Margaret Thomas, who covered riots, international disputes, global summits, the Watergate hearings and presidential politics across four decades as the first female staff photographer at The Washington Post, died June 6 at her home in Hume, Virginia. She was 84, noted the newspaper. After joining The Post in 1966, Thomas encountered off-color jokes from colleagues and competitors before proving herself as an outstanding photojournalist. She received the Lifetime Achievement Award of the White House News Photographers Association in 2019.

  The big news from the Whitney Biennial this week is that Pat Oleszko, the 79-year-old performance artist who repeatedly crashed the Macy’s Thanksgiving Parade in the ‘70s, has taken home the 2026 Bucksbaum Award. This comes as a surprise to many in the media, who note that the award of $100,000 has generally served to elevate mid-career names—or sometimes a newly minted breakthrough artist. This year the jury unanimously voted to celebrate a half-century ...