News

Police Raid Major Moscow Theater, Detain Artistic Director over Alleged Embezzlement

Artists rallied outside the Gogol Center in support of Kirill Serebrennikov, an outspoken critic of Putin and the Russian Orthodox Church.

In Brief

Trump’s 2018 Budget Proposes Ending National Endowments for Arts and Humanities [UPDATED]

A slew of independent agencies would be done away with, while defense spending would go up by $54 billion, under the president's proposed budget.

Art

A Satire of the Moneyed ’90s Art Scene that Resonates Today

Seventeen years later, Artists Space is screening Laura Cottingham and Leslie Singer's The Anita Pallenberg Story, which uses the Rolling Stones as a lens into the white privilege of the art world.

Art

An Illustrated Guide to Linda Nochlin’s “Why Have There Been No Great Women Artists?”

First published in ARTnews in 1971, Nochlin's essay is considered to be one of the first major works of feminist art history.

News

Playlists of Protest Music and Endangered Languages on New Smithsonian Folkways Site

Online visitors can now access and navigate decades of folk recordings from around the world more easily.

News

Artists and Activists Fight to Improve New York City’s Loft Law

With the next deadline to apply for legal loft status looming, a rally will be held to demand better protections for loft tenants.

In Brief

Leaked Document Lays Out Facebook’s Policy on Sex and Nudity in Art

The Guardian has seen more than 100 internal documents from the social media giant, including one clarifying guidelines on sex and nudity in art.

Art

A Wrongfully Incarcerated Artist Discusses Prison at the Brooklyn Public Library

From May 23 to 25, Sherrill Roland will be on-site, hoping to facilitate more open dialogues about the US criminal justice system.

Art

An Arts Festival Highlights California’s Role in Gay Liberation

The One City One Pride LGBTQ Arts Festival kicks off tonight, on Harvey Milk Day, and continues through the end of June with workshops, exhibitions, talks, performance, and more.

Opinion

In Saudi Arabia, Trump Touches Glowing Orb and Unleashes Memes

What is the orb and why is it so strange? The internet has a few suggestions.

News

Staff and Board Members Leave Brooklyn Rail En Masse

More than a dozen people, including all the current senior editorial staff, are leaving the revered culture journal.

Art

The Deceptive Power of a Drove of Horse Sculptures

When I read the captions and found out that all the pieces are cast in bronze, I was simultaneously disappointed and enlightened.