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Here is the Artist List for the 16th Gwangju Biennial

The 16th Gwangju Biennial, opening this fall in South Korea (Sept 5-Nov. 15, 2026), has announced the names of the 40-some artists and groups who will be included in the exhibition. The list was first published by e-flux . The Biennial’s curator, “fast-rising” Singaporean artist and filmmaker Ho Tzu Nyen , was announced in April 2025. Ho represented Singapore at the 2011 Venice Biennale, and organized the Asian Art Biennial in 2019. The title of Ho’s show, “You Must Change Your Life,” is drawn from the last line of Rainer Maria Rilke sonnet “Archaic Torso of Apollo.” The show focus on the continuous practice of change and transformation. The inaugural edition of the Gwangju Biennial opened in 1995, and it has become one of the most well-known biennials in Asia. Previous curators have included big names on the international exhibition circuit, among them Okwui Enwezor (2008), Hou Hanru (2002), and Harald Szeemann (2012). For the 16th edition, Ho is worki...
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Pioneers of Rugby in Wellington 129: Peter Osborne (and OBU paying tribute to him and his teams this weekend)

10 June 2026: This coming Saturday Old Boys University will be wearing a one-off alternate jersey against Oriental-Rongotai – an all-green strip paired with white shorts – inspired by the great Jubilee Cup-winning Victoria University Rugby Club teams of the 1950s. It’s a throwback to one of the most successful eras in the club’s history. The...
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Art News, Indeed: NBA Star Victor Wembanyama Prepped For Finals Game By Sketching in Gramercy

Victor Wembanyama is much more than a transcendant basketball star. In the hours leading up to a decisive Game 3 victory in the 2026 NBA Finals—the first such game in New York City in 25 years—the 7-Foot-4 Frenchman spent the afternoon in Gramercy sketching. As seen in a viral video posted to Instagram on Tuesday, Wembanyama and his sister Eve , who also plays professional basketball, but in Europe, were spotted in Gramercy Park, one of just two private parks in New York City, sketching a statue of Edwin Booth, the 19th-century Shakespearean actor whose brother, John Wilkes, cemented his place in history by assassinating President Abraham Lincoln. Edwin’s statue, depicting him as Hamlet, was sculpted by artist Edmond Thomas Quinn, a Gilded age artist with pieces in the collections of the Metropolitan Museum of Art and the Whitney Museum. Edwin founded the Players Club on Gramercy Park South, which commissioned the statue as a tribute in 1918, around ...
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Elfie Semotan, Austrian Fashion Photographer, Dies at 84

Elfie Semotan, an Austrian fashion photographer known for her collaboration with designer Helmut Lang, died “unexpectedly” on Saturday at 84 years old in Jennersdorf, a town in southeast Austria, according to an obituary posted on Instagram and a report by Austria’s national public broadcasting network ORF. Semotan was based in Vienna, New York, and Jennersdorf, which is near the border with Slovenia and Hungary. She had spent time there since first buying a farmhouse in the area in the mid-1970s. Semotan was born in 1941 in Wels, and studied fashion in Vienna. Soon after finishing her studies, she moved to Paris and worked as a model while developing her interest in photography. After moving back to Vienna in 1971, Semotan’s photography career began in earnest. One of her first major assignments was in the mid-’70s with the Austrian lingerie brand Palmers. The advertising campaign paired Semotan’s provocative photos—many of which ...
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Matchday Scoring Highlights: Wainuiomata (48) v Northern United (31)

Wainuiomata pulled away from Northern United in the second half to win well, to take home the Alf Keating Memorial Trophy, on Old Timers’ Day at Porirua Park. Norths had led 19-14 at halftime, through tries to flanker Ethan Lepou and lock Taniela Tuangalu whilst Wainuiomata No. 8 and earlier try scorer Emmanuel Solomona was...
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Canada’s HIMARS Buy Gives the Army New Reach

The $2.6 billion deal gives Canada a mobile land-based strike capability at ranges beyond 300 kilometres, with a future role in coastal and Arctic defence. Canada has finalized a deal to acquire 26 High Mobility Artillery Rocket System (HIMARS) launchers from the United States, giving the Canadian Army a long-range precision strike capability it has never had before. The agreement was signed in January 2026 under the U.S. Foreign Military Sales program. It includes a preliminary operational stock of munitions, spare parts, training and support services, with deliveries expected to begin in 2029. The total acquisition cost for the Long Range Precision Strike (Land) project is estimated at $2.6 billion CAD, including project management, infrastructure, contracts and contingency. A new reach Canada has long planned to add greater range and precision to the Army’s land fires capability. HIMARS moves that effort into a concrete acquisition, giving the Canadian Army a mo...
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Sideline Conversions 8 June (some rugby news and information to start the week)

Above: Lots going on in this scene in the Premier match on Saturday between Paremata-Plimmerton and Johnsonville, just like there is plenty happening this coming weekend. Photo: Stewart Baird Photography. Another stirring weekend of rugby, with some notable results across several grades. There are just three rounds to play in the Swindale Shield before this...
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