Satrapi’s death defined a week of artistic loss

The week’s strongest recurring signal was artistic loss, with Marjane Satrapi and Hilde Lynn Helphenstein receiving coverage on multiple days. Satrapi’s death carried particular weight because Persepolis connected personal memory to Iran’s revolution and war.

Those losses sat alongside contests over cultural authority, from MoMA’s photography leadership and Venice artists’ award dispute to the tightly controlled Bayeux Tapestry loan.