Today we remember Jaune Quick-to-See Smith, a groundbreaking visual artist, curator, and activist, who paved the way for many other Native artists. She died last week at age 85 after a long battle with pancreatic cancer.
You must’ve heard aboutDeepSeek, the Chinese AI model that rattled Western markets and humbled American tech oligarchs. Today, we test the app’s limits by asking it inconvenient questions about the county’s persecution of Ai Weiwei and other dissident artists. Read what the chatbot had to say in Isa Farfan’s report.
Last week, we reported that Donald Trump reinstated his laughable executive order to promote “beautiful federal civic architecture.” In an opinion piece today, historian Katherine Kelaidis explains how this decree flies in the face of Trump’s populist agenda. It’s worth a read. Meanwhile, the Smithsonian Institution closes its diversity office to comply with Trump’s policies, following in the footsteps of the National Gallery of Art in DC. What a time.
There’s more, including important tax advice for American artists and galleries, a list of the artists participating in the 2025 Made in LA Biennial, a new true crime documentary about our obsession with true crime, and more.
— Hakim Bishara, Senior Editor
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