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Weekly Newsletter Maybe This Fall Will Be Kind Yayoi Kusama, Sliman Mansour, and Dolly Parton pass away, and a major Pompeii show comes to the US. August 29, 2026 — 6 min read From a high platform in the Broadway Junction station, I see a forlorn cloud hovering over the rooftops of East Brooklyn. The sky around it is perfectly clear. The next morning, I find it still standing in the same spot, but it’s faded, famished.

Art Review — 5 min read Installation view of Jan van Eyck, “Portret van Margareta van Eyck” (1439) in Bigger Picture: Connected worlds of Bruges 900-1550 at BRUSK (© Jan Darthet; all images courtesy BRUSK) BRUGES, Belgium — With its cobblestone streets, glossy green canals, and stepped gable townhouses, Bruges has the self-contained and unchanging quality of a scene in a snow globe.

Two visitors smashed a display case and made off with a platinum and diamond necklace at the Museum of Applied Arts (MAK) in Vienna yesterday afternoon, August 27. Per the Viennese daily newspaper Der Standard, the Van Cleef & Arpels necklace was last appraised at $4.6 million by Sotheby’s. It was displayed as part of Glanzstücke, an ongoing exhibition featuring over 500 works gathered from the museum’s design collection and the French luxury jewelry house.

Demolitions are underway on the Rike Park Music Theatre and Exhibition Hall in Tbilisi, Georgia, prompting outcry from local community members and the architects who designed the two-structure complex. Set against the historic 19th-century buildings that define the capital city’s dominant style, the landmark is known as the “Rike Tubes” for its futuristic appearance, a reminder of the country’s modernist push from the 2000s to the early 2010s.

Opinion — 5 min read Lia Strasser’s drawings inspired by a visit to the Pollock-Krasner House (artwork © Lia Strasser) Earlier this year, the Metropolitan Museum of Art announced its forthcoming exhibition Krasner and Pollock: Past Continuous on Instagram, alongside a photograph of the artists by Hans Namuth. Seething, I looked to the comments for affirmation. I didn’t have to scroll for long.

Community — 5 min read Welcome to the 352ndinstallment of A View From the Easel, a series in which artists reflect on their workspace. This week, printmaker and self-proclaimed “mountain ultrarunner” Hilary Lorenz transforms paper into boats, books, and weavings in the studio she built herself. Want to take part? Check out our submission guidelines and share a bit about your studio with us through this form! All mediums and workspaces are welcome, including your home studio.

News — 4 min read Celebrity Illustrator Mr Doodle drew over a photo of Yayoi Kusama in his signature style. (image courtesy Mr Doodle) From her beloved dotted pumpkins to her immersive Infinity Mirror Rooms, artist Yayoi Kusama reenvisioned the pop avant-garde with artworks that often doubled as social commentary and public protest.

For me, autumn in New York means four things: art fair frenzy, leaf peeping, apple cider donuts, and lots and lots of openings. To help you navigate the wealth of stellar exhibitions this year, from gallery shows to blockbuster surveys, we’re proud to present our Hyperallergic Fall 2026 New York Art Guide. Choose your own adventure: telenovelas and their influence on contemporary art, Lee Krasner and Jackson Pollock side by side, explorations of girlhood and art.

Art Movements, published every Thursday afternoon, is a roundup of must-know news, appointments, awards, and other art-world happenings. The 2026 Counterpublic triennial in St. Louis, opening next month with the title Coyote Time, announced four new commissions by contemporary Native artists in partnership with the Walker Youngbird Foundation. These are among the close to 50 artworks that will debut across the city starting September 10.

Guide — 34 min read Kawauchi Rinko, “Untitled” (2004) (image courtesy the artist and Aperture) School’s back in session in the art world, too — this fall, exhibitions on textbook artists like Abstract Expressionists Lee Krasner and Jackson Pollock, Pop artist Roy Lichtenstein, and modernist Constantin Brancusi are landing at The Met, the Whitney, and MoMA, respectively.