{"id":676050,"date":"2026-05-31T13:17:18","date_gmt":"2026-05-31T13:17:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/676050\/"},"modified":"2026-05-31T13:17:18","modified_gmt":"2026-05-31T13:17:18","slug":"a-utah-born-sculptor-is-at-the-center-of-controversy-at-venice-bienniale","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/676050\/","title":{"rendered":"A Utah-born sculptor is at the center of controversy at Venice Bienniale"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Trump has taken an active role in the arts in his second term, which may be evident in the work on display at the Venice Biennale \u2014 depending on how you look at it.<\/p>\n<p class=\"caption-credit\">(Casey Kelbaugh  |  The New York Times) Two sparring bronze figures in foreground, 2024, and right, black sheep, 2026, part of American sculptor Alma Allen\u2019s \u201cCall Me the Breeze\u201d presentation in the Giardini of the Venice Biennale in Venice, Italy, May 6, 2026.<\/p>\n<p>Add as Preferred Source<\/p>\n<p>Comment<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Trump has taken an active role in the arts in his second term, which may be evident in&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":676051,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[56],"tags":[161605,1029,12566,228,226,227,294824,229,88,6801,4265,74833,294825,21,24,15741,27562,4477],"class_list":["post-676050","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-arts-and-design","tag-alma-allen","tag-art","tag-artist","tag-arts","tag-arts-and-design","tag-artsanddesign","tag-call-me-the-breeze","tag-design","tag-entertainment","tag-italy","tag-north-america","tag-sculptor","tag-u-s-pavilion","tag-united-states","tag-usa","tag-venice","tag-venice-biennale-2026","tag-world"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/676050","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=676050"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/676050\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/676051"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=676050"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=676050"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=676050"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}