Art
A Hybrid Museum-Hotel Sets Up in Kansas City With an Exhibition as Refuge
At museum-hotel chain 21c's new Kansas City location, an art exhibit reflects on immigration and refuge.
Sarah Rose Sharp
In Brief
Woman Barred from the Louvre for Her Attire
Australian social media personality Newsha Syeh says she was unjustifiably berated by guards at the Louvre for her choice of outfit.
Art
What It Means to Dream Avant-Garde
To Dream Avant-Garde acknowledges the artistic innovators of today — those who push the cultural status quo in their work.
Art
The Photographer as Archivist
It is heartening to see the FotoFocus Biennial continue to gain ground as it endeavors to present a wider range of visions.
Opinion
Bloody Hell, Marc Quinn Taps Refugees for Latest Bloody Artwork
A new project that is slated to appear in front of the New York Public Library's main branch on Fifth Avenue will contain the blood of refugees.
In Brief
Man Smashes Glass Protecting 800-Year-Old Magna Carta, Cathedral Evacuated
The charter is one of four Magna Cartas existence, and has been temporarily removed from public display after its vitrine was shattered by a hammer.
Art
An Ohio Sculpture Festival that Is Curiously Light on Sculpture
Heavy on interactive works, audience intervention, and social practice art, Toledo's annual sculpture festival raises the question of why we organize festivals around the theme of common discipline.
Opinion
Buffalo Residents Want a Remake of a Busted Bust of MLK
Over 6,000 people have signed a petition to uninstall the eight-foot-tall bronze monument, a jarringly imprecise monument to the iconic leader in the Civil Rights Movement.
In Brief
Easter Islanders Ask British Museum to Return Sacred Statue, Offering Replica in Return
The Rapa Nui community has offered a basalt replica of the eight-foot, four-ton sculpture called Hoa Hakananai’a, which was stolen in 1868.
In Brief
A Museum Tweets Its Own Tribute to Pot(s), as Canada Legalizes Weed
Pot-heads at the Royal Ontario Museum tweeted out a series of ceramics to celebrate Canada's Legalization Day.
Opinion
New Video Indicates Banksy's Sotheby's Shredding Didn't Go According to Plan
Banksy II: Electric Boogaloo: "In rehearsals it worked every time."
In Brief
Getty Foundation Grants $1.7M to Conserve Historic Modernist Architecture
Historic 20th-century structures in Lebanon, Ireland, and Cuba are among the 11 buildings earmarked for the preservation effort.