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Mamdani Doubles Grants for NYC Artists
For the last 20 years, city-funded grants for individual artists have remained at $5,000.
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Three NYC Museum Unions Ratify Contracts, Averting Strikes
Workers at the American Folk Art Museum, Brooklyn Museum, and Guggenheim Museum had bargained for higher pay and better working conditions.
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British Museum to Provide Bayeux Tapestry Audio Tour After Lawsuit
Yusuf Ali Osman, a man with no sight, filed a suit against the museum under the UK's anti-discrimination Equality Act.
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Francis Lee Rogers, Painter and Avid Birdwatcher, Found Dead in Central Park
The 63-year-old artist, who was unhoused, was known as the “Grandma Moses of Central Park” for her various depictions of its fauna and flora.
Art Movements
Cyra Levenson to Lead Yaddo Artist Residency
Ann Temkins steps down at MoMA, Rose B. Simpson wins the Santa Fe Mayor's award, Roy Lichtenstein x Alex Da Corte, and more in Art Movements.
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Fall of Freedom Returns With Hundreds of Anti-Authoritarian Art Actions
Public artworks and zine-making workshops are on this year’s line-up, uniting artists and cultural organizations against an increasingly authoritarian administration.
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Alice Neel’s McCarthy-Era Trial Drawings Go to Auction
The Communist painter depicted the 1949–51 Foley Square trials while on assignment for a Marxist magazine.
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Milwaukee Art Museum Returns Two Jars to David Drake’s Descendants
The Wisconsin museum’s ownership transfer was followed up by a Virginia museum’s announcement of the return of another “Dave the Potter” vessel this week.
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Four Artists Win MacArthur “Genius” Grants
Christine Sun Kim, Rodney McMillian, Vincent Valdez, and Chip Thomas are among the 20 recipients of the $800,000 prize.
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Unions Reach Tentative Agreements at Brooklyn Museum and American Folk Art Museum
Potentially averting strike action, both unions are set to vote on ratifying the tentative agreements with their respective museums starting today, September 29.
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Kehinde Wiley Requests to Buy Back Painting Removed by State Department
Trump officials removed the work from an embassy in the Dominican Republic in August, labeling it "woke."
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Activists Unveil Quilt Honoring Thousands Disappeared by ICE in Minnesota
The Stolen Neighbors Quilt features 11,000 hand-stitched squares in an indictment of violence against immigrants and a “call for political courage.”