In Brief
Corporation Behind “Fearless Girl” Statue Receives Mediocre Rating for Its Gender Equality Funds
Ironically, a recent report found that the gender equality fund that the statue represents has a surprisingly low devotion to gender equality.
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Podcast
Antwaun Sargent on Black Contemporary Art
From social media to mainstream publications, Sir Sargent (as he is known online) is dedicating himself to ensuring that Black voices in the art world are heard.
News
Edward Hopper’s “Chop Suey” Sets Auction Record, and Souls Grown Deep Gifts Works to Five Museums
Plus, the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture acquires the full Ruby Dee and Ossie Davis archive, and Diego and Alberto Giacometti's works sell at auction.
Art
An Artist’s Artist Gets His Due in Mexico City
Timoney presents a kind of salon-style show, but all emerging from a single mind.
Performance
After Almost 40 Years, Torch Song Still Lights the Way on Broadway
Until Harvey Fierstein changed the tenor of queer theatre in 1982 with the Broadway debut of his Torch Song Trilogy, gay figures in media typically came in three flavors: depressed, bitter, and suicidal.
Announcement
Registration Is Open for the 107th CAA Annual Conference in New York
The 107th CAA Annual Conference will address the full breadth of the field of visual arts and design with panels that examine a range of cultures, histories, and scholarship.
Books
The Colorful Cocoons of Hong Kong's Bamboo Scaffolding
Photographer Peter Steinhauer spent two decades photographing the traditional bamboo scaffolding that endures in Hong Kong.
Announcement
Julie Speed: East of the Sun and West of the Moon, on View at the El Paso Museum of Art
The exhibition features nearly fifty works, many from the past five years and previously unseen, in oil, gouache, and collage. On view through April 7, 2019.
Art
The Baroque Violence of Jusepe de Ribera
The UK’s first show of the famously gruesome seventeenth century Spanish painter places his monumental works in historical context.
Art
A Feminist Workshop on How to Paint Anatomy and Nudes
The class, part of The Feminist School of Painting at KADIST, challenged traditional ideals of beauty.
News
Art Movements
Sondra Perry received the 2018 Nam June Paik award, Njideka Akunyili Crosby is now represented by David Zwirner in collaboration with Victoria Miro, Marvel legend Stan Lee passed away, and more.
Art
The Tenement Museum Maps a Century of Deadly Diseases and Their Human Stories
In a new tour, the Tenement Museum explores New York's contagious history, from tuberculosis to the AIDS crisis, through three families.