News

Cuban Police Detain Artist Planning Alternative Havana Biennial [UPDATED]

Luis Manuel Otero Alcántara was arrested on Monday and accused of "illicit possession of construction materials."

News

Artist Charged with Public Offense to Religion in Italy Over Image of Aroused Jesus

Anonymous artist Hogre has been charged under an archaic Italian law that punishes a public offense to religion with a fine of up to 5,000 Euros or a prison sentence of up to two years.

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Judge Green-Lights Berkshire Museum’s Sale of Most Valuable Works in Collection

Today, Berkshire Superior Court Judge John Agostini ruled that the museum could auction off many of the most valuable works in its collection.

Art

Rashaad Newsome Recenters Blackness in Art History

In sculpture and collage, Newsome explores agency, feminism, and what we think we're looking at.

Announcement

Apply for NYU Steinhardt’s MFA in Studio Art

NYU Steinhardt's six-story building in New York City's East Village houses the Department of Art and Art Profession's studios, shops, and labs, as well as classrooms, exhibition spaces, and faculty offices.

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There's a Dead Grasshopper in This van Gogh Painting

A conservator discovers a long-hidden insect buried in the artist's signature whorls of paint.

Art

Brooklyn's Biggest Comics Festival Just Got Much Bigger

This weekend's Comic Arts Brooklyn festival has relocated to the Pratt Institute campus and roughly doubled in size.

Art

Is There Space for Disabled Artists at Art Fairs?

When an attendee in a wheelchair was unable to enter a Paris fair, it raised questions about the inclusion of and sensitivity to the artists, patrons, and attendees making and engaging with Outsider Art.

Announcement

Visit the International Studio & Curatorial Program’s Fall Open Studios, November 10–11

View the work of contemporary artists and curators from 22 countries.

Art

Rolling Through Barbara Kruger's Slick and Slippery Skatepark Installation

Kruger's installation at LES Coleman Skatepark can seem mesmerizing, but from the perspective of the skaters — the unwitting participants of this project — it isn’t very functional.

Art

How Are Catalonia's Cultural Institutions Responding to Political Chaos?

As the rift between Madrid and Barcelona deepens, Catalonia's art institutions are caught between a rock and a hard place — and largely silent on political issues.

Art

Exploring Los Angeles's Actual and Figurative Undergrounds

Under LA, a program organized by the Huntington-USC Institute on California & the West, explores the life of the metropolis located underfoot.