News
Gallery and Public Artwork Destroyed in Nashville Suicide Bombing
The suicide bombing on December 25 rocked downtown Nashville, injuring at least eight people and damaging more than 40 buildings.
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Art
In a Whitney Museum Exhibition, Jewish Artists Go Unrecognized and Unexamined
It seems that, in reinscribing the Mexican muralists who were "written out" of American history, the curators of Vida Americana replaced one exclusion with another.
News
In Surprise Ruling, Kandinsky Painting Will Not Be Returned to Jewish Collector Heirs
The Amsterdam District Court rejected claims from the heirs of a Jewish art collector that a 1909 painting by Kandinsky in Amsterdam’s Stedelijk Museum was sold under Nazi-era duress and should be returned.
Film
MoMA's Showcase of Movies That Will Soon Be Oscar-Nominated
Online this year, the Museum of Modern Art's Contenders program features all the best bets for the imminent film awards season.
Art
“The World I Wish People Knew”: Photographer Cara Romero on Redefining Contemporary Native art
This year, Romero will be installing photographs of California’s Indigenous peoples on billboards and public places throughout Los Angeles.
News
A Public Vulva Sculpture in Brazil Protests Violence Against Women
Juliana Notari’s “Diva,” a massive, concrete and resin sculpture built on a hillside in Pernambuco, has prompted outrage from conservative groups.
Announcement
Smithsonian American Women’s History Initiative Announces a Women’s Film and Video Series
Viewfinder features free monthly screenings of rarely seen short films and videos, followed by conversations with artists, filmmakers, and Smithsonian curators.
News
A Museum Once Led By a Major Confederate Sculptor Wants to Display a Defaced Jefferson Davis Monument
The Valentine Richmond History Center wants to display a Davis statue created by artist Edward Valentine, the museum’s first president.
Performance
How Cameras and Webcams Have Helped Us Bear Witness in 2020
Suzanne Lacy and her students suggest that screens can help us become more empathetic and aware of “each other’s practices, and realities.”
Opinion
What It’s Really Like to Work at the California Arts Council
I and other arts program specialists found it to be a space that causes fear of retaliation, targeting and silencing, and where leadership lacks accountability.
Announcement
National Portrait Gallery Presents a Conversation With Artists Antonius-Tín Bui and David Antonio Cruz
Portrait Gallery Curator Taína Caragol will moderate the discussion via Zoom on Tuesday, January 12.
Art
Danny Lyon’s Visions of a New York That No Longer Exists
Shot in 1967, Lyon’s photographs offer a more nuanced and human perspective of the destruction of the old lower Manhattan, one that is often paved over by history books.