{"id":2049125,"date":"2026-07-17T10:00:36","date_gmt":"2026-07-17T07:00:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=2049125"},"modified":"2026-07-17T10:00:36","modified_gmt":"2026-07-17T07:00:36","slug":"planned-charlie-kirk-statue-gets-trolled","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=2049125","title":{"rendered":"Planned Charlie Kirk Statue Gets Trolled"},"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\">Planned Charlie Kirk Statue Gets Trolled<\/h1>\n<p class=\"gh-article-excerpt is-body\">Also: Trump shrinks two national monuments in Utah by 90%.<\/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=\"2026-07-17\">July 17, 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>Today in the news, an artist announces his plan to install a monument to Charlie Kirk in Times Square this fall. Let&#8217;s just say the renderings don&#8217;t bode well. Meanwhile, the Trump administration cuts the size of two national monuments in Utah \u2014 rich with rock art and sacred land \u2014 by a staggering 90% while also pushing for &#8220;energy development&#8221; in the area.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Also: A docudrama attempts to shed new light on Caravaggio&#8217;s life, Required Reading, Art Movements, and lots more. <\/p>\n<p><em>\u2014Hakim Bishara, editor-in-chief<\/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\/07\/kirk-statue-comments-2.jpg\" class=\"kg-image\" alt loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\"><\/figure>\n<div>\n<h3>\n\t\t\tArtist\u2019s Planned Monument to Charlie Kirk Gets Trolled Online<br \/>\n\t\t<\/h3>\n<p>\n\t\tNew York City sculptor Sergio Furnari is being raked over the coals online over his plan to unveil a memorial sculpture of slain right-wing podcaster Charlie Kirk in Times Square.\n<\/p>\n<p>\nThousands have flocked to Furnari\u2019s Instagram comments to troll and threaten the forthcoming memorial, which will reportedly be unveiled on September 10 in recognition of the first anniversary of Kirk\u2019s assassination.\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\/07\/hyperallergic-deovindice-1.jpg\" alt=\"CTA Image\" data-image-dimensions=\"2000x1125\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"kg-cta-content-inner\">\n<div class=\"kg-cta-text\">\n<p><b><strong>The ICA at VCU Brings Immersive Installation \u201cDeo Vindice\u201d to Richmond<\/strong><\/b><\/p>\n<p><span>The gallery-sized installation at the Institute for Contemporary Art combines Greek mythology with Civil War history to examine white supremacy and hegemonic power.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>                            Learn more<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<hr>\n<h2 id=\"news\">News<\/h2>\n<figure class=\"kg-card kg-image-card\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/storage.ghost.io\/c\/51\/f8\/51f871d8-b6be-4a73-b958-0ca4fff0110a\/content\/images\/2026\/07\/national-monuments.jpg\" class=\"kg-image\" alt loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\"><\/figure>\n<ul>\n<li>The Trump administration has<strong>\u00a0<\/strong>significantly diminished the size of two national monuments in Utah that hold sacred lands and rich<strong>\u00a0<\/strong>archaeological sites.<\/li>\n<li>The Manhattan DA said three antiquities are being repatriated to Mexico. One of them was previously held by the Metropolitan Museum of Art.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<hr>\n<h2 id=\"from-our-critics\">From Our Critics<\/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\/07\/velvet.jpg\" class=\"kg-image\" alt loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\"><\/figure>\n<div>\n<h3>\n\t\t\tThe Artists Working in Velvet, Amethyst, and Relics<br \/>\n\t\t<\/h3>\n<p>\n\t\tAn exhibition showcases works by Sky Hopinka, vanessa german, April Bey, and others that have connections to spiritual practices and rituals. | Claudia Ross\n\t<\/p>\n<p>\t\tRead More<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<h3>\n\t\t\tFour Centuries Later, We Still Don\u2019t Get Caravaggio<br \/>\n\t\t<\/h3>\n<p>\n\t\tA British docudrama serves as a salutary primer on the Baroque master\u2019s greatest works, but we should be wary of what it tells us about the personality of its subject. | Anthony Majanlahti\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\/07\/art-movements-7.16.26.jpg\" class=\"kg-image\" alt loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\"><\/figure>\n<div>\n<h3>\n\t\t\tPat Oleszko Wins $100K Whitney Biennial Prize<br \/>\n\t\t<\/h3>\n<p>\n\t\tThe artist known for her irreverent inflatables gets the Bucksbaum Award, a new grant for artists living with cancer, and Murmurs Gallery closes.\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: Chitra Ganesh\u2019s futuristic myths, Andr\u00e9 Breton and optimism, the mermaids of Florida, a Palestinian digital archive, Argentina and racism, 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\">Brilliantly insightful and curious article. Fascinating how the real, superreal, and unreal combine in corporate story telling to the opposite end of actual community, culture, or worthwhile tradition.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Randy Polumbo on \u201cHow a Basket Empire Wove the Myth of America\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\/07\/caravaggio.jpg\" class=\"kg-image\" alt loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\"><\/figure>\n<div>\n<h3>\n\t\t\tCaravaggio Made Darkness Visible<br \/>\n\t\t<\/h3>\n<p>\n\t\tIn his violent, carnal visions, sparks of divinity may glow even from within the blackest confines of our fallen reality. | Ed Simon\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\">Planned Charlie Kirk Statue Gets Trolled<\/h1>\n<p class=\"gh-article-excerpt is-body\">Also: Trump shrinks two national monuments in Utah by 90%.<\/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=\"2026-07-17\">July 17, 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>Today in the news, an artist announces his plan to install a monument to Charlie Kirk in Times Square this fall. Let&#8217;s just say the renderings don&#8217;t bode well. Meanwhile, the Trump administration cuts the size of two national monuments in Utah \u2014 rich with rock art and sacred land \u2014 by a staggering 90% while also pushing for &#8220;energy development&#8221; in the area.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Also: A docudrama attempts to shed new light on Caravaggio&#8217;s life, Required Reading, Art Movements, and lots more. <\/p>\n<p><em>\u2014Hakim Bishara, editor-in-chief<\/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\/07\/kirk-statue-comments-2.jpg\" class=\"kg-image\" alt loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\"><\/figure>\n<div>\n<h3>\n\t\t\tArtist\u2019s Planned Monument to Charlie Kirk Gets Trolled Online<br \/>\n\t\t<\/h3>\n<p>\n\t\tNew York City sculptor Sergio Furnari is being raked over the coals online over his plan to unveil a memorial sculpture of slain right-wing podcaster Charlie Kirk in Times Square.\n<\/p>\n<p>\nThousands have flocked to Furnari\u2019s Instagram comments to troll and threaten the forthcoming memorial, which will reportedly be unveiled on September 10 in recognition of the first anniversary of Kirk\u2019s assassination.\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\/07\/hyperallergic-deovindice-1.jpg\" alt=\"CTA Image\" data-image-dimensions=\"2000x1125\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"kg-cta-content-inner\">\n<div class=\"kg-cta-text\">\n<p><b><strong>The ICA at VCU Brings Immersive Installation \u201cDeo Vindice\u201d to Richmond<\/strong><\/b><\/p>\n<p><span>The gallery-sized installation at the Institute for Contemporary Art combines Greek mythology with Civil War history to examine white supremacy and hegemonic power.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>                            Learn more<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<hr>\n<h2 id=\"news\">News<\/h2>\n<figure class=\"kg-card kg-image-card\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/storage.ghost.io\/c\/51\/f8\/51f871d8-b6be-4a73-b958-0ca4fff0110a\/content\/images\/2026\/07\/national-monuments.jpg\" class=\"kg-image\" alt loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\"><\/figure>\n<ul>\n<li>The Trump administration has<strong>\u00a0<\/strong>significantly diminished the size of two national monuments in Utah that hold sacred lands and rich<strong>\u00a0<\/strong>archaeological sites.<\/li>\n<li>The Manhattan DA said three antiquities are being repatriated to Mexico. One of them was previously held by the Metropolitan Museum of Art.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<hr>\n<h2 id=\"from-our-critics\">From Our Critics<\/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\/07\/velvet.jpg\" class=\"kg-image\" alt loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\"><\/figure>\n<div>\n<h3>\n\t\t\tThe Artists Working in Velvet, Amethyst, and Relics<br \/>\n\t\t<\/h3>\n<p>\n\t\tAn exhibition showcases works by Sky Hopinka, vanessa german, April Bey, and others that have connections to spiritual practices and rituals. | Claudia Ross\n\t<\/p>\n<p>\t\tRead More<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<h3>\n\t\t\tFour Centuries Later, We Still Don\u2019t Get Caravaggio<br \/>\n\t\t<\/h3>\n<p>\n\t\tA British docudrama serves as a salutary primer on the Baroque master\u2019s greatest works, but we should be wary of what it tells us about the personality of its subject. | Anthony Majanlahti\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\/07\/art-movements-7.16.26.jpg\" class=\"kg-image\" alt loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\"><\/figure>\n<div>\n<h3>\n\t\t\tPat Oleszko Wins $100K Whitney Biennial Prize<br \/>\n\t\t<\/h3>\n<p>\n\t\tThe artist known for her irreverent inflatables gets the Bucksbaum Award, a new grant for artists living with cancer, and Murmurs Gallery closes.\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: Chitra Ganesh\u2019s futuristic myths, Andr\u00e9 Breton and optimism, the mermaids of Florida, a Palestinian digital archive, Argentina and racism, 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\">Brilliantly insightful and curious article. Fascinating how the real, superreal, and unreal combine in corporate story telling to the opposite end of actual community, culture, or worthwhile tradition.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Randy Polumbo on \u201cHow a Basket Empire Wove the Myth of America\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\/07\/caravaggio.jpg\" class=\"kg-image\" alt loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\"><\/figure>\n<div>\n<h3>\n\t\t\tCaravaggio Made Darkness Visible<br \/>\n\t\t<\/h3>\n<p>\n\t\tIn his violent, carnal visions, sparks of divinity may glow even from within the blackest confines of our fallen reality. | Ed Simon\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>Today in the news, an artist announces his plan to install a monument to Charlie Kirk in Times Square this fall. Let&#8217;s just say the renderings don&#8217;t bode well. Meanwhile, the Trump administration cuts the size of two national monuments in Utah \u2014 rich with rock art and sacred land \u2014 by a staggering 90% while also pushing for &#8220;energy development&#8221; in the area.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Also: A docudrama attempts to shed new light on Caravaggio&#8217;s life, Required Reading, Art Movements, and lots more. <\/p>\n<p><em>\u2014Hakim Bishara, editor-in-chief<\/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\/07\/kirk-statue-comments-2.jpg\" class=\"kg-image\" alt loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\"><\/figure>\n<div>\n<h3>\n\t\t\tArtist\u2019s Planned Monument to Charlie Kirk Gets Trolled Online<br \/>\n\t\t<\/h3>\n<p>\n\t\tNew York City sculptor Sergio Furnari is being raked over the coals online over his plan to unveil a memorial sculpture of slain right-wing podcaster Charlie Kirk in Times Square.\n<\/p>\n<p>\nThousands have flocked to Furnari\u2019s Instagram comments to troll and threaten the forthcoming memorial, which will reportedly be unveiled on September 10 in recognition of the first anniversary of Kirk\u2019s assassination.\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\/07\/hyperallergic-deovindice-1.jpg\" alt=\"CTA Image\" data-image-dimensions=\"2000x1125\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"kg-cta-content-inner\">\n<div class=\"kg-cta-text\">\n<p><b><strong>The ICA at VCU Brings Immersive Installation \u201cDeo Vindice\u201d to Richmond<\/strong><\/b><\/p>\n<p><span>The gallery-sized installation at the Institute for Contemporary Art combines Greek mythology with Civil War history to examine white supremacy and hegemonic power.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>                            Learn more<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<hr>\n<h2 id=\"news\">News<\/h2>\n<figure class=\"kg-card kg-image-card\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/storage.ghost.io\/c\/51\/f8\/51f871d8-b6be-4a73-b958-0ca4fff0110a\/content\/images\/2026\/07\/national-monuments.jpg\" class=\"kg-image\" alt loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\"><\/figure>\n<ul>\n<li>The Trump administration has<strong>\u00a0<\/strong>significantly diminished the size of two national monuments in Utah that hold sacred lands and rich<strong>\u00a0<\/strong>archaeological sites.<\/li>\n<li>The Manhattan DA said three antiquities are being repatriated to Mexico. One of them was previously held by the Metropolitan Museum of Art.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<hr>\n<h2 id=\"from-our-critics\">From Our Critics<\/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\/07\/velvet.jpg\" class=\"kg-image\" alt loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\"><\/figure>\n<div>\n<h3>\n\t\t\tThe Artists Working in Velvet, Amethyst, and Relics<br \/>\n\t\t<\/h3>\n<p>\n\t\tAn exhibition showcases works by Sky Hopinka, vanessa german, April Bey, and others that have connections to spiritual practices and rituals. | Claudia Ross\n\t<\/p>\n<p>\t\tRead More<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<h3>\n\t\t\tFour Centuries Later, We Still Don\u2019t Get Caravaggio<br \/>\n\t\t<\/h3>\n<p>\n\t\tA British docudrama serves as a salutary primer on the Baroque master\u2019s greatest works, but we should be wary of what it tells us about the personality of its subject. | Anthony Majanlahti\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\/07\/art-movements-7.16.26.jpg\" class=\"kg-image\" alt loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\"><\/figure>\n<div>\n<h3>\n\t\t\tPat Oleszko Wins $100K Whitney Biennial Prize<br \/>\n\t\t<\/h3>\n<p>\n\t\tThe artist known for her irreverent inflatables gets the Bucksbaum Award, a new grant for artists living with cancer, and Murmurs Gallery closes.\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: Chitra Ganesh\u2019s futuristic myths, Andr\u00e9 Breton and optimism, the mermaids of Florida, a Palestinian digital archive, Argentina and racism, 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\">Brilliantly insightful and curious article. Fascinating how the real, superreal, and unreal combine in corporate story telling to the opposite end of actual community, culture, or worthwhile tradition.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Randy Polumbo on \u201cHow a Basket Empire Wove the Myth of America\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\/07\/caravaggio.jpg\" class=\"kg-image\" alt loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\"><\/figure>\n<div>\n<h3>\n\t\t\tCaravaggio Made Darkness Visible<br \/>\n\t\t<\/h3>\n<p>\n\t\tIn his violent, carnal visions, sparks of divinity may glow even from within the blackest confines of our fallen reality. | Ed Simon\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\/07\/hyperallergic-deovindice.jpg\" alt=\"The ICA at VCU Brings Immersive Installation &quot;Deo Vindice&quot; to Richmond\" loading=\"lazy\"><\/figure>\n<div class=\"gh-card-wrapper\">\n<h3 class=\"gh-card-title is-title\">The ICA at VCU Brings Immersive Installation &#8220;Deo Vindice&#8221; to Richmond<\/h3>\n<p class=\"gh-card-excerpt is-body\">The gallery-sized installation at the Institute for Contemporary Art combines Greek mythology with Civil War history to examine white supremacy and hegemonic power.<\/p>\n<footer class=\"gh-card-meta\"><span class=\"gh-card-author\">Institute for Contemporary Art, Virginia Commonwealth University<\/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\/The2025SFArtBookFair_photobyLizzyMyers.jpg\" alt=\"San Francisco Art Book Fair Celebrates 10 Years\" loading=\"lazy\"><\/figure>\n<div class=\"gh-card-wrapper\">\n<h3 class=\"gh-card-title is-title\">San Francisco Art Book Fair Celebrates 10 Years<\/h3>\n<p class=\"gh-card-excerpt is-body\">Presented by Minnesota Street Project Foundation, SFABF returns this July, welcoming 160 independent publishers from around the world. <\/p>\n<footer class=\"gh-card-meta\"><span class=\"gh-card-author\">San Francisco Art Book Fair<\/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\/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<p>[analyse_source url=&#8221;https:\/\/hyperallergic.com\/planned-charlie-kirk-statue-gets-trolled\/&#8221;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[analyse_image type=&#8221;featured&#8221; src=&#8221;&#8221;] Daily Newsletter Planned Charlie Kirk Statue Gets Trolled Also: Trump shrinks two national monuments in Utah by 90%. 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