News
Sudanese Artists Plan to Unveil the World’s Largest Protest Banner
The textile banner will stretch 1.9 miles long and feature paintings by hundreds of local artists, portraits of fallen activists, and signatures of thousands of protesters.
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Art
Photography Still Has the Potential to Reveal the Uniqueness of the Human Body
At the CONTACT photography festival in Toronto, the most compelling pieces are variations on portraiture, searching and incantatory.
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Marsha P. Johnson and Sylvia Rivera Are Getting a Permanent Monument in New York City
The world’s first permanent public artwork dedicated to transgender women will go to these pioneers of the gay liberation movement.
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The Tyler School of Art’s Class of 2019 Earns Stunning “Diplomas” by Edgar Heap of Birds
A new initiative offers graduating students from Temple University’s Tyler School of Art a unique gift of art created by a different alum each year.
Art
A Dive Into Medieval Knighthood in Art
This gallery talk at the Met Cloisters in New York will focus on knighthood and its hidden secrets in art from medieval times.
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In a New Docuseries, the New York Times Struggles to Defend Journalism
The Weekly, the paper's documentary venture with FX, is well made but overly reliant on "Truth" branding.
Film
The Restoration of a 1446 Painting Revisits Florence’s History of Infanticide
A documentary dives into the history of the Institute of the Innocents, which housed unwanted babies, and the first painting it ever commissioned.
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Art Movements
Lonnie G. Bunch III will be the next secretary in the Smithsonian, Knox Martin is now represented by Hollis Taggart, and more.
Announcement
New York Philharmonic Performs the World Premiere of David Lang’s prisoner of the state
Conducted by Music director Jaap Van Zweden, the concerts take place June 6 – 8 at David Geffen Hall at Lincoln Center.
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MOCA Los Angeles Hosts Workshops and Discussions on the Homelessness Crisis
This year's Community Day is focused on youth affected by the homelessness crisis, which finds its most visible manifestation in the temporary shelters just blocks from the museum.
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An Exhibition of Work from the Birth Project by Judy Chicago Opens at the Harwood Museum in Taos
Images rendered in paint and needlework celebrate the birth process, from the painful to the mythical, and maintain relevance in 2019 America. On view from June 2 to November 10, 2019.
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A Festival of Innovative Tech Art from 75-Plus Women Artists in Los Angeles
Despite the overwhelming gender imbalance in technological industries, FEMMEBIT brings together a diverse group of women who collectively argue that the future may very well be female.