Opinion
Who Is Threatened by Women Who Curate Political Art?
Challenging art is essential for sparking difficult conversations, but two museum directors — both women — have recently stepped down after championing politically engaged programming.
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Art
How Books Get Banned
Xiaoze Xie’s humble books and photographs are quiet survivors that still hide in the shadows even when they are bathed in museum light.
Art
Finding Kinship with Witchcraft in the Fight Against Patriarchy
An exhibition revisits the life of the last European woman to be executed for witchcraft.
News
FBI Points Finger at Thief of Terracotta Soldier's Thumb
An intruder in a green sweater "appeared to break something off from the Cavalryman’s left hand and put it in his left front pocket.”
Art
Designs of Wonderfully Weird Women Capture the Mood of the Moment
No one ever said being a woman was easy. But Lucy Cahill also makes it look empowering and fun.
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News
After Florida Shooting, Hirshhorn Museum Calls Off Art Projection Featuring Giant Gun [UPDATED]
The projection, by artist Krzysztof Wodiczko, will be rescheduled for a later date.
Art
It's OK to Feel Ambivalent About Michelle Obama's Official Portrait
Too often, women of color are expected to support black artists in the abstract — sometimes at the expense of meaningful, critical dialogue.
News
Queens Museum Releases Report Making Extraordinary Allegations Against Former Director
The results of an independent investigation into last years controversy pins much of the blame on the museum's former director and former deputy director.
Art
The Dadaists' Fevered Dreams of Africa
Dada Africa is an exhibition that exhumes the collision between the Dadaists’ preconceived notions of Africa and actual African cultural artifacts.
In Brief
Fearless Girl and Wall Street Bull Sculptures May Get a New, Permanent Home
Adweek [http://www.adweek.com/agencies/fearless-girl-is-getting-a-permanent-home-in-nyc-though-she-may-be-relocated/] is reporting that negotiations are underway between the New York City Mayor’s Office and State Street Global Advisors, the financial firm behind the infamous "Fearless Girl" statue [
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James Castle: People, Places & Things on View at the New York Studio School
The exhibition includes rarely seen books, ephemera, and sources of inspiration from the James Castle Collection & Archive LP and The William Louis-Dreyfus Foundation Inc.
Film
This Year's Oscar-Nominated Shorts Are Slam Dunks
From a film on basketball legend Kobe Bryant to an adaptation of Roald Dahl poems, this is the first crop of nominees in many years without a single dud.