The Guggenheim Finally Drops the Sackler Name

May 10, 2022 • View in browser

Good morning. 🌤️ Today, the Guggenheim Museum finally strips the Sackler family name from its walls, artists share their abortion stories at a New York gallery, the curators of Documenta 15 respond to allegations of anti-Semitism, and reviews of Louise Bourgeois's late-career fabric sculptures, the Southeast Queens Biennial, Daisuke Fukunaga, and much more.

— Hakim Bishara, interim editor-in-chief

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