Good morning. Leave it to art to make a deeply dystopian election season even more so.
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October 28, 2024

Good morning. Leave it to art to make a deeply dystopian election season even more so. And when I say “art,” I mean a swirly poop sculpture on top of a replica of Nancy Pelosi’s desk on the National Mall. A plaque says the work aims to “honor” the January 6 insurrectionists, which makes this either brilliant satire or one of the most bizarre Trump endorsements since Tiger King’s Joe Exotic asked for a job on his cabinet.

In other truly unbelievable news, Maurizio Cattelan’s infamous banana artwork is going under the hammer with a low estimate of $1 million. We asked Sotheby’s if they were joking — read their response below.

There’s lots of other stories to kick off your week, including Aaron Short on Marian Goodman Gallery’s move to Tribeca in New York, a new book on how to live and thrive on the Internet, prints and textiles at the New York Public Library, and more.

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