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Mar 03, 2026 What We Skipped: Leadership changes, artist dies in Russian prison,and a gallery closure

What We Skipped is a recurring log of stories Urgent Matter considered but chose not to publish, with brief explanations of those decisions.

by Adam Schrader
Government and Cultural Heritage   -   Mar 02, 2026 Tehran’s Golestan Palace damaged; UNESCO warns of threats amid U.S.-Iran war
An interior view of Tehran’s Golestan Palace shows damage after airstrikes by the United States and Israel

The Iranian government shares photographs of the damage, depicting its ornate halls with shattered glass and scattered debris.

by Adam Schrader
Law and Crime   -   Mar 02, 2026 Egyptian tour guide who drew on pyramid arrested
A tour guide and chalk drawings are seen on a pyramid in egypt

The tour guide apologized for drawing in chalk on the exterior surface of the Pyramid of Unas in Saqqara.

by Adam Schrader
Science and Technology   -   Mar 02, 2026 Supreme Court declines to hear A.I. artwork copyright case
An AI generated image of train tracks running through a natural environment

The Supreme Court did not provide a reason for declining to hear the case.

by Adam Schrader
Labor and Capital   -   Mar 02, 2026 DePaul Art Museum to close in June amid university financial woes
Patrons are seen in the DePaul Art Museum in its 2011 opening

The museum, which opened in 2011, holds more than 4,000 artworks in the permanent collection.

by Adam Schrader
Labor and Capital   -   Mar 02, 2026 School of Visual Arts to end its master’s curatorial practice program
School of Visual Arts to end its master’s curatorial practice program

The news comes after SVA said it would move its MFA Art Practice program fully online.

by Adam Schrader
Law and Crime   -   Mar 01, 2026 Bronze-Age swords, arrowheads seized in Philadelphia after UAE shipment
Bronze-age swords are pictured after being seized by CBP

The artifacts arrived on an express delivery flight from UAE on October 16 and were bound for an address in Jacksonville, Florida.

by Adam Schrader
Law and Crime   -   Mar 01, 2026 Rep. Ro Khanna says Dartmouth students upset over Leon Black building
Ro Khanna is pictured inside the Black Family Visual Arts Center at Dartmouth College

Black, a graduate of the Ivy League university, donated $48 million for the completion of the building in 2012.

by Adam Schrader
Mar 03, 2026 What We Skipped: Leadership changes, artist dies in Russian prison,and a gallery closure

What We Skipped is a recurring log of stories Urgent Matter considered but chose not to publish, with brief explanations of those decisions.

by Adam Schrader
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Mar 03, 2026 What We Skipped: Leadership changes, artist dies in Russian prison,and a gallery closure

What We Skipped is a recurring log of stories Urgent Matter considered but chose not to publish, with brief explanations of those decisions.

by Adam Schrader
Government and Cultural Heritage   -   Mar 02, 2026 Tehran’s Golestan Palace damaged; UNESCO warns of threats amid U.S.-Iran war
An interior view of Tehran’s Golestan Palace shows damage after airstrikes by the United States and Israel

The Iranian government shares photographs of the damage, depicting its ornate halls with shattered glass and scattered debris.

by Adam Schrader
Law and Crime   -   Mar 02, 2026 Egyptian tour guide who drew on pyramid arrested
A tour guide and chalk drawings are seen on a pyramid in egypt

The tour guide apologized for drawing in chalk on the exterior surface of the Pyramid of Unas in Saqqara.

by Adam Schrader
Science and Technology   -   Mar 02, 2026 Supreme Court declines to hear A.I. artwork copyright case
An AI generated image of train tracks running through a natural environment

The Supreme Court did not provide a reason for declining to hear the case.

by Adam Schrader
Labor and Capital   -   Mar 02, 2026 DePaul Art Museum to close in June amid university financial woes
Patrons are seen in the DePaul Art Museum in its 2011 opening

The museum, which opened in 2011, holds more than 4,000 artworks in the permanent collection.

by Adam Schrader
Labor and Capital   -   Mar 02, 2026 School of Visual Arts to end its master’s curatorial practice program
School of Visual Arts to end its master’s curatorial practice program

The news comes after SVA said it would move its MFA Art Practice program fully online.

by Adam Schrader
Law and Crime   -   Mar 01, 2026 Bronze-Age swords, arrowheads seized in Philadelphia after UAE shipment
Bronze-age swords are pictured after being seized by CBP

The artifacts arrived on an express delivery flight from UAE on October 16 and were bound for an address in Jacksonville, Florida.

by Adam Schrader
Law and Crime   -   Mar 01, 2026 Rep. Ro Khanna says Dartmouth students upset over Leon Black building
Ro Khanna is pictured inside the Black Family Visual Arts Center at Dartmouth College

Black, a graduate of the Ivy League university, donated $48 million for the completion of the building in 2012.

by Adam Schrader
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