{"id":1961732,"date":"2026-05-29T10:00:52","date_gmt":"2026-05-29T07:00:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=1961732"},"modified":"2026-05-29T10:00:52","modified_gmt":"2026-05-29T07:00:52","slug":"the-true-crime-story-of-a-notorious-looter","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=1961732","title":{"rendered":"The True Crime Story of a Notorious Looter"},"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\">The True Crime Story of a Notorious Looter<\/h1>\n<p class=\"gh-article-excerpt is-body\">How Douglas Latchford got away with it; plus, Frank Stella\u2019s Navajo weavings.<\/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=\"2026-05-29\">May 29, 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>British dealer Douglas Latchford trafficked looted Cambodian antiquities on a massive scale before his death in 2020, selling objects to institutions like the Metropolitan Museum of Art. Emiline Smith brings us into the pages of a new book about the criminal network that supplied and transported these works \u2014\u00a0as well as the museum professionals and scholars who enabled it.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>You might not have known that midcentury minimalist Frank Stella held a breathtaking collection of textiles made by Din\u00e9 women \u2014 now on view for the first time on Manhattan\u2019s Upper East Side \u2014 but take a look at their bold color and striking geometric patterns, and it\u2019ll click. Also today, we honor Jay Milder, abstract painter and co-founder of City Gallery, who died this week at the age of 92.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014<em>Lisa Yin Zhang, 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\/Art17_liontheformerlooter--1--1-1.jpg\" class=\"kg-image\" alt loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\"><\/figure>\n<div>\n<h3>\n\t\t\tThe Looter Who Built Your Favorite Museum<br \/>\n\t\t<\/h3>\n<p>\n\t\tAt the center of Matthew Campbell\u2019s <em>The Man Who Stole the Gods<\/em> (2026) is British dealer Douglas Latchford. To Latchford, Khmer sculpture was a luxury asset to be exploited, an \u201cintense hobby\u201d that turned into \u201ca real business.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>Statues were decapitated and dismembered, stripped from their sanctuaries, yet somehow these objects arrived immaculately and spiritually deodorized in New York galleries and London auction houses. | Emiline Smith\n\t<\/p>\n<p>\t\tRead More<\/p>\n<\/div>\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\/TOMASELLI_Purple-Cosmos_2025_JCG19033_credit-GregCarideo_v1-1.jpg\" alt=\"CTA Image\" data-image-dimensions=\"1200x628\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"kg-cta-content-inner\">\n<div class=\"kg-cta-text\">\n<p><i><b><strong class=\"italic\">Fred Tomaselli: Blooms Disrupted<\/strong><\/b><\/i><b><strong>\u00a0at James Cohan\u2019s 48 Walker Street Gallery<\/strong><\/b><\/p>\n<p><span>James Cohan presents an exhibition by Fred Tomaselli, on view through June 27. In\u00a0<\/span><i><em class=\"italic\">Blooms Disrupted<\/em><\/i><span>, the garden is Tomaselli\u2019s primary subject, which he uses to consider the natural world as a counterweight to the urgent rush of news and media that so often interrupts our private realities.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>                            Learn more<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<hr>\n<h2 id=\"artists-up-close\">Artists Up Close<\/h2>\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\/11.-Sleeper--2018-1-1.jpg\" class=\"kg-image\" alt loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\"><\/figure>\n<div>\n<h3>\n\t\t\tDavid Humphrey Is Allergic to Style<br \/>\n\t\t<\/h3>\n<p>\n\t\tA few months ago, in the middle of a studio visit with the painter, sculptor, and critic David Humphrey explained that he was going to transform the Kate Werble Gallery into a room by painting a sofa, plant, cocktail table, standing lamp, and other pieces of furniture and decoration onto the walls. <\/p>\n<p>While Humphrey\u2019s casual, playful setting did not make the actual works on paper better or worse, it did do something unexpected: It made this viewer rethink the paintings I had looked at in his studio, the drawings I had previously seen, and his work as a whole. | John Yau\n\t<\/p>\n<p>\t\tRead More<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<h3>\n\t\t\tA Look Into Frank Stella\u2019s Mesmerizing Collection of Din\u00e9 Textiles<br \/>\n\t\t<\/h3>\n<p>\n\t\tThe late artist\u2019s trove of Navajo weavings is on public display for the first time at Arader Galleries in NYC ahead of a sale. Stella\u2019s collection is on display through June 10 at Arader Galleries on Madison Avenue alongside a rare selection of the artist\u2019s early geometric drawings, establishing the connection between Din\u00e9 weaving history and Stella\u2019s own visual language. | Rhea Nayyar\n\t<\/p>\n<p>\t\tRead More<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<hr>\n<div class=\"kg-card kg-cta-card kg-cta-bg-white kg-cta-minimal    \" data-layout=\"minimal\">\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-content-inner\">\n<div class=\"kg-cta-text\">\n<p><b><strong>Support Independent Art Reporting<\/strong><\/b><\/p>\n<p><span>Independent, critical reporting is increasingly hard to come by. But you can ensure it doesn\u2019t disappear.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>By becoming a paid member of the <\/span><i><em class=\"italic\">Hyperallergic<\/em><\/i><span> community, you not only help keep our lights on, but guarantee our hands (and pens) remain untied.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>We hope you\u2019ll join us. <\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>                            Learn more<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<hr>\n<h2 id=\"obituary\">Obituary<\/h2>\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\/jay-2-1-1.jpg\" class=\"kg-image\" alt loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\"><\/figure>\n<div>\n<h3>\n\t\t\tFigurative Expressionist Painter Jay Milder Dies at 92<br \/>\n\t\t<\/h3>\n<p>\n\t\tHe carved out a space for himself in the downtown art scene as a bold artist and gallerist who championed contemporaries such as Claes Oldenburg and Jim Dine. | Isa Farfan\n\t<\/p>\n<p>\t\tRead More<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<hr>\n<h2 id=\"community\">Community<\/h2>\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\/GettyImages-2277516195-1.jpg\" class=\"kg-image\" alt loading=\"lazy\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\"><\/figure>\n<div>\n<h3>\n\t\t\tRequired Reading<br \/>\n\t\t<\/h3>\n<p>\n\t\tThis week: a record-breaking World Cup mural in Mexico City, the Gen Z of 19th-century France, van Gogh and AI, and more.\n\t<\/p>\n<p>\t\tRead More<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<h3>\n\t\t\tArt Movements: Wolfgang Tillmans Wins Europe\u2019s Richest Art Prize<br \/>\n\t\t<\/h3>\n<p>\n\t\tThe first public exhibition of Jack White\u2019s artwork, Cheryl Finley gets the David C. Driskell Prize, and more news to know.\n\t<\/p>\n<p>\t\tRead More<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<hr>\n<h2 id=\"from-the-archive\">From the Archive<\/h2>\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\/dsc_0163-1-1.jpg\" class=\"kg-image\" alt loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\"><\/figure>\n<div>\n<h3>\n\t\t\tTwo Navajo Artists Weave New Histories<br \/>\n\t\t<\/h3>\n<p>\n\t\tZefren-M and Morris Muskett find self-expression through contemporary weaving. | Susannah Abbey\n\t<\/p>\n<p>\t\tRead More<\/p>\n<\/div>\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\">The True Crime Story of a Notorious Looter<\/h1>\n<p class=\"gh-article-excerpt is-body\">How Douglas Latchford got away with it; plus, Frank Stella\u2019s Navajo weavings.<\/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=\"2026-05-29\">May 29, 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>British dealer Douglas Latchford trafficked looted Cambodian antiquities on a massive scale before his death in 2020, selling objects to institutions like the Metropolitan Museum of Art. Emiline Smith brings us into the pages of a new book about the criminal network that supplied and transported these works \u2014\u00a0as well as the museum professionals and scholars who enabled it.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>You might not have known that midcentury minimalist Frank Stella held a breathtaking collection of textiles made by Din\u00e9 women \u2014 now on view for the first time on Manhattan\u2019s Upper East Side \u2014 but take a look at their bold color and striking geometric patterns, and it\u2019ll click. Also today, we honor Jay Milder, abstract painter and co-founder of City Gallery, who died this week at the age of 92.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014<em>Lisa Yin Zhang, 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\/Art17_liontheformerlooter--1--1-1.jpg\" class=\"kg-image\" alt loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\"><\/figure>\n<div>\n<h3>\n\t\t\tThe Looter Who Built Your Favorite Museum<br \/>\n\t\t<\/h3>\n<p>\n\t\tAt the center of Matthew Campbell\u2019s <em>The Man Who Stole the Gods<\/em> (2026) is British dealer Douglas Latchford. To Latchford, Khmer sculpture was a luxury asset to be exploited, an \u201cintense hobby\u201d that turned into \u201ca real business.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>Statues were decapitated and dismembered, stripped from their sanctuaries, yet somehow these objects arrived immaculately and spiritually deodorized in New York galleries and London auction houses. | Emiline Smith\n\t<\/p>\n<p>\t\tRead More<\/p>\n<\/div>\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\/TOMASELLI_Purple-Cosmos_2025_JCG19033_credit-GregCarideo_v1-1.jpg\" alt=\"CTA Image\" data-image-dimensions=\"1200x628\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"kg-cta-content-inner\">\n<div class=\"kg-cta-text\">\n<p><i><b><strong class=\"italic\">Fred Tomaselli: Blooms Disrupted<\/strong><\/b><\/i><b><strong>\u00a0at James Cohan\u2019s 48 Walker Street Gallery<\/strong><\/b><\/p>\n<p><span>James Cohan presents an exhibition by Fred Tomaselli, on view through June 27. In\u00a0<\/span><i><em class=\"italic\">Blooms Disrupted<\/em><\/i><span>, the garden is Tomaselli\u2019s primary subject, which he uses to consider the natural world as a counterweight to the urgent rush of news and media that so often interrupts our private realities.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>                            Learn more<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<hr>\n<h2 id=\"artists-up-close\">Artists Up Close<\/h2>\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\/11.-Sleeper--2018-1-1.jpg\" class=\"kg-image\" alt loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\"><\/figure>\n<div>\n<h3>\n\t\t\tDavid Humphrey Is Allergic to Style<br \/>\n\t\t<\/h3>\n<p>\n\t\tA few months ago, in the middle of a studio visit with the painter, sculptor, and critic David Humphrey explained that he was going to transform the Kate Werble Gallery into a room by painting a sofa, plant, cocktail table, standing lamp, and other pieces of furniture and decoration onto the walls. <\/p>\n<p>While Humphrey\u2019s casual, playful setting did not make the actual works on paper better or worse, it did do something unexpected: It made this viewer rethink the paintings I had looked at in his studio, the drawings I had previously seen, and his work as a whole. | John Yau\n\t<\/p>\n<p>\t\tRead More<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<h3>\n\t\t\tA Look Into Frank Stella\u2019s Mesmerizing Collection of Din\u00e9 Textiles<br \/>\n\t\t<\/h3>\n<p>\n\t\tThe late artist\u2019s trove of Navajo weavings is on public display for the first time at Arader Galleries in NYC ahead of a sale. Stella\u2019s collection is on display through June 10 at Arader Galleries on Madison Avenue alongside a rare selection of the artist\u2019s early geometric drawings, establishing the connection between Din\u00e9 weaving history and Stella\u2019s own visual language. | Rhea Nayyar\n\t<\/p>\n<p>\t\tRead More<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<hr>\n<div class=\"kg-card kg-cta-card kg-cta-bg-white kg-cta-minimal    \" data-layout=\"minimal\">\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-content-inner\">\n<div class=\"kg-cta-text\">\n<p><b><strong>Support Independent Art Reporting<\/strong><\/b><\/p>\n<p><span>Independent, critical reporting is increasingly hard to come by. But you can ensure it doesn\u2019t disappear.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>By becoming a paid member of the <\/span><i><em class=\"italic\">Hyperallergic<\/em><\/i><span> community, you not only help keep our lights on, but guarantee our hands (and pens) remain untied.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>We hope you\u2019ll join us. <\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>                            Learn more<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<hr>\n<h2 id=\"obituary\">Obituary<\/h2>\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\/jay-2-1-1.jpg\" class=\"kg-image\" alt loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\"><\/figure>\n<div>\n<h3>\n\t\t\tFigurative Expressionist Painter Jay Milder Dies at 92<br \/>\n\t\t<\/h3>\n<p>\n\t\tHe carved out a space for himself in the downtown art scene as a bold artist and gallerist who championed contemporaries such as Claes Oldenburg and Jim Dine. | Isa Farfan\n\t<\/p>\n<p>\t\tRead More<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<hr>\n<h2 id=\"community\">Community<\/h2>\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\/GettyImages-2277516195-1.jpg\" class=\"kg-image\" alt loading=\"lazy\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\"><\/figure>\n<div>\n<h3>\n\t\t\tRequired Reading<br \/>\n\t\t<\/h3>\n<p>\n\t\tThis week: a record-breaking World Cup mural in Mexico City, the Gen Z of 19th-century France, van Gogh and AI, and more.\n\t<\/p>\n<p>\t\tRead More<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<h3>\n\t\t\tArt Movements: Wolfgang Tillmans Wins Europe\u2019s Richest Art Prize<br \/>\n\t\t<\/h3>\n<p>\n\t\tThe first public exhibition of Jack White\u2019s artwork, Cheryl Finley gets the David C. Driskell Prize, and more news to know.\n\t<\/p>\n<p>\t\tRead More<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<hr>\n<h2 id=\"from-the-archive\">From the Archive<\/h2>\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\/dsc_0163-1-1.jpg\" class=\"kg-image\" alt loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\"><\/figure>\n<div>\n<h3>\n\t\t\tTwo Navajo Artists Weave New Histories<br \/>\n\t\t<\/h3>\n<p>\n\t\tZefren-M and Morris Muskett find self-expression through contemporary weaving. | Susannah Abbey\n\t<\/p>\n<p>\t\tRead More<\/p>\n<\/div>\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>British dealer Douglas Latchford trafficked looted Cambodian antiquities on a massive scale before his death in 2020, selling objects to institutions like the Metropolitan Museum of Art. Emiline Smith brings us into the pages of a new book about the criminal network that supplied and transported these works \u2014\u00a0as well as the museum professionals and scholars who enabled it.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>You might not have known that midcentury minimalist Frank Stella held a breathtaking collection of textiles made by Din\u00e9 women \u2014 now on view for the first time on Manhattan\u2019s Upper East Side \u2014 but take a look at their bold color and striking geometric patterns, and it\u2019ll click. Also today, we honor Jay Milder, abstract painter and co-founder of City Gallery, who died this week at the age of 92.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014<em>Lisa Yin Zhang, 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\/Art17_liontheformerlooter--1--1-1.jpg\" class=\"kg-image\" alt loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\"><\/figure>\n<div>\n<h3>\n\t\t\tThe Looter Who Built Your Favorite Museum<br \/>\n\t\t<\/h3>\n<p>\n\t\tAt the center of Matthew Campbell\u2019s <em>The Man Who Stole the Gods<\/em> (2026) is British dealer Douglas Latchford. To Latchford, Khmer sculpture was a luxury asset to be exploited, an \u201cintense hobby\u201d that turned into \u201ca real business.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>Statues were decapitated and dismembered, stripped from their sanctuaries, yet somehow these objects arrived immaculately and spiritually deodorized in New York galleries and London auction houses. | Emiline Smith\n\t<\/p>\n<p>\t\tRead More<\/p>\n<\/div>\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\/TOMASELLI_Purple-Cosmos_2025_JCG19033_credit-GregCarideo_v1-1.jpg\" alt=\"CTA Image\" data-image-dimensions=\"1200x628\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"kg-cta-content-inner\">\n<div class=\"kg-cta-text\">\n<p><i><b><strong class=\"italic\">Fred Tomaselli: Blooms Disrupted<\/strong><\/b><\/i><b><strong>\u00a0at James Cohan\u2019s 48 Walker Street Gallery<\/strong><\/b><\/p>\n<p><span>James Cohan presents an exhibition by Fred Tomaselli, on view through June 27. In\u00a0<\/span><i><em class=\"italic\">Blooms Disrupted<\/em><\/i><span>, the garden is Tomaselli\u2019s primary subject, which he uses to consider the natural world as a counterweight to the urgent rush of news and media that so often interrupts our private realities.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>                            Learn more<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<hr>\n<h2 id=\"artists-up-close\">Artists Up Close<\/h2>\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\/11.-Sleeper--2018-1-1.jpg\" class=\"kg-image\" alt loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\"><\/figure>\n<div>\n<h3>\n\t\t\tDavid Humphrey Is Allergic to Style<br \/>\n\t\t<\/h3>\n<p>\n\t\tA few months ago, in the middle of a studio visit with the painter, sculptor, and critic David Humphrey explained that he was going to transform the Kate Werble Gallery into a room by painting a sofa, plant, cocktail table, standing lamp, and other pieces of furniture and decoration onto the walls. <\/p>\n<p>While Humphrey\u2019s casual, playful setting did not make the actual works on paper better or worse, it did do something unexpected: It made this viewer rethink the paintings I had looked at in his studio, the drawings I had previously seen, and his work as a whole. | John Yau\n\t<\/p>\n<p>\t\tRead More<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<h3>\n\t\t\tA Look Into Frank Stella\u2019s Mesmerizing Collection of Din\u00e9 Textiles<br \/>\n\t\t<\/h3>\n<p>\n\t\tThe late artist\u2019s trove of Navajo weavings is on public display for the first time at Arader Galleries in NYC ahead of a sale. Stella\u2019s collection is on display through June 10 at Arader Galleries on Madison Avenue alongside a rare selection of the artist\u2019s early geometric drawings, establishing the connection between Din\u00e9 weaving history and Stella\u2019s own visual language. | Rhea Nayyar\n\t<\/p>\n<p>\t\tRead More<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<hr>\n<div class=\"kg-card kg-cta-card kg-cta-bg-white kg-cta-minimal    \" data-layout=\"minimal\">\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-content-inner\">\n<div class=\"kg-cta-text\">\n<p><b><strong>Support Independent Art Reporting<\/strong><\/b><\/p>\n<p><span>Independent, critical reporting is increasingly hard to come by. But you can ensure it doesn\u2019t disappear.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>By becoming a paid member of the <\/span><i><em class=\"italic\">Hyperallergic<\/em><\/i><span> community, you not only help keep our lights on, but guarantee our hands (and pens) remain untied.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>We hope you\u2019ll join us. <\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>                            Learn more<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<hr>\n<h2 id=\"obituary\">Obituary<\/h2>\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\/jay-2-1-1.jpg\" class=\"kg-image\" alt loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\"><\/figure>\n<div>\n<h3>\n\t\t\tFigurative Expressionist Painter Jay Milder Dies at 92<br \/>\n\t\t<\/h3>\n<p>\n\t\tHe carved out a space for himself in the downtown art scene as a bold artist and gallerist who championed contemporaries such as Claes Oldenburg and Jim Dine. | Isa Farfan\n\t<\/p>\n<p>\t\tRead More<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<hr>\n<h2 id=\"community\">Community<\/h2>\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\/GettyImages-2277516195-1.jpg\" class=\"kg-image\" alt loading=\"lazy\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\"><\/figure>\n<div>\n<h3>\n\t\t\tRequired Reading<br \/>\n\t\t<\/h3>\n<p>\n\t\tThis week: a record-breaking World Cup mural in Mexico City, the Gen Z of 19th-century France, van Gogh and AI, and more.\n\t<\/p>\n<p>\t\tRead More<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<h3>\n\t\t\tArt Movements: Wolfgang Tillmans Wins Europe\u2019s Richest Art Prize<br \/>\n\t\t<\/h3>\n<p>\n\t\tThe first public exhibition of Jack White\u2019s artwork, Cheryl Finley gets the David C. Driskell Prize, and more news to know.\n\t<\/p>\n<p>\t\tRead More<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<hr>\n<h2 id=\"from-the-archive\">From the Archive<\/h2>\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\/dsc_0163-1-1.jpg\" class=\"kg-image\" alt loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\"><\/figure>\n<div>\n<h3>\n\t\t\tTwo Navajo Artists Weave New Histories<br \/>\n\t\t<\/h3>\n<p>\n\t\tZefren-M and Morris Muskett find self-expression through contemporary weaving. | Susannah Abbey\n\t<\/p>\n<p>\t\tRead More<\/p>\n<\/div>\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\/Fig.-1.jpg\" alt=\"A Kind of Paradise: Reclaiming Colonial-Era Photography Through Contemporary Art\" loading=\"lazy\"><\/figure>\n<div class=\"gh-card-wrapper\">\n<h3 class=\"gh-card-title is-title\">A Kind of Paradise: Reclaiming Colonial-Era Photography Through Contemporary Art<\/h3>\n<p class=\"gh-card-excerpt is-body\">At Museum Rietberg, 20 global artists transform colonial photographs into new narratives of memory, identity, and resistance. <\/p>\n<footer class=\"gh-card-meta\"><span class=\"gh-card-author\">Museum Rietberg<\/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\/balasubramanian_2400x1350.jpg\" alt=\"Art-Science Undisciplined: A Playbook for Transformative Collaboration\" loading=\"lazy\"><\/figure>\n<div class=\"gh-card-wrapper\">\n<h3 class=\"gh-card-title is-title\">Art-Science Undisciplined: A Playbook for Transformative Collaboration<\/h3>\n<p class=\"gh-card-excerpt is-body\">Artist Janani Balasubramanian and astrophysicist Natalie Gosnell reimagine collaboration through a values-based and joyfully undisciplined practice.\n<\/p>\n<footer class=\"gh-card-meta\"><span class=\"gh-card-author\">University of California Press<\/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\/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<p>[analyse_source url=&#8221;https:\/\/hyperallergic.com\/the-true-crime-story-of-a-notorious-looter\/&#8221;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[analyse_image type=&#8221;featured&#8221; src=&#8221;&#8221;] Daily Newsletter The True Crime Story of a Notorious Looter How Douglas Latchford got away with it; plus, Frank Stella\u2019s Navajo weavings. 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