News
Getty Museum Acquires Previously Unknown Metsys Painting, and Ancient Mosaic Tiles Returned to Turkey
Plus, the San Antonio Museum of Art received over 850 photographs, and works of Chinese art sell at major Hong Kong auctions.
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Art
Understanding the Migrant Caravan in the Context of Imperial Plunder and Dispossession
The publication of Felwine Sarr and Benedicte Savoy’s report recommending the restitution of stolen African objects and the approach of what is called a “migrant caravan” toward the US is not a coincidence.
Announcement
Explore the Chaos of the Visual World: A Call for Graduate Applications to the University at Buffalo
The University at Buffalo Department of Art invites applications to its MFA in Studio Art and the MA in Visual Studies.
Art
Porous Definitions of Home and Belonging at the Santa Fe SITE Biennial
This year, the biennial has carved a conversation about displacement in the Americas, using art to question whose history we revisit.
Art
Artist's Signs Guide Pedestrians to a Hidden River in Queens
Artist Cody Ann Herrmann's How do you get to Flushing Creek? project involves wayfinding signs and free maps to guide New Yorkers to one of its most overlooked waterways.
Announcement
Join a Multidisciplinary MFA Program in Studio Art and Design at the University of Louisville
All MFA students receive a scholarship or assistantship. A private studio space is provided for each student in our new MFA Building.
Comics
How to Decorate a Christmas Tree Like an Artist
From Minimalist to De Stijl.
Announcement
Taiwan’s Pavilion at the 58th Venice Biennale 2019 Announces 3x3x6 by Shu Lea Cheang
Shu Lea Cheang presents a site specific multimedia research project including images, installations, and computer programming that explores the ideas of confinement and liberation.
In Brief
Louvre Launches a Free Admission Night to Attract Low-Income and Younger Visitors
Starting January 5, the Louvre will offer free admission on one Saturday night every month, to "democratise" its patronage.
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An Iconic Harlem Renaissance Frieze Is Crumbling in Brooklyn
Who will save Richmond Barthé's Depression Era frieze from crumbling into dust? The 80-foot-long sculpture was an ambitious public art commission by the gay African American sculptor, but now public officials are reluctant to lend a helping hand.
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Art Movements
Francis Outred resigned as Christie’s Head of Postwar Art, Krista Clark and William Downs won the 2018 Atlanta Artadia Award, and more.
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An Artist Representing Grenada at the 2019 Venice Biennale Must Raise $10,000 on GoFundMe
Billy Gerard Frank, a multimedia artist who explores themes of sexuality, family, and diaspora, is one of four artists selected to represent Grenada at the 2019 Venice Biennale. Frank is responsible for funding his presentation, and has launched a GoFundMe.