News
Tenement Museum Lays Off 76 Workers, Including Entire Staff of Part-time Educators
The group of 71 educators constitutes 92% of the museum’s education staff.
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Marciano Art Foundation Settles Lawsuit Over Visitor Services Layoffs
A mediator's proposal said that MAF will pay $205,481 to the 70 plaintiffs and $70,000 in attorney fees.
Opinion
The Disconcerting Implications of Drone Photography
Using drone technology to photograph protests may be enticing at first, but such aerial images are also used for surveillance by law enforcement.
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Protesting Chinese Censorship Around COVID-19, Artist Takes Vow of Silence
For his #shutupfor30days project, artist and activist Brother Nut used metal clasps, duct tape, and other props to physically seal his mouth during the entire month of June.
In Brief
Turkish Official Says Some of Hagia Sophia’s Christian Mosaics Will Be Concealed During Prayers
| Speaking with the broadcaster NTV, Turkish presidential spokesman Ibrahim Kalin said that some mosaics of the Virgin Mary and the archangel Gabriel that are positioned in the direction of Mecca, which Muslims face during the mosque’s five daily prayers, would be covered with curtains. The mosaics
Announcement
Submit Artwork to Ministry of Truth: 1984–2020, a New York City-Wide Billboard Exhibition
The exhibition, organized by Art at a Time Like This and Save Art Space, will feature artwork by Dread Scott, Deb Kass, Shirin Neshat, Marilyn Minter, and others this October.
Art
Contemplating Art and Optimism at a Former Meat-processing Plant
At a moment when so many of us are missing physical touch and closeness, the richly colored, relentless tactility of Hildur Ásgeirsdóttir Jónsson and Kaveri Raina’s works resonate all the more deeply.
Art
Autumn Knight Responds to the “Gaslighting of the Current Moment” in New Performance Series
For Knight, whose work slyly critiques the raced, gendered, and classed nature of power, a residency at the Kitchen will provide an opportunity to use the empty building as a collaborator.
Art
A View From the Street: LA Video Artists Move From Screens to Storefronts
Oxy Arts's Streetview Video Series includes recent MFA grads and a special commission reflecting on the pandemic.
News
An Oregon Arts Nonprofit Will Transfer Its Land to a Native-Led Cultural Organization
In an acknowledgment that the Yale Union building in Portland sits on land belonging to several Indigenous nations, the property will be transferred to the Native Arts and Cultures Foundation.
Art
4,500 People Sign Open Letter Urging Mexican President to Step in as Art World Struggles
The letter urges the government to redirect millions in funds currently dedicated to converting Mexico's largest park into a cultural center designed by artist Gabriel Orozco.
Film
A Filmmaker Explores Relationships to Blindness
Grappling with his own loss of sight, Rodney Evans surveys the experiences of blind artists in Vision Portraits.