Art
A Portrait of Black Mental Health in Hues of Black and Blue
Influenced by Picasso’s Blue Period, Malik Roberts explores the repercussions of generational poverty, racism, and violence in Black communities using monochromatic hues.
Jasmine Weber
Jasmine Weber is an artist, writer, and former news editor at Hyperallergic.
News
Week in Review: Gallerists Fined $15M for Art Scam, and Kremlin Museum Investigates Stolen Malevich
Also, a Velásquez is authenticated at the Museum of Fine Arts in Houston, Kerry James Marshall swears off public artwork after Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel’s misstep, and more.
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Art Movements
Cannupa Hanska Luger is awarded the inaugural Burke Prize for contemporary craft, Pyer Moss wins the 2018 CFDA/Vogue Fashion Fund, and more.
News
Artist Covertly Hangs #MeToo-Inspired Wall Labels at the Met Museum
Michelle Hartney posted the guerilla wall labels next to the artwork of Paul Gaugin and Pablo Picasso, calling out their abusive or misogynistic histories.
News
Anti-BP Protesters Sip Oily Champagne in Satirical Performance at the British Museum
Performers dressed as BP employees sipped oil-contaminated champagne, and protesters displayed facts about BP's exploitation of Iraqi resources.
In Brief
Ahead of Midterm Elections, Wall Street's "Fearless Girl" Dons a Bulletproof Vest
Manuel Oliver, artist and father to one of 17 victims of the tragic Stoneman Douglas mass shooting, says, “She can’t be fearless if she’s afraid to go to school.”
Interview
Rethinking the Archive of Black Visual Culture with Deborah Willis
The photographer, curator, and academic founded the Center for Black Visual Culture at NYU to animate conversations about the archive of African American imagery from the 19th century to today.
News
Publishers Say They Were Harassed by Airport TSA Returning from a New York Art Book Fair
David King and Jaime Raybin say they were berated by TSA at LaGuardia Airport about copies of Skull Microwave, a controversial book by political artist Marlos E'vans.
News
Week in Review: Syrian National Museum Reopens and La Sagrada Familia Fined $141M
An artist vandalized Francisco Franco’s tomb, Venice museums reopen after unprecedented flooding, and more.
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Art Movements
Hito Steyerl won the 2019 Käthe Kollwitz Prize, Thomas Campbell will lead the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco, Flux Factory has announced a fellowship for disabled artists, and more.
News
A Phony Newsstand Brings Fake News to Bryant Park
The public project, organized by the Columbia Journalism Review, "aims to expose the dangers of misinformation and educate citizens on how to recognize false news, a timely message as the midterm elections approach."
News
Beloved Lower Manhattan Sculpture Garden Defends Itself as City Demands Total Removal
Advocates of the Elizabeth Street Garden say the City is pitting community gardens against affordable housing.