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Good morning. ☁️ Today, the auction house Bonhams is selling drawing books by Native artists imprisoned in the 1870s. Outraged, tribal leaders have been trying to stop the sale. What would it take for auction houses to finally have some shame?

And did you know that Clement Greenberg, a once-influential American art critic, was an early adopter of "Sullivanian" psychotherapy, which later evolved into an oppressive cult? Artist Jesse Lambert, a survivor of the cult, recounts his story in a compelling comics column.

There's much more, but I'll leave you with this: Is the Speed Art Museum in Kentucky haunted by the ghost of its founder? Some of the museum's workers think so, and no, they're not kidding (I think).

— Hakim Bishara, Senior Editor

Thoughts on Clement Greenberg From a Cult Survivor

At the height of his influence as an art critic, Greenberg was in “Sullivanian” psychotherapy, the same cult psychotherapy I was later exposed to as a child. | Jesse Lambert

WHAT'S HAPPENING

Fort Marion ledger book illustrated by Bear's Heart (Nock-ko-ist, Cheyenne, 1851–1882) and Ohet-Toint (High Forehead, Kiowa, c. 1848-1934, 35) (image courtesy Bonhams)

• The Kiowa Tribe is urging Bonhams to halt the sale of four drawing books made by imprisoned Native artists.

• Rodney Graham, a polymathic Canadian artist known for his absurdist short films and “photo-conceptualist” practice, dies at 73.

• Los Angeles filmmakers are fighting to save Laemmle NoHo 7, an independent cinema slated to be replaced by luxury apartments.

• An 11-million-year-old unidentified fossil leads to the discovery of a new bird species.

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Is Kentucky's Speed Art Museum Haunted?

Founder Hattie Bishop Speed died in 1942 — but some employees of the museum say they continue to feel her presence. | Sarah Rose Sharp

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