\u2019t been able to open a single exhibition this year, due to insufficient funds. [Monopol Magazine<\/strong>]<\/p>\n \n\tThe Penn Cultural Heritage Center<\/strong> at the Penn Museum<\/strong> is launching a new survey looking at the collecting policies, acquisitions, deaccessions, and more at US museums and libraries. [Artnet News<\/strong>]<\/p>\n PATTI SMITH\u2019S CALL TO ARTISTS<\/strong>. The day before the Venice Biennale<\/strong> opened to the public over the weekend, singer and songwriter Patti Smith<\/strong> performed for a small audience at the Santa Maria di Nazareth church, as part of the inauguration of the nearby Holy See Pavilion, reports Ocula<\/em><\/strong>. The pavilion for the Catholic Church and Vatican City, titled \u201cThe Ear is the Eye of the Soul\u201d and curated by Hans Ulrich Obrist<\/strong> and Ben Vickers<\/strong>, invites visitors to walk through a garden within a 17th-century convent while listening to music by 24 artists, including Smith, in collaboration with the Soundwalk Collective<\/strong>. The \u201csonic prayer\u201d works were inspired by the life of Saint Hildegard of Bingen<\/strong> (1098\u20131179).<\/p>\n \n\t\u201cIf we have a calling to do such work, the calling of an artist, we cannot run away from it, like Job, we cannot attempt, because we will be drawn back into our calling,\u201d Smith said to the audience, which included actor Willem Defoe<\/strong> and an ARTnews <\/em>reporter. \u201cIt also reminds us that it is our mission to articulate, within a body of work, the full capacity of the visionary imagination, and to place, through a whole body, work that will incite, excite, and inspire the people,\u201d Smith added.\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n [analyse_source url=”https:\/\/www.artnews.com\/art-news\/news\/enjoying-art-makes-you-younger-study-morning-links-may-12-2026-1234785069\/”]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" [analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https:\/\/www.artnews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/GettyImages-2274691959.jpg?w=1024″] To receive\u00a0Morning Links\u00a0in your inbox every weekday,\u00a0sign\u00a0up\u00a0for our\u00a0Breakfast with ARTnews\u00a0newsletter. 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