Cuban Artist’s Exile Became the Week’s Defining Cultural Story

Luis Manuel Otero Alcántara’s move from imprisonment in Cuba to exile in the United States formed the week’s clearest arc in political art. Museums and cultural organizations also faced mounting tests over provenance, restitution, political speech, and institutional judgment.

Alongside those conflicts, cultural access and cultural value became public questions, from a proposed decade of reading to record prices for a T. rex and renewed attention to The Odyssey.