Art
Museum Told to Surrender Schiele Drawing to Heirs of Man Killed by Nazis - The New York Times
The role of art in difficult times - Financial Times
Ai Weiwei installation to launch New York City social justice art program - The Guardian
Kent State student's violent anti-Trump art display spurs outrage - Fox News
Twin Cities weekend: Art in Bloom, Indie Bookstore Day, craft beer fest - Axios
St. Augustine is reconsidering controversial art installation on San Marco Avenue roundabout - St. Augustine Record
Art Market Trends 2025 - Artsy
Artworks become floral masterpieces for Art in Bloom at Minneapolis Institute of Art - Star Tribune
Culture
The Vietnam war made American culture bolder and more varied - The Economist
Arab American Heritage Month: A Celebration of Culture - the wellsville sun
Gun Culture a Key Factor in School Shooter Backgrounds - Neuroscience News
Is China the new cool? How Beijing is using pop culture to win the soft power war - The Conversation
Arena: Poch doesn't understand culture of USMNT - ESPN
How Japan Remade American Culture - The New York Times
Down on The Drag: Over a century of stories, culture on Guadalupe Street - The Daily Texan
How ‘little treat culture’ is bringing comfort to Boston - Boston.com
Cazimero calls power of Pele ‘one of the most important parts’ of Hawaiian culture - Hawaii News Now
Fine Art
BBQ University: Scheels brings in grilling stars to teach the fine art of barbecue to employees - InForum
AIPAD 2025 The Photography Show : Jackson Fine Art - The Eye of Photography
Florida’s Jacksonville University Discontinues Fine Arts Majors - The Violin Channel
Art from the Heart expo a first for Maumee Senior Center - Toledo Blade
North County K-12 Spring Art Show showcases art by students from 29 schools - Sarasota Herald-Tribune
Miami Art Dealer Is Charged With Selling Fraudulent Warhols - The New York Times
Boston’s Museum of Fine Arts Names Next Director - The New York Times
Westfield Specialty International names Mark Benbow to lead new Fine Art & Specie team - Reinsurance News
Anderson's Soiree festival will highlight fine art, digital art, ceramics, printmaking - Independent Mail
Visual Arts
After big changes last year, OKC's Festival of Arts continues with new offerings, improvements - The Oklahoman
Klára Hosnedlová on her search for a new artistic language - Financial Times
6 can’t-miss Seattle art exhibits for May - The Seattle Times
Greenville Center for Creative Arts CEO steps down; interim appointed - Greenville Journal
The Cedars Union Expands Its Vision with New Leadership and a $500k Gift - Dallas Observer
MFA to close Benin Kingdom Gallery - WGBH
How Yi Ming’s Art Bridges West and East, Old and New - USA Today
Art Beat - The Taos News
This Art Gallery and Bookstore Might Be The Hippest Place in Dallas - Dallas Observer
CoSA Visual Arts Showcases “Centered” – A Special Exhibit at C3 Gallery - Coronado Times
Literature
“Poetry City”: Iowa City, Iowa - Public Books
‘Funny, sexy and a bit weird’: inside the new wave of literary parties - The Guardian
The Most Literary Pope: Requiescat in Pace, Francis - Literary Hub
7 Books That Turn the Workplace Into a Nightmare - Electric Literature
'Spring Reading' – China-Latin America Literature Salon held at Colombian Embassy - Global Times
11 Small Press Books You Should Be Reading This Spring - Electric Literature
What Does the Literature of the Working Class Look Like? - The Atlantic
I saw the rise and decline of YA literature from the inside. Here’s what it was like - Los Angeles Times
Mario Vargas Llosa: Giant of Latin American literature - BBC
Writer
The delightfully analog art of letter-writing - NPR
NFL beat writer 2025 mock draft 3.0: Which team takes a chance on Shedeur Sanders? - The Athletic - The New York Times
This Wisconsin writer tried homesteading for 15 years in the Driftless Area - WPR
US writers at growing risk of crackdown on free speech, says PEN America - The Guardian
Writers Week returns to in-person-only format - University of California, Riverside
Four U.S. writers, one German writer nominated for Griffin Poetry Prize - The Globe and Mail
Statue of Sylvia Townsend Warner approved for Dorchester - BBC
A “Boy Meets World” Writer Just Shared Fascinating Insight Into One Of Disney’s Banned Episodes - BuzzFeed
Kenneth Jackson, writer, publisher, and editor of Urban CNY, has died at the age of 67 - Syracuse.com