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Photo of the newly elected president <b>EMMA NARDI</b> at a press conference announcing the adoption of the new definition, the election's outcome, and the results of the 26th ICOM

International Committee Settles on the New Definition of “Museum”

<b>HTEIN LIN</b> (left) and <b>VICKY BOWMAN</b> (right) were arrested by the Tatmadaw on August 24. Image via Twitter.

Myanmar Junta Arrests Leading Artist and Wife

Portrait of <b>TSUNEKO SASAMOTO</b>. Image via Instagram. Courtesy Tokyo International Film Festival.

Tsuneko Sasamoto (1914–2022)

Portrait of <b>EDDIE ABD</b>. Photo by Tim Connolly. Courtesy Artspace.

Weekly News Roundup: August 26, 2022

The entrance of Guangdong Times Museum in Guangzhou. Image via Facebook.

Private Art Museum in Guangzhou Closes after 19 Years

Detail of <b>TARING PADI</b>'s <i>All Mining Is Dangerous</i>, 2010, woodcut on cotton cloth, 89.6 x 259.7 cm, after alteration at documenta fifteen. Courtesy documenta fifteen.

Weekly News Roundup: August 19, 2022

Installation view of <b>SAJJAD ABBAS</b>'s I Can See You (2013) at the Akademie der Kunste, 12th Berlin Biennale for Contemporary Art, 2022. Photo by @dotgain.info via Instagram.

Iraqi Artists Withdraw from Berlin Biennale

Portrait of <b>TAKAHIKO IIMURA</b>. Image via Twitter.

Takahiko Iimura (1937–2022)

Exterior view of Taipei Performing Arts Center. Photo by Shephotoerd Co. Photography. Courtesy Office for Metropolitan Architecture.

Weekly News Roundup: August 12, 2022

Portrait of <b>MARGARET RARRU GARRAWURRA</b> in front of <i>Dhomala (pandanus sail)</i> (2022). Courtesy Museum and Art Gallery of the Northern Territory, Darwin.

Indigenous Woven Sail Wins Australia’s Telstra Art Award 2022

A portrait of<b> ISSEY MIYAKE</b>. Image via Twitter.

Issey Miyake (1938–2022)

Installation view of <b>MONIRA AL QADIRI</b>'s <i>OR-BIT IV</i>, 2018, levitating 3D printed sculpture, 30 x 30 x 30 cm, at 15. Triennale Kleinplastik Fellbach. Photo by Peter Hart

Weekly News Roundup: August 5, 2022

Installation view of Presence des Femmes, presented by the Archives of Women's Struggles in Algeria at the Fridericianum in Kassel. Image via Facebook.

Weekly News Roundup: July 29, 2022

Portrait of <b>JAFAR PANAHI</b>. Courtesy Berlinale.

Weekly News Roundup: July 22, 2022