News
In the Wake of Severe Criticism, Postponed Philip Guston Exhibition Moved to 2022
Last month, four museums announced that they would postpone the retrospective to 2024, citing the need to better contextualize KKK imagery in Guston’s work.
The Latest
News
New Documents in Purdue Case May Pressure Institutions to Rename Sackler-funded Spaces
“Interoffice documents paint a dark picture of profit for the family at the expense of human life,” the artist-activist group P.A.I.N. told Hyperallergic.
News
Baltimore Museum Halts Art Sale Amid Escalating Controversy
The decision comes only hours before the Sotheby’s contemporary art auction this evening in which two of the works were slated to go under the hammer.
News
ART X Lagos Fair Postponed in Solidarity With #EndSARS Protesters
Thousands of Nigerians have protested against a federal police unit called the Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS), which is accused of brutality and abuse of power.
In Brief
MoMA’s Cheeky Riff on Misguided Kim Kardashian Post Is Going Viral
MoMA captioned Henri Matisse’s “Dance (I)” with a line from Kim Kardashian’s highly criticized post about hosting a party on a private island during the pandemic.
Opinion
Have an Informed Opinion About Art? We Want to Hear It
We are seeking opinions that encourage and cultivate thoughtful debate and make it possible to see aspects of an exhibition, policy, or initiative that we had not considered before.
Art
Zehra Doğan’s Graphic Novel Details Her Harrowing Experience in Prison
Accused of propaganda for depicting destruction by Turkish military forces, Doğan’s graphic novel about her experience is now on display for the first time.
sponsored
Washington University in St. Louis’s MFA in Visual Art Launches New Curriculum
Students enjoy in-person access to the top-tier research institution’s vast resources, including numerous specialized spaces for creating. Attend the Virtual Open House on November 19 and apply online.
“We Are the Rifles Our Ancestors Didn’t Have”: Female Collective Protests for Armenians
Members of the She Loves Collective led a striking procession along the Los Angeles River to raise awareness about the Nagorno-Karabakh war.
sponsored
Five Philadelphia Projects Connect to Community With Temple Contemporary’s Added Velocity Award
APIARY, Black Quantum Futurism, Creative Resilience Collective, Grizzly Grizzly, and the Reentry Think Tank received $15,000 each as part of the regranting initiative.
sponsored
The Institute for Contemporary Art at VCU Presents Fernanda Laguna: As Everybody
The Argentinian artist invites us into her world in the first solo exhibition of her work in the US, on view through January 10, 2021.
Where Does Protest Art Fit in the “Canon” of Contemporary Art?
We Fight to Build a Free World prompts the question of whether political artworks can truly convey their own radicalism within the halls of an Upper East Side museum.