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To receive\u00a0Morning Links\u00a0in your inbox every weekday,\u00a0sign\u00a0up\u00a0for our\u00a0<\/em>Breakfast with ARTnews\u00a0newsletter<\/em>.<\/p>\n \n\tGood Morning!<\/p>\n WET. WET. WET. <\/strong>Flash flooding in New York City forced the New Museum to close over the weekend after water leaked into a gallery housing WangShui\u2019s installation Oppose the Serpent (2024). VVideo shared with\u00a0ARTnews<\/em><\/strong> showed water pooling on the floor as staff put buckets under leaks, though the museum said no artworks were damaged. The incident comes just months after the debut of the museum\u2019s $82 million OMA-designed expansion, which faced criticism over unfinished construction details following its March opening. The museum closed early on Saturday and remained shut on Sunday as severe weather swept across the city.<\/p>\n OUTBREAK GROWS. <\/strong>A third person has died in New York City\u2019s Legionnaires\u2019 disease outbreak, with 74 people on Manhattan\u2019s Upper East Side having fallen ill, the\u00a0New York Post<\/em><\/strong> reported.\u00a0 Health officials have detected Legionella bacteria in cooling towers at 76 buildings, including the Met, the Guggenheim, and the Cooper Hewitt Smithsonian Design Museum. While investigators have not identified a single source, officials say new infections have slowed significantly after contaminated cooling towers were ordered to be cleaned and disinfected. The museums remain open as monitoring and remediation efforts continue.<\/p>\n \n\tBritish artist\u00a0Philip Colbert<\/strong>has installed 36 giant lobster sculptures among\u00a0Pompeii<\/strong>\u2019s ancient ruins, creating a surreal mash-up of pop art and Roman history inspired by a 2,000-year-old lobster mosaic found at the site. [The Times]<\/p>\n Dissident Cuban artist\u00a0Luis Manuel Otero Alc\u00e1ntara<\/strong>has arrived in\u00a0Miami\u00a0<\/strong>on a US humanitarian visa after disappearing following his release from a five-year prison sentence in\u00a0Cuba<\/strong>. [New York Times]<\/p>\n \n\tThe\u00a0FT<\/em>\u00a0looks inside Belgian artist\u00a0Koen Vanmechelen<\/strong>\u2019s\u00a0Labiomista<\/strong>\u00a0project, which blends art, science, and animal conservation into a living laboratory. [FT]<\/p>\n The\u00a0Minneapolis Institute of Art<\/strong>\u00a0has appointed\u00a0Kevin Tervala<\/strong>\u00a0as its new chief of curatorial affairs and exhibitions, putting him in charge of the museum\u2019s exhibition strategy and curatorial vision. [The Art Newspaper]<\/p>\n JACKET JACKPOT. Nvidia\u00a0<\/strong>CEO\u00a0Jensen Huang<\/strong>\u2019s trademark leather jacket sold at\u00a0Sotheby\u2019s<\/strong>\u00a0for\u00a0$960,000<\/strong>\u00a0on July 17, more than 15 times its high estimate of $60,000. Proceeds from the sale will benefit the\u00a0Edge Institute<\/strong>, a venture capital-backed nonprofit that brings together figures from technology, science, culture, and society to explore ideas for the future.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n [analyse_source url=”https:\/\/www.artnews.com\/art-news\/news\/legionnaires-outbreak-in-nyc-morning-links-for-july-20-2026-1234792802\/”]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" [analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https:\/\/www.artnews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/GettyImages-1912291979.jpg?w=1024″] To receive\u00a0Morning Links\u00a0in your inbox every weekday,\u00a0sign\u00a0up\u00a0for our\u00a0Breakfast with ARTnews\u00a0newsletter. Good Morning! Flash flooding in New York City forced the New Museum to close over the weekend. A third person has died in New York City\u2019s Legionnaires\u2019 disease outbreak, with Legionella bacteria found in the Met and Guggenheim. 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