The Beastie Boys, Nirvana, Debbie Harry, Nico, Johnny Sex, Vaginal Davis — these are just a few of the artists who performed over the years at the Pyramid, New York’s legendary nightclub. A new book looks back at the glory days of the defunct East Village venue, and we got acclaimed author Arthur Nersesian to review it. Give it a read. In reviews, our Rome-based contributor Anthony Majanlahti visits a show that explores how the Roman Empire viewed the rest of the world through art, while Jad Salfiti reports from a Berlin exhibition uplifting Palestinian voices amid an atmosphere of censorship. Meanwhile, workers at Philadelphia’s Penn Museum vote for a strike, demanding higher wages, and imprisoned Chinese artist Gao Zhen of the Gao Brothers prepares for trial over charges of "defaming" Mao Zedong. Thanks for reading! — Hakim Bishara, Managing Editor | | |
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 | | A book of oral histories about the now-shuttered venue takes us through those who came before, made it big, and died too soon. | Arthur Nersesian |
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SPONSORED |  | | | Toshiko Takaezu was celebrated for her experimental approach to abstraction and form over a lengthy career, which spanned the 1950s into the 2000s. While she is widely known for her painterly ceramics, Takaezu spent three decades mastering the possibilities of bronze. Toshiko Takaezu: Bronzes foregrounds the artist’s series of outdoor sculptures in the medium.
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IN THE NEWS |  | | A leading human rights lawyer will represent the artist, who faces China’s infamously repressive anti-defamation laws over artworks he created 15 years ago. | Maya Pontone |
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|  | | “Too many of the workers we represent at the Museum struggle to make ends meet,” said the union, which is urging the University of Pennsylvania to increase wages. | Maya Pontone |
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LATEST IN ART |  | | The Spore Initiative views the Palestinian struggle as part of a pattern of global extraction. | Jad Salfiti |
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|  | | Global Baroque surveys the triumphant internationalism of a new age of vast and rapid interchanges of art and culture, with Rome at its center. | Anthony Majanlahti |
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IN MEMORIAM | | Henry Hunt (1949–2025)
Houston arts administrator who connected artists | Glasstire
Jim Parkinson (1941–2025)
Lettering artist and art director at Rolling Stone | New York Times
Patricia Peterson (1926–2025)
Fashion editor who worked at The Met’s Costume Institute | New York Times
Peter Phillips (1939–2025)
British founder of the Pop Art movement | Times
Isaka Shamsud-Din (1940–2025)
Painter who centered Pacific Northwest Black history | Oregonian
Jim Shooter (1951–2025)
Comic book editor at Marvel | New York Times
Julie Speidel (1941–2025)
Seattle-based geological sculptor and printmaker | Seattle Times
Gerard Taylor (1951–2025)
Visionary Scottish designer | Guardian
Lumin Wakoa (1981–2025)
Painter inspired by nature | Tallahassee Democrat |
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