Art
Wangechi Mutu Adorns the Met Museum's Façade With Images of African Queendom
For the first time in 117 years, the empty niches on the museum's exterior are occupied. Mutu's four bronze sculpture express resilience and wisdom.
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In Brief
Man Attacks Wall Street Charging Bull With Spiked Banjo
The vandal, a 42-year-old truck driver from Dallas, left the bull with a six-inch gash and several other deep scratches. According to eye-witnesses, he was ranting about President Donald Trump while bashing the bull.
In Brief
Verdict in Oakland Ghost Ship Fire Trial Angers Victim Families
Almost three years after a fire at the Oakland DIY art space killed 36 people, jurors acquitted the space's creative director of involuntary manslaughter but remained hung on the case of the warehouse’s master tenant.
Announcement
Apply Now for Lesley Art + Design's January MFA Residency in Boston and Cambridge
Designed for working professionals, the priority deadline is October 15. Applications reviewed in order received until December 5.
Art
The Story of Labor in New York and What It Requires of Us
City of Workers, City of Struggle at the Museum of the City of New York tracks the evolution of the labor movement as an unpredictable passage of pitfalls and switchbacks.
News
Maintenance Workers at Metropolitan Museum Receive 63% Pay Increase
After more than a year of negotiations, licensed HVAC assistant maintenance workers will receive $35 per hour while the annual salaries for new hires will jump from $45,760 to $72,800.
Announcement
Call to Artists: Apply Now for the Parramatta Square Public Art Projects in Sydney, Australia
This opportunity is for two large-scale sculptures in the Parramatta Square public domain. Applications are now open through October 11, 2019.
Books
A Former Museum of Modern Art Director's Meticulous Eye for Detail
As a non-specialist Rene d’Harnoncourt had a rare ability to engage deeply with objects across time, cultural specificity, and form.
Interview
Postcommodity Centers Optimism and Indigenous Philosophies in a New Site-Specific Installation
In their latest site-specific project, the collective probes histories of migration in a pan-American context.
News
Enjoy a Day of Free Admission to Hundreds of US Museums, Courtesy of the Smithsonian
On September 21, museums across the country will offer visitors free general admission tickets as part of the 15th annual Smithsonian Museum Day.
Art
Required Reading
This week, the cost of doing scholarly work in art history, how novelist Jonathan Franzen avoided jury duty, an alternative Latin American reading list, Lana Del Rey criticizes a critic, Washington's "Iran Expert" problem, and more.
Books
Italian Poet Amelia Rosselli's Diary Examines and Reexamines the Self
In her diary, Rosselli experimented with what she described as “wild” writing to explore trauma and loss.