Community
A View From the Easel During Times of Quarantine
This week, artists reflect on quarantining from their studios in Pennsylvania, Maine, Colorado, and Vienna, Austria.
COVID-19
News
Small US Art Museums Awarded Relief Grants by Mellon Foundation
The grants will support organizations like the Leslie-Lohman Museum of Art in New York, the California African American Museum in Los Angeles, and the Fabric Workshop and Museum in Philadelphia.
News
LA County Department of Arts and Culture Awards $12 Million in Relief Grants
The nonprofits, many smaller in size, are now saying they can finally “focus on work.”
Art
“Everyone Here Hates You”: Artists Send Marfa Tourists a Message
Local artists Chris Ramming and Rob Brill address tourists traveling to Marfa, which is in a COVID-19 hotspot and doesn’t have a hospital.
Film
Andrew Cuomo Got an Emmy for Literally Just Showing Up
The New York governor receiving the Founders Award for his COVID-19 press briefings marks a new nadir in politics as style over actual results.
Film
The Battle Against COVID-19 in Wuhan
Following healthcare workers during the early months of the pandemic, the film 76 Days draws an inspiring picture of collective effort to fight disaster.
Art
The Bioweapons of Culture War
The hope now is not for this to end well, but simply for it to end.
News
A New Feminist Art Collective Raises Awareness for the Labor of Motherhood
44.4 Mothers/Artists Collective is making space in Ottawa and the Outaouais region for artists who are mothers, who have been habitually overlooked in the art world.
News
As UK Museums Struggle, Major Artists Step In to Help
British artists Anish Kapoor, Lubaina Himid, and Michael Landy are offering prints to help keep the country’s museums afloat during the pandemic as part of an Art Fund initiative.
Art
Hito Steyerl Brings Us Late Night Public Access Weirdness
4 Nights at the Museum, a “weird-ass visual podcast,” is a good example of responsive curating amid the pandemic.
Opinion
Mourning This Year’s Canceled ArtPrize Event
This year, the excitement of having a shared and immersive three-week-long, city-wide artistic experience with people in a swing city in a swing county in a swing state was missing.
News
As COVID-19 Cases Climb, Museums Across US Announce Closures
Minneapolis museums and the Smithsonian are some of the first to announce their second closures, starting this weekend.