A major moment for modern and historic art: Ken Griffin has put ten of Jean‑Michel Basquiat's works on public display at the Pérez Art Museum, bringing headline-grabbing street energy into Miami’s galleries. [P]Meanwhile the Vatican launched a five-year restoration of Raphael’s Loggia (details here), underscoring the contrast between conserving masterpieces and showing new ones. On the local and quirky side, projects from a Lake Tahoe gondola art activation to a New York free Whitney activity guide (and even trench art and a Cartoonist Laureate in Wisconsin) show how art is expanding into public life and surprising places.

Organizations are widening the aperture: TPAC Arts Access is making high-profile shows like Hamilton more affordable for Nashville audiences, while AileyCamp Atlanta marks nearly 20 years of using dance to shape young lives. [P]Civic storytelling is getting musical too—Sing Democracy 250 uses original songs to revisit American history—just as Philly reshapes South Broad’s median and Central PA celebrates six decades of community arts, proving the arts still love a good public stage.