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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 KENNEDY CENTER BLUES<\/strong>. The\u00a0John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts<\/strong>\u00a0is removing its outdoor\u00a0Blue<\/em>\u00a0(2019) sculpture by the late artist\u00a0Joel Shapiro<\/strong>, reports the\u00a0New York Times<\/em><\/strong>. The center has been plagued by controversy and\u00a0financial ruin\u00a0since President Trump took it over nearly a year ago, making this the latest point of contention around the landmark. The large blue metal sculpture resembling a dancing or energetically striding stick figure was targeted for deinstallation early on by the Trump administration<\/strong>, according to documents viewed by the\u00a0Times<\/em>. The center did not explain the reasons for the change and characterized the removal as common practice. Meanwhile,\u00a0Josef Palermo<\/strong>, former curator of visual arts and special programming at the Kennedy Center, has said that Trump\u2019s planned renovations for the center included installing new artworks. On Tuesday, he criticized the de-installation of\u00a0Blue<\/em>\u00a0without prior notice, adding that the center \u201cis in effect holding these pieces in trust for the American people, and there should be a lot more transparency.\u201d<\/p>\n BONHAMS BUMPS UP<\/strong>.\u00a0Bonhams<\/strong>\u00a0is raising its\u00a0buyer\u2019s premium<\/strong>, the extra fee charged to the winning bidder at auction, reports\u00a0Collector\u2019s Hype<\/em><\/strong>. According to a message sent to clients, a 30 percent fee, up from the previous 28 percent, will apply to bids of \u00a325,000 ($33,700) or less, taking place after October 1. The change, according to\u00a0Collector\u2019s Hype<\/em>, could potentially spread to other auction houses.<\/p>\n \n\tThe\u00a0Institute of Contemporary Art (ICA)<\/strong>\u00a0in San Diego is in\u00a0financial crisis<\/strong>, having recently fired eight workers and closed its main campus to the public, spurring calls for the removal of director\u00a0Andrew Utt<\/strong>. [The Art Newspaper]<\/p>\n \n\tNew research by arts and finance professor\u00a0Rachel Pownall<\/strong>\u00a0suggests growing wealth and income inequality is pushing higher dependence on a concentrated billionaire class, ultimately weakening the art market. [The Art Newspaper]<\/p>\n \n\tThe nearly 200-year-old\u00a0Academy of Natural Sciences<\/strong>\u00a0in Philadelphia, affiliated with\u00a0Drexel University<\/strong>, will close to the public at the end of September due to low attendance and rising costs, but it will continue to operate under a more limited capacity. [The New York Times]<\/p>\n \n\tNew Zealand\u2019s\u00a0Hundertwasser Art Centre<\/strong>\u00a0says \u201cno questions asked\u201d if an outdoor wooden and glass sculpture by local artist\u00a0Karin de Beer<\/strong>\u00a0is returned after it was stolen and carried off by bicycle about a week ago. [Radio New Zealand]<\/p>\n Edouard Kopp<\/strong>\u00a0was named director of the\u00a0Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art<\/strong>\u00a0at Cornell University, and he comes with seven years of experience as chief curator of the\u00a0Menil Drawing Institute<\/strong>\u00a0in Houston. [Cornell Chronicle]<\/p>\n COMPETING HIGH NOTES<\/strong>. A descendant of the 19th-century painter\u00a0Jules-Eug\u00e8ne Lenepveu<\/strong>\u00a0is fighting to restore the artist\u2019s 1875 mural on the dome ceiling of the gilded\u00a0Paris Opera Garnier<\/strong>, which was covered in 1964 with a now-beloved masterpiece by\u00a0Marc Chagall<\/strong>, reports\u00a0Le Monde<\/em><\/strong>. Lenepveu made historical paintings on several Paris landmarks. Chagall made his painting for the opera with three assistants while in his 70s, at no charge; it references 14 composers and, importantly, was designed to be removable without damaging Lenepveu\u2019s creation, per the artist\u2019s request. Though Chagall\u2019s replacement drew criticism from preservationists who said a modern creation had no place in a 19th-century-designed building, it was widely acclaimed upon its unveiling. Now Lenepveu\u2019s heir,\u00a0Arnaud Carayon<\/strong>, who presides over the Friends of Lenepveu Society, has appealed to\u00a0French President Emmanuel Macron<\/strong>\u00a0for an \u201calternating ceiling\u201d at the opera every decade or so, and is reportedly considering legal action. Macron is apparently \u201cparticularly attentive\u201d to the issue, per his chief of staff.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n [analyse_source url=”https:\/\/www.artnews.com\/art-news\/news\/morning-links-september-2-2026-1234796659\/”]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" [analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https:\/\/www.artnews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/GettyImages-1209105320.jpg?w=1024″] To receive\u00a0Morning Links\u00a0in your inbox every weekday,\u00a0sign\u00a0up\u00a0for our\u00a0Breakfast with ARTnews\u00a0newsletter. Good Morning! The Kennedy Center is removing its massive landmark sculpture, titled \u201cBlue,\u201d by the late artist Joel Shapiro. 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