Art
Photography in Search of the Real
Real Worlds invites viewers to consider photography not just as documentation of myriad moments but as a means to more deeply understand lives and interpersonal relationships in Western cities.
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Books
Who Really Owns the Elgin Marbles?
However we judge Lord Elgin’s original acquisition of the Parthenon sculptures, it’s easy to wonder whether the Turkish rulers legitimately had the right to allow him to dispose of these artworks.
In Brief
Project Documenting the Deaths of Over 34,000 Refugees Mysteriously Removed at Liverpool Biennial
The arts festival is investigating who took artist Banu Cennetoğlu's installation without authorization. With tense Brexit debates on immigration happening in the UK, The List's disappearance is stirring up controversy.
Community
A View from the Easel
This week, artist studios in Louisiana, Nevada, New York, and North Carolina.
Art
The Sweet Chaos of the Bay Area's Artistic Heritage
Way Bay visualizes the currents of unbridled creativity that have coursed and flowed throughout the San Francisco Bay Area over the last two centuries.
Books
A Photographer Follows the Urban Migration of China's Rural Trees
In Forest, photographer Yan Wang Preston documents the big business of relocating mature rural trees to the new urban centers of China.
In Brief
Relocation of Sydney Museum Could Cost Over $890 Million
But that's not all. Reports now reveal that the museum's February fashion fundraiser ball operated at a loss of over $137,000 on top of last year's deficit of $7.4 million.
News
The National Gallery Lets You Sleep with a Masterpiece, For a Price
Museums are finding new ways to make money but the National Gallery decided they wanted to sleep on it.
Art
Two Berlin Filmmakers Reflect on Germany's Racial Dynamics
In their films at the Berlin Biennial, Natasha E. Kelly and Mario Pfeifer address the growing divide in Germany between the politics of liberal inclusion and on-the-ground ignorance, racism, and suppression.
News
Art Movements: Swedish Royal Burial Crowns Stolen, Missing Art from British Parliament
Swedish crown jewel thieves escape by motorboat, American and British Vogue welcome long overdue “firsts” for Black artists, and two initiatives to support Puerto Rican art are announced.
Podcast
Hearing from the Artist Behind Anonymous Was a Woman
We talk to Susan Unterberg, the person behind the Anonymous Was a Woman foundation that gives $25,000 — no strings attached — to female artists over 40 and then we discuss a boxing exhibition at the Metropolitan Museum.
News
Artists Protest London's Design Museum As They Retrieve Works from Hope to Nope Exhibition
Artists went to the Design Museum to retrieve their works after the museum released a statement that angered exhibiting artists. The protests were sparked when the public institution hosted a private event organized by arms-trading company Leonardo