News
Week in Review: Louvre Removes Sackler Name, Beloved Founder of African-American Museum Killed
Also, Ai Weiwei won his suit against Volkswagen, there was a deadly arson attack at a Kyoto animation studio, and more.
Jasmine Weber
Jasmine Weber is an artist, writer, and former news editor at Hyperallergic.
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In Brief
Sadie Roberts-Joseph, Founder of Baton Rouge African-American Museum, Found Dead in Trunk of Car [UPDATED]
Baton Rouge police have arrested and charged Ronn Germaine Bell, a tenant in one of Roberts-Joseph’s rental properties, with first-degree murder.
In Brief
Solange Knowles Will Screen When I Get Home at Art Institutions Across the United States and Europe
The 41-minute-long, remastered director’s cut will feature new scenes and a new score.
News
Week in Review: WPA Mural Causes Controversy, Drawings by Children Detained at US–Mexico Border
Also, a monument to Melania Trump crafted with a chainsaw popped up in Slovenia, high-profile artists urge National Portrait Gallery to divest from BP, and more.
News
Week in Review: PAIN Sackler Protests at Louvre, Workers Unionize at Guggenheim Museum
Also, the death of artist Devra Freelander has sparked conversation across New York City to better protect bike lanes, Anish Kapoor's "The Bean" in Chicago was vandalized, and more.
News
Week in Review: An Artist Paints a Mural Along the US–Mexico Border Fence, New Museum Workers Protest
Also, someone stole a golden egg from a Dalí sculpture in Vancouver, British actor Mark Rylance has resigned from his association with the Royal Shakespeare Company due to their connection to British Petroleum, and more.
News
Detroit Street Artist Arrested While Painting Mural Commissioned by City
“They treated me like a felon even though I was commissioned by the city to do this,” said Sheefy McFly, adding that he felt "racially profiled and bullied."
In Brief
Protesting BP Sponsorship, Mark Rylance Resigns as Royal Shakespeare Company’s Associate Artist
“We are all together in this crisis and we all must change," Rylance said in an opinion article published in the Guardian. "I am resigning to lend strength to the voices within the RSC who want to be progressive, and to encourage my fellow associates to express themselves, too.”
News
Week in Review: Sotheby's Sells for $3.7 Billion, an Art Philanthropist Couple Helped Fund the Anti-Vax Movement
Also, leading Jewish studies scholars are defending the former director of the Berlin Museum after his resignation, the Association of Art Museum Directors passed a resolution calling on art museums to pay their interns, and more.
Art
Theaster Gates Makes Visible the Hidden Layers of Cities
The collection of never-before-showcased objects materialize the underpinnings of urban livelihoods: commerce, culture, ancestry, trauma, which, particularly for Black Americans, are inextricably entwined.
News
Week in Review: Artists Protest BP, Hong Kong Institutions Strike to Oppose Extradition Bill
Also, a group of activists occupied El Museo del Barrio during its 50th-anniversary celebration, installations about child immigrant detentions appeared across NYC, and more.
In Brief
Following Social Media Criticism, #MeToo Artwork at Art Basel Removes Image of Assault Victim
Andrea Bowers's installation Open Secrets details sexual assault allegations that have come to light in the wake of the #MeToo movement, but came under fire for using the likeness of a survivor after her assault, without permission.