Performance
Performances in Memory of Media Artist Kate Johnson, “a One-of-a-Kind Spirit”
"EVERYONE WAS INVITED" promises a heartfelt celebration and opportunity to get to know this under-sung yet influential artist.
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News
Reports of Stolen Art on NFT Marketplace Raise Issues for Crypto Collectors
A number of users have taken to Twitter to claim they had their non-fungible tokens (NFTs) stolen by hackers on Nifty Gateway, with little recourse to get them back.
In Brief
A Ranking of the World’s Most Instagrammed Museums
An analysis ranked the world’s 20 most Instagrammed art museums based on the number of related hashtags for each museum.
Film
An Easy Guide to Watching This Year’s Oscar Nominees
Here’s how to stream the Academy’s favorite movies of 2020, including Mank, Judas and the Black Messiah, Minari, and more.
Art
How the Louvre Codified Essentialism in Art History
The art historical meta-narrative canonized by the Louvre Museum converts all artworks into specimens of their cultural moment. No wall tag can fix this.
Art
The Indigenous Curatorial Collective Advances Sovereignty in the Art World
In the past year, this small Canadian arts organization organized a COVID-19 mutual aid initiative for independent Indigenous curators, and is challenging its institutional partners to step up.
Books
Lessons on Propaganda: Visualizing Empire Counters the Colonial Archive
The Getty volume is replete with vital lessons on studying and historicizing imperial ephemera.
News
Institute of Contemporary Art, San Diego to Open in September
San Diego’s status as a border town with a rich Latinx history is central to the new ICA’s identity and mission.
News
Qatari Foundation Steps in to Prevent Deaccession of Islamic Artifacts at Israeli Museum
The deal struck by the Al Thani Collection with the Museum of Islamic Art in Jerusalem extends financial support in exchange for loans to the foundation.
News
Artforum Settles Retaliation Lawsuit With Amanda Schmitt, Who Accused Former Publisher of Sexual Misconduct
Former publisher Knight Landesman is no longer a co-owner of the publication. He was accused of sexual harassment by Schmitt and at least eight other women in 2017.
Performance
Boogie With Patrisse Cullors in a Virtual Electric Slide
On Sunday April 11, Patrisse Cullors will be restaging “F*ck White Supremacy, Let’s Get Free” online for a global audience.
Art
An Ode to the Year That Will Live on in Infamy
The Twenty Twenty exhibition at the Aldrich uses using hand drawing to record and describe the cascade of catastrophes that made 2020 feel like an entire decade.