{"id":2012594,"date":"2026-06-26T10:00:52","date_gmt":"2026-06-26T07:00:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=2012594"},"modified":"2026-06-26T10:00:52","modified_gmt":"2026-06-26T07:00:52","slug":"william-kentridge-and-lapis-blue","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=2012594","title":{"rendered":"William Kentridge and Lapis Blue"},"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\">William Kentridge and Lapis Blue<\/h1>\n<p class=\"gh-article-excerpt is-body\">Plus, why is Trump meddling in the Venice Architecture Biennale?<\/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:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/4963dd3ebbdb72fe2da00ddb341aa1ecb4f3a13e44b8c588a159ec58503ad619?s=500&amp;d=blank&amp;r=g\" 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=\"2026-06-26\">June 26, 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>By his own admission, William Kentridge\u2019s studio is a \u201csafe space for stupidity.\u201d This principle has served the indefatigable South African artist well \u2014 over the course of six decades, he has developed a style all his own spanning printmaking, drawing, animation, and sculpture. Now, he\u2019s sharing insights into his dendritic process in a new book based on a 2024 lecture he delivered at Oxford. Read one such chapter on lapis blue and creativity exclusively on <em>Hyperallergic<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>Also today: a guide to Upstate Art Weekend, Trump\u2019s meddling with the Venice Biennale of Architecture, and an interview with painter Richard Tsao.<\/p>\n<p><em>\u2014Lakshmi 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\/06\/william-kentridge-book.jpg\" class=\"kg-image\" alt loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\"><\/figure>\n<div>\n<h3>\n\t\t\tA Natural History of William Kentridge\u2019s Studio<br \/>\n\t\t<\/h3>\n<p>\n\t\tSome years ago, two friends gave me a block of watercolour, pure lapis lazuli from Afghanistan. Lapis lazuli is a precious pigment used sparingly in Renaissance painting, now more generally replaced by French ultramarine. But there is an intense blueness in lapis, a colour coming off the paper towards you that is unmatched by any synthetic colour. In projections and photography and printing, this blue always loses its power.\n      <\/p>\n<p>\n      I don\u2019t use colour in my drawings. But I painted some squares and circles to see the colour I was given. I was caught, wanting to devour the blue and not knowing how to bring it into anything I was drawing. While waiting to solve what I should do with the blue, I started painting texts and phrases with it | William Kentridge\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\/06\/paul---daisy-soros-ad.jpg\" alt=\"CTA Image\" data-image-dimensions=\"1200x675\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"kg-cta-content-inner\">\n<div class=\"kg-cta-text\">\n<p><b><strong>A $90,000 Graduate Fellowship for Immigrants &amp; Children of Immigrants in the Visual Arts<\/strong><\/b><\/p>\n<p><span>The Paul &amp; Daisy Soros Fellowships for New Americans supports immigrants &amp; children of immigrants in MFA, MA, PhD &amp; other graduate programs.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>                            Learn more<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<hr>\n<h2 id=\"queer-elders\">Queer Elders<\/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\/06\/Richard-Tsao.jpg\" class=\"kg-image\" alt loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\"><\/figure>\n<div>\n<h3>\n\t\t\tRichard Tsao\u2019s \u201cSanuk\u201d Art<br \/>\n\t\t<\/h3>\n<p>\n\t\tIn an interview with Hyperallergic, the artist known for his \u201cFlood Room\u201d paintings compares his decades-long practice to \u201cthe need for food.\u201d | AX Mina\n\t<\/p>\n<p>\t\tRead More<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<h2 id=\"guide\">Guide<\/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\/06\/upstate-art-weekend.jpg\" class=\"kg-image\" alt loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\"><\/figure>\n<div>\n<h3>\n\t\t\tWhat You Can\u2019t Miss at Upstate Art Weekend<br \/>\n\t\t<\/h3>\n<p>\n\t\tThe art extravaganza in New York\u2019s Hudson Valley and Catskills is back with a retrospective of Betty Parsons, a tailgate-style exhibition, living sculptures, and more.\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\/06\/architecture-biennale.jpg\" class=\"kg-image\" alt loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\"><\/figure>\n<div>\n<h3>\n\t\t\tArt Movements<br \/>\n\t\t<\/h3>\n<p>\n\t\tTrump is coming for the Architecture Biennale, Modigliani\u2019s \u201cindecent\u201d nude fetches $63.9M, the National Gallery of Art gets a major contemporary art gift, and more industry news.\n\t<\/p>\n<p>\t\tRead More<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<h3>\n\t\t\tRequired Reading<br \/>\n\t\t<\/h3>\n<p>\n\t\tThis week: Scott Burton\u2019s last sculpture, remembering Lebanese environmental activist Mona Khalil, AI slop in art journalism, NYC\u2019s rollerskating queer icon, and more.\n\t<\/p>\n<p>\t\tRead More<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<hr>\n<h2 id=\"member-comment\">Member Comment<\/h2>\n<div class=\"kg-card kg-callout-card kg-callout-card-yellow\">\n<div class=\"kg-callout-text\">I love your article Paddy! You always bring my attention to story lines that I don\u2019t know about and are very enriching. I really appreciate it. I can see how you and James really jelled. You both have so much to share with the world.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Laura L Smith on \u201cJames Wagner, Insatiable Art Collector, Dies at 85\u201d<\/p>\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\/06\/william-kentridge-interview.jpg\" class=\"kg-image\" alt loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\"><\/figure>\n<div>\n<h3>\n\t\t\tWilliam Kentridge Sees the Universe in a Pot of Coffee<br \/>\n\t\t<\/h3>\n<p>\n\t\tThe artist tells Hyperallergic about how the isolation of COVID-19 led to a streaming series set wholly within the bounds of his studio. | Debra Brehmer\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\">William Kentridge and Lapis Blue<\/h1>\n<p class=\"gh-article-excerpt is-body\">Plus, why is Trump meddling in the Venice Architecture Biennale?<\/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:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/4963dd3ebbdb72fe2da00ddb341aa1ecb4f3a13e44b8c588a159ec58503ad619?s=500&amp;d=blank&amp;r=g\" 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=\"2026-06-26\">June 26, 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>By his own admission, William Kentridge\u2019s studio is a \u201csafe space for stupidity.\u201d This principle has served the indefatigable South African artist well \u2014 over the course of six decades, he has developed a style all his own spanning printmaking, drawing, animation, and sculpture. Now, he\u2019s sharing insights into his dendritic process in a new book based on a 2024 lecture he delivered at Oxford. Read one such chapter on lapis blue and creativity exclusively on <em>Hyperallergic<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>Also today: a guide to Upstate Art Weekend, Trump\u2019s meddling with the Venice Biennale of Architecture, and an interview with painter Richard Tsao.<\/p>\n<p><em>\u2014Lakshmi 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\/06\/william-kentridge-book.jpg\" class=\"kg-image\" alt loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\"><\/figure>\n<div>\n<h3>\n\t\t\tA Natural History of William Kentridge\u2019s Studio<br \/>\n\t\t<\/h3>\n<p>\n\t\tSome years ago, two friends gave me a block of watercolour, pure lapis lazuli from Afghanistan. Lapis lazuli is a precious pigment used sparingly in Renaissance painting, now more generally replaced by French ultramarine. But there is an intense blueness in lapis, a colour coming off the paper towards you that is unmatched by any synthetic colour. In projections and photography and printing, this blue always loses its power.\n      <\/p>\n<p>\n      I don\u2019t use colour in my drawings. But I painted some squares and circles to see the colour I was given. I was caught, wanting to devour the blue and not knowing how to bring it into anything I was drawing. While waiting to solve what I should do with the blue, I started painting texts and phrases with it | William Kentridge\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\/06\/paul---daisy-soros-ad.jpg\" alt=\"CTA Image\" data-image-dimensions=\"1200x675\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"kg-cta-content-inner\">\n<div class=\"kg-cta-text\">\n<p><b><strong>A $90,000 Graduate Fellowship for Immigrants &amp; Children of Immigrants in the Visual Arts<\/strong><\/b><\/p>\n<p><span>The Paul &amp; Daisy Soros Fellowships for New Americans supports immigrants &amp; children of immigrants in MFA, MA, PhD &amp; other graduate programs.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>                            Learn more<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<hr>\n<h2 id=\"queer-elders\">Queer Elders<\/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\/06\/Richard-Tsao.jpg\" class=\"kg-image\" alt loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\"><\/figure>\n<div>\n<h3>\n\t\t\tRichard Tsao\u2019s \u201cSanuk\u201d Art<br \/>\n\t\t<\/h3>\n<p>\n\t\tIn an interview with Hyperallergic, the artist known for his \u201cFlood Room\u201d paintings compares his decades-long practice to \u201cthe need for food.\u201d | AX Mina\n\t<\/p>\n<p>\t\tRead More<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<h2 id=\"guide\">Guide<\/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\/06\/upstate-art-weekend.jpg\" class=\"kg-image\" alt loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\"><\/figure>\n<div>\n<h3>\n\t\t\tWhat You Can\u2019t Miss at Upstate Art Weekend<br \/>\n\t\t<\/h3>\n<p>\n\t\tThe art extravaganza in New York\u2019s Hudson Valley and Catskills is back with a retrospective of Betty Parsons, a tailgate-style exhibition, living sculptures, and more.\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\/06\/architecture-biennale.jpg\" class=\"kg-image\" alt loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\"><\/figure>\n<div>\n<h3>\n\t\t\tArt Movements<br \/>\n\t\t<\/h3>\n<p>\n\t\tTrump is coming for the Architecture Biennale, Modigliani\u2019s \u201cindecent\u201d nude fetches $63.9M, the National Gallery of Art gets a major contemporary art gift, and more industry news.\n\t<\/p>\n<p>\t\tRead More<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<h3>\n\t\t\tRequired Reading<br \/>\n\t\t<\/h3>\n<p>\n\t\tThis week: Scott Burton\u2019s last sculpture, remembering Lebanese environmental activist Mona Khalil, AI slop in art journalism, NYC\u2019s rollerskating queer icon, and more.\n\t<\/p>\n<p>\t\tRead More<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<hr>\n<h2 id=\"member-comment\">Member Comment<\/h2>\n<div class=\"kg-card kg-callout-card kg-callout-card-yellow\">\n<div class=\"kg-callout-text\">I love your article Paddy! You always bring my attention to story lines that I don\u2019t know about and are very enriching. I really appreciate it. I can see how you and James really jelled. You both have so much to share with the world.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Laura L Smith on \u201cJames Wagner, Insatiable Art Collector, Dies at 85\u201d<\/p>\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\/06\/william-kentridge-interview.jpg\" class=\"kg-image\" alt loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\"><\/figure>\n<div>\n<h3>\n\t\t\tWilliam Kentridge Sees the Universe in a Pot of Coffee<br \/>\n\t\t<\/h3>\n<p>\n\t\tThe artist tells Hyperallergic about how the isolation of COVID-19 led to a streaming series set wholly within the bounds of his studio. | Debra Brehmer\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>By his own admission, William Kentridge\u2019s studio is a \u201csafe space for stupidity.\u201d This principle has served the indefatigable South African artist well \u2014 over the course of six decades, he has developed a style all his own spanning printmaking, drawing, animation, and sculpture. Now, he\u2019s sharing insights into his dendritic process in a new book based on a 2024 lecture he delivered at Oxford. Read one such chapter on lapis blue and creativity exclusively on <em>Hyperallergic<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>Also today: a guide to Upstate Art Weekend, Trump\u2019s meddling with the Venice Biennale of Architecture, and an interview with painter Richard Tsao.<\/p>\n<p><em>\u2014Lakshmi 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\/06\/william-kentridge-book.jpg\" class=\"kg-image\" alt loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\"><\/figure>\n<div>\n<h3>\n\t\t\tA Natural History of William Kentridge\u2019s Studio<br \/>\n\t\t<\/h3>\n<p>\n\t\tSome years ago, two friends gave me a block of watercolour, pure lapis lazuli from Afghanistan. Lapis lazuli is a precious pigment used sparingly in Renaissance painting, now more generally replaced by French ultramarine. But there is an intense blueness in lapis, a colour coming off the paper towards you that is unmatched by any synthetic colour. In projections and photography and printing, this blue always loses its power.\n      <\/p>\n<p>\n      I don\u2019t use colour in my drawings. But I painted some squares and circles to see the colour I was given. I was caught, wanting to devour the blue and not knowing how to bring it into anything I was drawing. While waiting to solve what I should do with the blue, I started painting texts and phrases with it | William Kentridge\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\/06\/paul---daisy-soros-ad.jpg\" alt=\"CTA Image\" data-image-dimensions=\"1200x675\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"kg-cta-content-inner\">\n<div class=\"kg-cta-text\">\n<p><b><strong>A $90,000 Graduate Fellowship for Immigrants &amp; Children of Immigrants in the Visual Arts<\/strong><\/b><\/p>\n<p><span>The Paul &amp; Daisy Soros Fellowships for New Americans supports immigrants &amp; children of immigrants in MFA, MA, PhD &amp; other graduate programs.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>                            Learn more<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<hr>\n<h2 id=\"queer-elders\">Queer Elders<\/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\/06\/Richard-Tsao.jpg\" class=\"kg-image\" alt loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\"><\/figure>\n<div>\n<h3>\n\t\t\tRichard Tsao\u2019s \u201cSanuk\u201d Art<br \/>\n\t\t<\/h3>\n<p>\n\t\tIn an interview with Hyperallergic, the artist known for his \u201cFlood Room\u201d paintings compares his decades-long practice to \u201cthe need for food.\u201d | AX Mina\n\t<\/p>\n<p>\t\tRead More<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<h2 id=\"guide\">Guide<\/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\/06\/upstate-art-weekend.jpg\" class=\"kg-image\" alt loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\"><\/figure>\n<div>\n<h3>\n\t\t\tWhat You Can\u2019t Miss at Upstate Art Weekend<br \/>\n\t\t<\/h3>\n<p>\n\t\tThe art extravaganza in New York\u2019s Hudson Valley and Catskills is back with a retrospective of Betty Parsons, a tailgate-style exhibition, living sculptures, and more.\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\/06\/architecture-biennale.jpg\" class=\"kg-image\" alt loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\"><\/figure>\n<div>\n<h3>\n\t\t\tArt Movements<br \/>\n\t\t<\/h3>\n<p>\n\t\tTrump is coming for the Architecture Biennale, Modigliani\u2019s \u201cindecent\u201d nude fetches $63.9M, the National Gallery of Art gets a major contemporary art gift, and more industry news.\n\t<\/p>\n<p>\t\tRead More<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<h3>\n\t\t\tRequired Reading<br \/>\n\t\t<\/h3>\n<p>\n\t\tThis week: Scott Burton\u2019s last sculpture, remembering Lebanese environmental activist Mona Khalil, AI slop in art journalism, NYC\u2019s rollerskating queer icon, and more.\n\t<\/p>\n<p>\t\tRead More<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<hr>\n<h2 id=\"member-comment\">Member Comment<\/h2>\n<div class=\"kg-card kg-callout-card kg-callout-card-yellow\">\n<div class=\"kg-callout-text\">I love your article Paddy! You always bring my attention to story lines that I don\u2019t know about and are very enriching. I really appreciate it. I can see how you and James really jelled. You both have so much to share with the world.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Laura L Smith on \u201cJames Wagner, Insatiable Art Collector, Dies at 85\u201d<\/p>\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\/06\/william-kentridge-interview.jpg\" class=\"kg-image\" alt loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\"><\/figure>\n<div>\n<h3>\n\t\t\tWilliam Kentridge Sees the Universe in a Pot of Coffee<br \/>\n\t\t<\/h3>\n<p>\n\t\tThe artist tells Hyperallergic about how the isolation of COVID-19 led to a streaming series set wholly within the bounds of his studio. | Debra Brehmer\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\/06\/20251023_pdsoros_art_gallery-2.jpg\" alt=\"A $90,000 Graduate Fellowship for Immigrants &amp; Children of Immigrants in the Visual Arts\" loading=\"lazy\"><\/figure>\n<div class=\"gh-card-wrapper\">\n<h3 class=\"gh-card-title is-title\">A $90,000 Graduate Fellowship for Immigrants &amp; Children of Immigrants in the Visual Arts<\/h3>\n<p class=\"gh-card-excerpt is-body\">The Paul &amp; Daisy Soros Fellowships for New Americans supports immigrants &amp; children of immigrants in MFA, MA, PhD &amp; other graduate programs.<\/p>\n<footer class=\"gh-card-meta\"><span class=\"gh-card-author\">Paul &amp; Daisy Soros Fellowships for New Americans<\/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\/06\/2023_04-24_Rebirth-II-21.jpg\" alt=\"Pratt Manhattan Gallery Moves \u201cBeyond Digital\u201d in New Exhibition\" loading=\"lazy\"><\/figure>\n<div class=\"gh-card-wrapper\">\n<h3 class=\"gh-card-title is-title\">Pratt Manhattan Gallery Moves \u201cBeyond Digital\u201d in New Exhibition<\/h3>\n<p class=\"gh-card-excerpt is-body\">Exhibition of Pratt Digital Arts alumni explores technology, ecology, and emerging forms of intelligence.<\/p>\n<footer class=\"gh-card-meta\"><span class=\"gh-card-author\">Pratt Manhattan Gallery<\/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\/06\/Irene-Perez-by-PD-Rearick.jpg\" alt=\"Cranbrook Academy of Art Reopens Applications for Fall 2026\" loading=\"lazy\"><\/figure>\n<div class=\"gh-card-wrapper\">\n<h3 class=\"gh-card-title is-title\">Cranbrook Academy of Art Reopens Applications for Fall 2026<\/h3>\n<p class=\"gh-card-excerpt is-body\">The art institution is accepting applications from June 22 through August 15 for artists and designers considering graduate study.<\/p>\n<footer class=\"gh-card-meta\"><span class=\"gh-card-author\">Cranbrook Academy of Art<\/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\/06\/CorcIXD-HCDClass-Output-4.JPG\" alt=\"How the GW Corcoran Is Rethinking Interaction Design Education\" loading=\"lazy\"><\/figure>\n<div class=\"gh-card-wrapper\">\n<h3 class=\"gh-card-title is-title\">How the GW Corcoran Is Rethinking Interaction Design Education<\/h3>\n<p class=\"gh-card-excerpt is-body\">The Interaction Design program at the George Washington University Corcoran School of Arts and Design is utilizing partnerships across DC to encourage its students to develop more inclusive design practices.<\/p>\n<footer class=\"gh-card-meta\"><span class=\"gh-card-author\">George Washington University<\/span><\/footer>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<p>[analyse_source url=&#8221;https:\/\/hyperallergic.com\/william-kentridge-and-lapis-blue\/&#8221;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[analyse_image type=&#8221;featured&#8221; src=&#8221;&#8221;] Daily Newsletter William Kentridge and Lapis Blue Plus, why is Trump meddling in the Venice Architecture Biennale? 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