{"id":1946210,"date":"2026-05-20T10:00:28","date_gmt":"2026-05-20T07:00:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=1946210"},"modified":"2026-05-20T10:00:28","modified_gmt":"2026-05-20T07:00:28","slug":"a-1b-evening-with-nicole-kidman","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=1946210","title":{"rendered":"A $1B Evening With Nicole Kidman"},"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\">A $1B Evening With Nicole Kidman<\/h1>\n<p class=\"gh-article-excerpt is-body\">Plus, a show in Chicago explores the lives of Black American artists in Paris.<\/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:\/\/storage.ghost.io\/c\/51\/f8\/51f871d8-b6be-4a73-b958-0ca4fff0110a\/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=\"2026-05-20\">May 20, 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>Paintings on book covers are arguably more popular than ever, but not for the reasons you might think. Tara Anne Dalbow delves into several recent books that feature cropped, smeared, and distorted paintings on their jackets, asking designers and publishers about the appeal behind the trend.<\/p>\n<p>Don\u2019t miss Daria Simone Harper\u2019s review of a show on the Black American artists who sought refuge and creative freedom in Paris. Also, Nicole Kidman and Jackson Pollock both appear in the same story about a $1 billion sale at Christie\u2019s earlier this week. Ah, the art market \u2014 ever curiouser and curiouser.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014<em>Lakshmi Rivera Amin, associate editor<\/em><\/p>\n<hr>\n<figure class=\"kg-card kg-image-card\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/storage.ghost.io\/c\/51\/f8\/51f871d8-b6be-4a73-b958-0ca4fff0110a\/content\/images\/2026\/05\/1200I-Am-You-cover-FINcredit-SJP-Lit-copy-1-2-1.jpg\" class=\"kg-image\" alt loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\"><\/figure>\n<h3 id=\"the-painted-book-cover-is-back\">The Painted Book Cover Is Back<\/h3>\n<p>In a market flooded with design templates and AI-generated imagery, the painted cover stands out as distinctly human.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The recent\u00a0shift\u00a0from color fields and geometric abstraction to gestural figuration on book covers may reflect a broader craving for embodiment and physical presence \u2014 proof, in other words, of the artist\u2019s hand and subjectivity in the era of the internet. Just as painting implies time, so does the novel, demanding sustained attention to both write and to read. It\u2019s a tension that undermines the forces driving creation and consumption in the service of ever-increasing profit margins, both in the art market and the publishing industry.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Read the article by Tara Anne Dalbow<\/p>\n<hr>\n<h3 id=\"news\">News<\/h3>\n<figure class=\"kg-card kg-image-card\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/storage.ghost.io\/c\/51\/f8\/51f871d8-b6be-4a73-b958-0ca4fff0110a\/content\/images\/2026\/05\/BRANCUSIxNK_1.37.2-1-1-1.png\" class=\"kg-image\" alt loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\"><\/figure>\n<ul>\n<li>Jackson Pollock, Constantin Brancusi, and Hollywood star Nicole Kidman were all part of a record-setting $1 billion evening sale at Christie\u2019s on May 18.<\/li>\n<li>The city of Paterson, New Jersey<strong>\u00a0<\/strong>unveiled its\u00a0new Gaza Square\u00a0with a sculpture by artist and activist Kyle Goen. \u201cGaza Love\u201d (2014\u2013) commemorates the city\u2019s large diasporic Palestinian community at a time of profound loss.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\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:\/\/storage.ghost.io\/c\/51\/f8\/51f871d8-b6be-4a73-b958-0ca4fff0110a\/content\/images\/2026\/05\/1_Blank-and-Cold-Coffee-Corner-resize.jpeg\" alt=\"CTA Image\" data-image-dimensions=\"1200x760\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"kg-cta-content-inner\">\n<div class=\"kg-cta-text\">\n<p><b><strong>In Kyoung Chun: Make Room<\/strong><\/b><\/p>\n<p><span>Transparent houses, suspended structures, and intimate paintings serve as metaphors for belonging in this exhibition at the Halsey Institute of Contemporary Art at the College of Charleston.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>                            Learn more<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<hr>\n<figure class=\"kg-card kg-image-card\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/storage.ghost.io\/c\/51\/f8\/51f871d8-b6be-4a73-b958-0ca4fff0110a\/content\/images\/2026\/05\/William-McBride-1963-Painting-1-1--1--1-1.jpg\" class=\"kg-image\" alt loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\"><\/figure>\n<h3 id=\"the-black-american-artists-who-dazzled-paris\">The Black American Artists Who Dazzled Paris<\/h3>\n<p>An exhibition in Chicago celebrates the painters, writers, and performers who sought freedom in the city of light and left an indelible mark on its history.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;When I first learned of the exhibition\u00a0<em>Paris in Black: Internationalism and the Black Renaissance\u00a0<\/em>at the DuSable Black History Museum and Education Center, my initial reaction was, \u201cWhat a dream come true!\u201d As much as I\u2019d like to reflect on my favorite Black artists and writers expatriating to Paris and living their best lives, though, their efforts to escape racism in America were not without troubling experiences, too. I wondered how the show would deal with this tension.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Read the full review by Daria Simone Harper<\/p>\n<hr>\n<figure class=\"kg-card kg-image-card\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/storage.ghost.io\/c\/51\/f8\/51f871d8-b6be-4a73-b958-0ca4fff0110a\/content\/images\/2026\/05\/bahar-governors-island-1-1.jpg\" class=\"kg-image\" alt loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\"><\/figure>\n<h3 id=\"a-persian-garden-blooms-on-governors-island\">A Persian Garden Blooms on Governors Island<\/h3>\n<p>Bahar Behbahani convened artists and cultural practitioners for a four-hour event, blending performance and dialogue with rest and community.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;On the unseasonably warm afternoon, three shallow fountains on Governors Island were transformed by handwoven, antique carpets and pink, red, and purple crocheted canopies, setting the stage for Bahar Behbahani\u2019s<em>\u00a0Damask Rose: A Gathering<\/em>.<em>\u00a0<\/em>As part of Governors Island Arts\u2019s annual\u00a0<em>Interventions<\/em>\u00a0series, Behbahani worked with the organization\u2019s associate curator and producer to convene over two dozen community practitioners and cultural groups for a four-hour event blending storytelling, communion, and rest.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Read the full report by Diba Mohtasham<\/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:\/\/storage.ghost.io\/c\/51\/f8\/51f871d8-b6be-4a73-b958-0ca4fff0110a\/content\/images\/2026\/05\/1_BRITTONpushpullhighres_hoz-resize.jpeg\" alt=\"CTA Image\" data-image-dimensions=\"1200x732\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"kg-cta-content-inner\">\n<div class=\"kg-cta-text\">\n<p><b><strong>Maria Britton: Second Sleep<\/strong><\/b><\/p>\n<p><span>Discarded bedsheets shape portals of reflection, obscuring the past or inviting to imagine what lies beyond in this exhibition at the Halsey Institute of Contemporary Art at the College of Charleston.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>                            Learn more<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<hr>\n<h3 id=\"member-comment\"><strong>Member Comment<\/strong><\/h3>\n<div class=\"kg-card kg-callout-card kg-callout-card-yellow\">\n<div class=\"kg-callout-text\">So many artists struggle to pay their apartment rent so spending an extra five figures for a few days in a largely vapid meat market is not manageable. All of these prices are absurd, ensuring that most of the art is quite commercial and that wealthy investors are the primary target audience. I guess as long as there is demand for these things, whatever. But let&#8217;s not pretend there is any direct correlation between them and the contemporary artists who are most inspiring and needed. <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Christopher Pelham on &#8220;What Does a Booth Cost at a New York Art Fair?&#8221;<\/p>\n<hr>\n<h3 id=\"from-the-archive\">From the Archive<\/h3>\n<figure class=\"kg-card kg-image-card\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/storage.ghost.io\/c\/51\/f8\/51f871d8-b6be-4a73-b958-0ca4fff0110a\/content\/images\/2026\/05\/vincent_van_gogh_-_head_of_a_skeleton_with_a_burning_cigarette_-_google_art_project-scaled-1.jpg\" class=\"kg-image\" alt loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\"><\/figure>\n<p><strong>Art\u2019s Greatest Gift of Death<\/strong><br \/>Memento moris remind us that death is inevitable, nothing afterward is assured, and what we do in that crack of light between oblivions is our responsibility. | Ed Simon<\/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\">A $1B Evening With Nicole Kidman<\/h1>\n<p class=\"gh-article-excerpt is-body\">Plus, a show in Chicago explores the lives of Black American artists in Paris.<\/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:\/\/storage.ghost.io\/c\/51\/f8\/51f871d8-b6be-4a73-b958-0ca4fff0110a\/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=\"2026-05-20\">May 20, 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>Paintings on book covers are arguably more popular than ever, but not for the reasons you might think. Tara Anne Dalbow delves into several recent books that feature cropped, smeared, and distorted paintings on their jackets, asking designers and publishers about the appeal behind the trend.<\/p>\n<p>Don\u2019t miss Daria Simone Harper\u2019s review of a show on the Black American artists who sought refuge and creative freedom in Paris. Also, Nicole Kidman and Jackson Pollock both appear in the same story about a $1 billion sale at Christie\u2019s earlier this week. Ah, the art market \u2014 ever curiouser and curiouser.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014<em>Lakshmi Rivera Amin, associate editor<\/em><\/p>\n<hr>\n<figure class=\"kg-card kg-image-card\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/storage.ghost.io\/c\/51\/f8\/51f871d8-b6be-4a73-b958-0ca4fff0110a\/content\/images\/2026\/05\/1200I-Am-You-cover-FINcredit-SJP-Lit-copy-1-2-1.jpg\" class=\"kg-image\" alt loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\"><\/figure>\n<h3 id=\"the-painted-book-cover-is-back\">The Painted Book Cover Is Back<\/h3>\n<p>In a market flooded with design templates and AI-generated imagery, the painted cover stands out as distinctly human.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The recent\u00a0shift\u00a0from color fields and geometric abstraction to gestural figuration on book covers may reflect a broader craving for embodiment and physical presence \u2014 proof, in other words, of the artist\u2019s hand and subjectivity in the era of the internet. Just as painting implies time, so does the novel, demanding sustained attention to both write and to read. It\u2019s a tension that undermines the forces driving creation and consumption in the service of ever-increasing profit margins, both in the art market and the publishing industry.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Read the article by Tara Anne Dalbow<\/p>\n<hr>\n<h3 id=\"news\">News<\/h3>\n<figure class=\"kg-card kg-image-card\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/storage.ghost.io\/c\/51\/f8\/51f871d8-b6be-4a73-b958-0ca4fff0110a\/content\/images\/2026\/05\/BRANCUSIxNK_1.37.2-1-1-1.png\" class=\"kg-image\" alt loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\"><\/figure>\n<ul>\n<li>Jackson Pollock, Constantin Brancusi, and Hollywood star Nicole Kidman were all part of a record-setting $1 billion evening sale at Christie\u2019s on May 18.<\/li>\n<li>The city of Paterson, New Jersey<strong>\u00a0<\/strong>unveiled its\u00a0new Gaza Square\u00a0with a sculpture by artist and activist Kyle Goen. \u201cGaza Love\u201d (2014\u2013) commemorates the city\u2019s large diasporic Palestinian community at a time of profound loss.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\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:\/\/storage.ghost.io\/c\/51\/f8\/51f871d8-b6be-4a73-b958-0ca4fff0110a\/content\/images\/2026\/05\/1_Blank-and-Cold-Coffee-Corner-resize.jpeg\" alt=\"CTA Image\" data-image-dimensions=\"1200x760\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"kg-cta-content-inner\">\n<div class=\"kg-cta-text\">\n<p><b><strong>In Kyoung Chun: Make Room<\/strong><\/b><\/p>\n<p><span>Transparent houses, suspended structures, and intimate paintings serve as metaphors for belonging in this exhibition at the Halsey Institute of Contemporary Art at the College of Charleston.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>                            Learn more<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<hr>\n<figure class=\"kg-card kg-image-card\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/storage.ghost.io\/c\/51\/f8\/51f871d8-b6be-4a73-b958-0ca4fff0110a\/content\/images\/2026\/05\/William-McBride-1963-Painting-1-1--1--1-1.jpg\" class=\"kg-image\" alt loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\"><\/figure>\n<h3 id=\"the-black-american-artists-who-dazzled-paris\">The Black American Artists Who Dazzled Paris<\/h3>\n<p>An exhibition in Chicago celebrates the painters, writers, and performers who sought freedom in the city of light and left an indelible mark on its history.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;When I first learned of the exhibition\u00a0<em>Paris in Black: Internationalism and the Black Renaissance\u00a0<\/em>at the DuSable Black History Museum and Education Center, my initial reaction was, \u201cWhat a dream come true!\u201d As much as I\u2019d like to reflect on my favorite Black artists and writers expatriating to Paris and living their best lives, though, their efforts to escape racism in America were not without troubling experiences, too. I wondered how the show would deal with this tension.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Read the full review by Daria Simone Harper<\/p>\n<hr>\n<figure class=\"kg-card kg-image-card\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/storage.ghost.io\/c\/51\/f8\/51f871d8-b6be-4a73-b958-0ca4fff0110a\/content\/images\/2026\/05\/bahar-governors-island-1-1.jpg\" class=\"kg-image\" alt loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\"><\/figure>\n<h3 id=\"a-persian-garden-blooms-on-governors-island\">A Persian Garden Blooms on Governors Island<\/h3>\n<p>Bahar Behbahani convened artists and cultural practitioners for a four-hour event, blending performance and dialogue with rest and community.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;On the unseasonably warm afternoon, three shallow fountains on Governors Island were transformed by handwoven, antique carpets and pink, red, and purple crocheted canopies, setting the stage for Bahar Behbahani\u2019s<em>\u00a0Damask Rose: A Gathering<\/em>.<em>\u00a0<\/em>As part of Governors Island Arts\u2019s annual\u00a0<em>Interventions<\/em>\u00a0series, Behbahani worked with the organization\u2019s associate curator and producer to convene over two dozen community practitioners and cultural groups for a four-hour event blending storytelling, communion, and rest.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Read the full report by Diba Mohtasham<\/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:\/\/storage.ghost.io\/c\/51\/f8\/51f871d8-b6be-4a73-b958-0ca4fff0110a\/content\/images\/2026\/05\/1_BRITTONpushpullhighres_hoz-resize.jpeg\" alt=\"CTA Image\" data-image-dimensions=\"1200x732\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"kg-cta-content-inner\">\n<div class=\"kg-cta-text\">\n<p><b><strong>Maria Britton: Second Sleep<\/strong><\/b><\/p>\n<p><span>Discarded bedsheets shape portals of reflection, obscuring the past or inviting to imagine what lies beyond in this exhibition at the Halsey Institute of Contemporary Art at the College of Charleston.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>                            Learn more<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<hr>\n<h3 id=\"member-comment\"><strong>Member Comment<\/strong><\/h3>\n<div class=\"kg-card kg-callout-card kg-callout-card-yellow\">\n<div class=\"kg-callout-text\">So many artists struggle to pay their apartment rent so spending an extra five figures for a few days in a largely vapid meat market is not manageable. All of these prices are absurd, ensuring that most of the art is quite commercial and that wealthy investors are the primary target audience. I guess as long as there is demand for these things, whatever. But let&#8217;s not pretend there is any direct correlation between them and the contemporary artists who are most inspiring and needed. <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Christopher Pelham on &#8220;What Does a Booth Cost at a New York Art Fair?&#8221;<\/p>\n<hr>\n<h3 id=\"from-the-archive\">From the Archive<\/h3>\n<figure class=\"kg-card kg-image-card\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/storage.ghost.io\/c\/51\/f8\/51f871d8-b6be-4a73-b958-0ca4fff0110a\/content\/images\/2026\/05\/vincent_van_gogh_-_head_of_a_skeleton_with_a_burning_cigarette_-_google_art_project-scaled-1.jpg\" class=\"kg-image\" alt loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\"><\/figure>\n<p><strong>Art\u2019s Greatest Gift of Death<\/strong><br \/>Memento moris remind us that death is inevitable, nothing afterward is assured, and what we do in that crack of light between oblivions is our responsibility. | Ed Simon<\/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>Paintings on book covers are arguably more popular than ever, but not for the reasons you might think. Tara Anne Dalbow delves into several recent books that feature cropped, smeared, and distorted paintings on their jackets, asking designers and publishers about the appeal behind the trend.<\/p>\n<p>Don\u2019t miss Daria Simone Harper\u2019s review of a show on the Black American artists who sought refuge and creative freedom in Paris. Also, Nicole Kidman and Jackson Pollock both appear in the same story about a $1 billion sale at Christie\u2019s earlier this week. Ah, the art market \u2014 ever curiouser and curiouser.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014<em>Lakshmi Rivera Amin, associate editor<\/em><\/p>\n<hr>\n<figure class=\"kg-card kg-image-card\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/storage.ghost.io\/c\/51\/f8\/51f871d8-b6be-4a73-b958-0ca4fff0110a\/content\/images\/2026\/05\/1200I-Am-You-cover-FINcredit-SJP-Lit-copy-1-2-1.jpg\" class=\"kg-image\" alt loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\"><\/figure>\n<h3 id=\"the-painted-book-cover-is-back\">The Painted Book Cover Is Back<\/h3>\n<p>In a market flooded with design templates and AI-generated imagery, the painted cover stands out as distinctly human.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The recent\u00a0shift\u00a0from color fields and geometric abstraction to gestural figuration on book covers may reflect a broader craving for embodiment and physical presence \u2014 proof, in other words, of the artist\u2019s hand and subjectivity in the era of the internet. Just as painting implies time, so does the novel, demanding sustained attention to both write and to read. It\u2019s a tension that undermines the forces driving creation and consumption in the service of ever-increasing profit margins, both in the art market and the publishing industry.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Read the article by Tara Anne Dalbow<\/p>\n<hr>\n<h3 id=\"news\">News<\/h3>\n<figure class=\"kg-card kg-image-card\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/storage.ghost.io\/c\/51\/f8\/51f871d8-b6be-4a73-b958-0ca4fff0110a\/content\/images\/2026\/05\/BRANCUSIxNK_1.37.2-1-1-1.png\" class=\"kg-image\" alt loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\"><\/figure>\n<ul>\n<li>Jackson Pollock, Constantin Brancusi, and Hollywood star Nicole Kidman were all part of a record-setting $1 billion evening sale at Christie\u2019s on May 18.<\/li>\n<li>The city of Paterson, New Jersey<strong>\u00a0<\/strong>unveiled its\u00a0new Gaza Square\u00a0with a sculpture by artist and activist Kyle Goen. \u201cGaza Love\u201d (2014\u2013) commemorates the city\u2019s large diasporic Palestinian community at a time of profound loss.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\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:\/\/storage.ghost.io\/c\/51\/f8\/51f871d8-b6be-4a73-b958-0ca4fff0110a\/content\/images\/2026\/05\/1_Blank-and-Cold-Coffee-Corner-resize.jpeg\" alt=\"CTA Image\" data-image-dimensions=\"1200x760\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"kg-cta-content-inner\">\n<div class=\"kg-cta-text\">\n<p><b><strong>In Kyoung Chun: Make Room<\/strong><\/b><\/p>\n<p><span>Transparent houses, suspended structures, and intimate paintings serve as metaphors for belonging in this exhibition at the Halsey Institute of Contemporary Art at the College of Charleston.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>                            Learn more<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<hr>\n<figure class=\"kg-card kg-image-card\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/storage.ghost.io\/c\/51\/f8\/51f871d8-b6be-4a73-b958-0ca4fff0110a\/content\/images\/2026\/05\/William-McBride-1963-Painting-1-1--1--1-1.jpg\" class=\"kg-image\" alt loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\"><\/figure>\n<h3 id=\"the-black-american-artists-who-dazzled-paris\">The Black American Artists Who Dazzled Paris<\/h3>\n<p>An exhibition in Chicago celebrates the painters, writers, and performers who sought freedom in the city of light and left an indelible mark on its history.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;When I first learned of the exhibition\u00a0<em>Paris in Black: Internationalism and the Black Renaissance\u00a0<\/em>at the DuSable Black History Museum and Education Center, my initial reaction was, \u201cWhat a dream come true!\u201d As much as I\u2019d like to reflect on my favorite Black artists and writers expatriating to Paris and living their best lives, though, their efforts to escape racism in America were not without troubling experiences, too. I wondered how the show would deal with this tension.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Read the full review by Daria Simone Harper<\/p>\n<hr>\n<figure class=\"kg-card kg-image-card\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/storage.ghost.io\/c\/51\/f8\/51f871d8-b6be-4a73-b958-0ca4fff0110a\/content\/images\/2026\/05\/bahar-governors-island-1-1.jpg\" class=\"kg-image\" alt loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\"><\/figure>\n<h3 id=\"a-persian-garden-blooms-on-governors-island\">A Persian Garden Blooms on Governors Island<\/h3>\n<p>Bahar Behbahani convened artists and cultural practitioners for a four-hour event, blending performance and dialogue with rest and community.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;On the unseasonably warm afternoon, three shallow fountains on Governors Island were transformed by handwoven, antique carpets and pink, red, and purple crocheted canopies, setting the stage for Bahar Behbahani\u2019s<em>\u00a0Damask Rose: A Gathering<\/em>.<em>\u00a0<\/em>As part of Governors Island Arts\u2019s annual\u00a0<em>Interventions<\/em>\u00a0series, Behbahani worked with the organization\u2019s associate curator and producer to convene over two dozen community practitioners and cultural groups for a four-hour event blending storytelling, communion, and rest.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Read the full report by Diba Mohtasham<\/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:\/\/storage.ghost.io\/c\/51\/f8\/51f871d8-b6be-4a73-b958-0ca4fff0110a\/content\/images\/2026\/05\/1_BRITTONpushpullhighres_hoz-resize.jpeg\" alt=\"CTA Image\" data-image-dimensions=\"1200x732\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"kg-cta-content-inner\">\n<div class=\"kg-cta-text\">\n<p><b><strong>Maria Britton: Second Sleep<\/strong><\/b><\/p>\n<p><span>Discarded bedsheets shape portals of reflection, obscuring the past or inviting to imagine what lies beyond in this exhibition at the Halsey Institute of Contemporary Art at the College of Charleston.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>                            Learn more<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<hr>\n<h3 id=\"member-comment\"><strong>Member Comment<\/strong><\/h3>\n<div class=\"kg-card kg-callout-card kg-callout-card-yellow\">\n<div class=\"kg-callout-text\">So many artists struggle to pay their apartment rent so spending an extra five figures for a few days in a largely vapid meat market is not manageable. All of these prices are absurd, ensuring that most of the art is quite commercial and that wealthy investors are the primary target audience. I guess as long as there is demand for these things, whatever. But let&#8217;s not pretend there is any direct correlation between them and the contemporary artists who are most inspiring and needed. <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Christopher Pelham on &#8220;What Does a Booth Cost at a New York Art Fair?&#8221;<\/p>\n<hr>\n<h3 id=\"from-the-archive\">From the Archive<\/h3>\n<figure class=\"kg-card kg-image-card\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/storage.ghost.io\/c\/51\/f8\/51f871d8-b6be-4a73-b958-0ca4fff0110a\/content\/images\/2026\/05\/vincent_van_gogh_-_head_of_a_skeleton_with_a_burning_cigarette_-_google_art_project-scaled-1.jpg\" class=\"kg-image\" alt loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\"><\/figure>\n<p><strong>Art\u2019s Greatest Gift of Death<\/strong><br \/>Memento moris remind us that death is inevitable, nothing afterward is assured, and what we do in that crack of light between oblivions is our responsibility. | Ed Simon<\/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:\/\/storage.ghost.io\/c\/51\/f8\/51f871d8-b6be-4a73-b958-0ca4fff0110a\/content\/images\/size\/w600\/2026\/05\/CMoG_Image_5.png\" alt=\"Tough Stuff: Women in The American Glass Studio\" loading=\"lazy\"><\/figure>\n<div class=\"gh-card-wrapper\">\n<h3 class=\"gh-card-title is-title\">Tough Stuff: Women in The American Glass Studio<\/h3>\n<p class=\"gh-card-excerpt is-body\">Highlighting works from the 1960s through today, this survey at the Corning Museum of Glass celebrates the legacies of women artists who helped shape the Studio Glass Movement in the US.\n<\/p>\n<footer class=\"gh-card-meta\"><span class=\"gh-card-author\">Corning Museum of Glass<\/span><\/footer>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<article class=\"gh-card post\">\n<figure class=\"gh-card-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/storage.ghost.io\/c\/51\/f8\/51f871d8-b6be-4a73-b958-0ca4fff0110a\/content\/images\/size\/w600\/2026\/05\/Still-in-Sound_reverbimpulses_CSM.jpg\" alt=\"Still in Sound\" loading=\"lazy\"><\/figure>\n<div class=\"gh-card-wrapper\">\n<h3 class=\"gh-card-title is-title\">Still in Sound<\/h3>\n<p class=\"gh-card-excerpt is-body\">Sound artists compose sonic and multisensory interpretations of abstract paintings for this new exhibition at the Clyfford Still Museum in Denver, Colorado. <\/p>\n<footer class=\"gh-card-meta\"><span class=\"gh-card-author\">Clyfford Still Museum<\/span><\/footer>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<article class=\"gh-card post\">\n<figure class=\"gh-card-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/storage.ghost.io\/c\/51\/f8\/51f871d8-b6be-4a73-b958-0ca4fff0110a\/content\/images\/size\/w600\/2026\/05\/1Jai-Perez-in-rehearsal--Photo-by-Daniel-Jackson-for-Embassy--Interactive-.jpg\" alt=\"ArtPhilly Presents \u201cWhat Now: 2026\u201d\" loading=\"lazy\"><\/figure>\n<div class=\"gh-card-wrapper\">\n<h3 class=\"gh-card-title is-title\">ArtPhilly Presents \u201cWhat Now: 2026\u201d<\/h3>\n<p class=\"gh-card-excerpt is-body\">The five-week city-wide festival will feature over 30 newly-commissioned works created by Philadelphia artists to spark important conversations about the future of the United States.\n<\/p>\n<footer class=\"gh-card-meta\"><span class=\"gh-card-author\">ArtPhilly<\/span><\/footer>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<article class=\"gh-card post\">\n<figure class=\"gh-card-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/storage.ghost.io\/c\/51\/f8\/51f871d8-b6be-4a73-b958-0ca4fff0110a\/content\/images\/size\/w600\/2026\/05\/Option2RISDGradShow25JBS023--1-.jpeg\" alt=\"RISD Grad Show 2026\" loading=\"lazy\"><\/figure>\n<div class=\"gh-card-wrapper\">\n<h3 class=\"gh-card-title is-title\">RISD Grad Show 2026<\/h3>\n<p class=\"gh-card-excerpt is-body\">Graduate student work representing 19 advanced degree programs will be on view online and in person at the Rhode Island Convention Center starting May 21.<\/p>\n<footer class=\"gh-card-meta\"><span class=\"gh-card-author\">Rhode Island School of Design<\/span><\/footer>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<p>[analyse_source url=&#8221;https:\/\/hyperallergic.com\/a-1b-evening-with-nicole-kidman\/&#8221;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[analyse_image type=&#8221;featured&#8221; src=&#8221;&#8221;] Daily Newsletter A $1B Evening With Nicole Kidman Plus, a show in Chicago explores the lives of Black American artists in Paris. 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