News
Nancy Yao Will Not Lead Women's History Museum
Yao has “withdrawn” from her role as director of the new Smithsonian museum amid an investigation of her conduct as the former leader of New York’s Museum of Chinese in America.
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Opportunities
Opportunities in July 2023
From residencies, fellowships, and workshops to grants, open calls, and commissions, our monthly list of opportunities for artists, writers, and art workers.
News
London's V&A Museum Criticized for Removing LGBTQ+ Materials
Advocates are asking the museum to reinstate two books aimed at LGBTQ+ youth and a poster that reads “Some people are Trans. Get over it!”
Opinion
Affirmative Action and the Art World’s White Elites
The Supreme Court’s ban on affirmative action in college admissions is indicative of a larger problem that also plagues the art world.
Art
Six Times Right-Wing Groups Went After Artists
Throughout history, conservatives have consistently targeted artists creating works outside of their agenda.
Art
The Jewish Museum’s Sanitized History of an Opium Dynasty
With The Sassoons, the Manhattan museum missed an opportunity to look more critically at the family’s opium trade, and to delve into the lives of its women.
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Starchitect David Adjaye Accused of Sexual Misconduct
Adjaye is no longer working on the UK Holocaust Memorial after three former female employees came forward with allegations, which the architect denies.
Art
The Sweet Pain of Saint Francis
What of Saint Francis, that selfless feeder of the birds and the animals? Does he not deserve to be remembered benignly?
Art
Alexis Rockman Depicts the Ominous Beauty of Glaciers and Shipwrecks
Rockman renders crashing ships invisible behind clouds of snow.
Art
Raven Halfmoon's Monuments to Mothers
Sculpting voluptuous figures with richly dynamic surfaces creates a shared humanity between Halfmoon, the artwork, and the viewer.
Interview
D’Angelo Lovell Williams’s Nuanced Vision of Black Queer Love
The Brooklyn-based nonbinary artist discusses their recent foray into weaving and how photographs can challenge the seemingly static images in our minds.
News
A Peek Into London’s Newly Reopened National Portrait Gallery
After a three-year, $52M renovation, the museum hopes a more diverse artwork offering will draw visitors, but many challenges lie ahead.