News

Jury Sides with 5Pointz Artists in Lawsuit Over Destroyed Graffiti

If the judge in the case follows suit, the verdict could set a remarkable precedent for the protection of graffiti and street art under the Visual Artists Rights Act.

Performance

In Boyle Heights, a Play About a Threatened Village Hits Home

A Latinx-focused adaptation of Henrik Ibsen's An Enemy of the People dramatizes the tension between the harsh realities of modernity and traditional knowledge and ways of life.

Announcement

SMFA at Tufts Graduate Community Uses Performance Art as an Engine for Social Activism

At SMFA at Tufts, students, alumni, and faculty are working collaboratively to break down cultural gaps and engage underrepresented artists and audiences in the art world.

Art

Confronting and Correcting Racist Narratives in Media and Art

Five artists and writers will take on the racist narratives that shape American culture in a day of events at MoMA PS1.

Books

Photographing Some of the World’s Oldest and Wisest Trees

Landscape photographers Diane Cook and Len Jenshel spent over two years traveling the world to photograph its most remarkable trees.

Art

On Veterans Day, LA Artists Reflect on War in Unused Public Space

The Los Angeles Road Concerts invited 30-plus artists and collectives to make art reflecting on war, from ephemeral roadside gestures to an anti-war protest.

News

Petition to Remove University Mural Depicting KKK Rally Sparks Controversy

A panel from Thomas Hart Benton's epic mural "A Social History of Indiana" (1933) regularly becomes the target of removal campaigns.

Art

A Marching Band Celebrates Its Political Roots in Harlem

To commemorate the rich history of marching bands, the project Marching On will inaugurate with a series of performances at Harlem's Marcus Garvey Park.

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.

News

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.