News
San Francisco Art Institute Files for Bankruptcy
The ailing school made multiple attempts to pay off its debt, even considering the sale of its iconic Diego Rivera mural.
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Interview
New Generation of Jewish Artists Pushes Sensitive Buttons
Leora Fridman discusses curating a new exhibition confronting issues of tradition, gender, and Zionism in the Jewish-American community.
News
Ready, Set, Bet on Mini Artist-Made Racecars in Brooklyn
Arts nonprofit Smack Mellon’s Gravity Racers benefit party continues a 20-year local New York tradition.
Art
Matt Bollinger, Painter of the Forgotten
By dealing with class in his art, Bollinger touches on the strain infecting the current “us and them” situation in the United States.
Art
Working Toward a Politics of Borderlessness
Artists in Australia and South Asia highlight the atrocities of caste-based discrimination and make a statement against colonial power.
News
Philadelphia's University of the Arts Faculty and Staff Rally for Contract
Two years of bargaining between the school and its unionized workers have yet to yield a contract.
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New York’s Frick Mansion to Reopen in 2024
The Frick collection’s temporary location in the Met Breuer’s former building will close next March.
Art
The Rebel Legacy of LA’s ASCO Chicano Art Group
A weekend pop-up draws connections between the influential East Los Angeles art group and a new generation of Chicano artists in the city.
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Brooklyn Museum Workers Say They’re "Overworked and Underpaid"
"We're not going away and we're going to keep making ourselves visible," the workers said while picketing a museum fundraising event for the second time.
Opinion
Why Depressing Art Is Good for You
From Ilya Repin to Charlie Kaufman, artists who explore the darkest human impulses can give us hope and inspire us to be better.
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Report Finds Major Provenance Holes in Met Museum’s Native American Art Collection
About 85% of Native Art objects gifted to the museum by Charles and Valerie Diker lack established ownership histories, according to an investigation by ProPublica.
Art
Past Lives of the Hudson River
Works by Hudson River School painters heading to auction reveal what changed and what stayed the same.