| Today in the news, President Donald Trump has pulled the United States out of the Venice Biennale, deeming the exhibition spotlighting artists from more than 80 countries “too diverse.” Instead, he's opening a new museum right at home: The Smithsonian Museum of the American Proud Boy. Meanwhile, a Nebraska museum claims to have discovered five never-before-seen variants on Edvard Munch’s “The Scream” (1893), depicting emotions like happiness, boredom, and sadness. Here in New York, Anna Wintour just announced the theme of this year’s Met Gala: “Fascisms.” This 20th-century movement has been flattened in art history, she argues: “Fascists are not a monolith.” And the Brooklyn Museum institutes a new “Pay What We Wish” policy in response to budget deficits. Read more below for a new study that shows that the majority of artists only read reviews of their own work (except for the occasional hate-read of rival artists); an archeological discovery that predicted the coming of Saint Luigi; and Art Is Blind, a spin-off of Love Is Blind wherein curators fall in love with paintings through a wall. — Lisa Yin Zhang, Associate Editor | | |
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 | | The president called for “a return to showcasing the great art of this country in a context-free void” and “definitely not in a liberal European swamp.” | Valentina Di Liscia |
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MUSEUM NEWS |  | | The initiative is part of President Trump’s push to restore “American greatness” at the Smithsonian. | Isa Farfan |
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|  | | The policy is the museum’s newest attempt to shift its financial burden onto its lowest-ranking staff and the public. | Lisa Yin Zhang |
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LATEST DISCOVERIES |  | | The painting depicts a handsome figure with thickset brows and the Latin words “Mora, Negare, Deponere” (“Delay, Deny, Depose.”) | Maya Pontone |
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|  | | Much like the iconic piece, a suite of five “never-before-seen” works tackles big emotions. | Lisa Yin Zhang |
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MORE ON HYPERALLERGIC |  | | An accompanying exhibition at the Costume Institute aims to diversify our understanding of the movement, emphasizing that “fascists are not a monolith.” | Hrag Vartanian |
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|  | | The show invites participants to fall in love with a work of art sight unseen, relying solely on cryptic artists' statements and esoteric audioguides. | Valentina Di Liscia |
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|  | | Some respondents added that they will occasionally hate-read a negative review of an artist they vehemently dislike, which “just hits different.” | Lakshmi Rivera Amin |
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