Khaled Sabsabi Interview, Betye Saar Exhibition, Louvre Heist Film Announced

Hyperallergic's weekly newsletter covers multiple stories. Critic Aruna D'Souza interviewed Khaled Sabsabi about his controversial removal and reinstatement as Australia's Venice Biennale pavilion artist, his installations 'khalil' and 'conference of one's self' in the main exhibition 'In Minor Keys' curated by Koyo Kouoh, and the Sufi teachings influencing his work. Editor-in-Chief Hakim Bishara praised 'In Minor Keys' as a triumph. Jasmine Weber reported on Betye Saar's exhibition of Black dolls at the New York Historical. John Yau reviewed Larissa Borteh's paintings. News items include: Wolfgang Tillmans winning the Roswitha Haftmann Prize; the Ansel Adams Trust condemning gallerist James Danziger for selling AI-colorized editions; a film adaptation of the Louvre heist; painter Jay Milder's death at 92; Miami graffiti legend Eric Alan Hirt 'Eson' killed by a train; Wexner Center workers calling for renaming over Les Wexner's Epstein ties; the guilty verdict for the husband of murdered art dealer Brent Sikkema; Trump re-erecting a monument to enslaver Caesar Rodney in Wilmington, Delaware; and a study claiming museum visits slow aging. Other features include Frank Stella's Diné textiles at Arader Galleries, Charlotte Brontë and Octavia Butler at the Huntington Library, and an opinion piece on NYC cultural funding.