Today in the news: The Taliban bans images of living beings “with a soul” in some Afghan media, a Mexican museum removes an artwork offensive to sex workers, and a sculpture of a giant pigeon is unveiled at New York’s High Line, revealing the little-known phenomenon of “pigeon influencers.”
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October 17, 2024

Today in the news: The Taliban bans images of living beings “with a soul” in some Afghan media, a Mexican museum removes an artwork offensive to sex workers, and a sculpture of a giant pigeon is unveiled at New York’s High Line, revealing the little-known phenomenon of “pigeon influencers.”

We also address the following questions: Is the art world more money-driven than ever? Why was Jerry Lewis’s Holocaust film never released? And what’s with all this talk about monsters in art? As usual, there’s more.

— Hakim Bishara, Senior Editor

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