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• Trump To Divert $90 M. in National Park Revenue to D.C. Construction Projects

  Millions of dollars in entry fees collected at national parks, including Yellowstone and Yosemite, will fund project including a $1.6 million fireworks display.

• New School Lays Off 15 Percent of Staff and Faculty As It Attemps to Plug $48 M. Deficit

  The layoffs affect 19 full-time faculty members, 10 of whom were tenured, with dozens more taking the early retirement or buyout offers.

• A New French Study Says It Is Safe to Ship the Bayeux Tapestry to the British Museum 

  The main threats include vibrations and handling, but the move has been choreographed to the slightest detail.

• The Pope Will Inaugurate Antoni Gaudí’s Sagrada Família After 144 Years of Construction

  Later this month, Pope Leo XIV will visit Barcelona’s famed Sagrada Familia to inaugurate and bless the Tower of Jesus Christ.

• Marjane Satrapi, ‘Persepolis’ Director, Dies at 56

  Her biographical animated feature, about growing up in Iran after the revolution, was nominated for an Oscar, making her the first woman nominated in that category.

• Museum Veteran Philippe Vergne Joins Miami’s Bass Museum as Artistic Director and Chief Curator

  Since 2019 he has led Portugal’s Serralves Museum of Contemporary Art.

• John Lennon Drawings to be Animated, Pace Gallery Trims Artist Roster, and More: Morning Links for June 4, 2026

  Here's what we're reading this morning.

• Artists & Mothers Announces 2026 Recipients of Childcare Grants

  Sara Cwynar, Nickola Pottinger, Trisha Baga, and Mimi Ọnụọha have been awarded $25,000 each from the nonprofit Artists & Mothers.

• Kulapat Yantrasast Named Artistic Director of Next Bukhara Biennial

  "I want the art and the festival representation to have something to do with the people," he told ARTnews in a recent interview. "This should not be just the art world landing on it for 10 weeks and after that it becomes something else."

• Colorado Governor Signs Artist Corporation Bill into State Law

  Senate Bill 133 creates a new type of limited liability company (LLC) called an Artist Company, or A-Corp.