News
A Running List of New York Galleries and Nonprofits Closing for the #J20 Art Strike
As the day of Donald Trump's inauguration nears, we're keeping track of all the New York City art spaces that will stay closed in protest.
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Art
Skewering Trump by Any Memes Necessary
People are dealing with the new realities of Trumplandia through memes because they help us laugh. Did someone say #goldenshowers?
Art
An Exclusive Glimpse of a Gilded Salon of Presidential Power
For his elegant new film, Laurent Grasso was allowed to film in the Salon Doré, the golden-hued office of the President of France.
News
Submit Your Art to the Women's March on Washington
Winners of an open call will receive $500 per piece and see their art used on 30,000 posters and nine large-scale banners.
News
Saint Louis Art Museum Criticized for Loaning Painting to Trump Inaugural Luncheon
Two St. Louisans want to stop the loan of George Caleb Bingham's painting "Verdict of the People" for Donald Trump's inaugural luncheon.
Art
The Pursuit of Art, 2016
The first painting I saw in 2016 was “Cockman Always Rises Orange” (2015): we can’t say we weren’t warned.
News
LGBTQ Activists Attacked by Trump Supporters While Leaving NYC Art Space
A group of people leaving the closing party of Decolonize This Place at the Tribeca nonprofit Artists Space were attacked by men who identified themselves as supporters of Donald Trump.
Opinion
Should the Art World Strike on Inauguration Day?
Will the art world in the US close down on Inauguration Day? What will that mean? #J20
Hyperallergic
Art After Trump, a Night of Creative Responses to the Election
On December 15, Hyperallergic will co-present a marathon night of readings and performances at Housing Works Bookstore Cafe.
Art
The Soft Power of Art
As Western Civilization, as we have known it, seems to be unraveling, what are artists to do?
Opinion
Reconsidering the Aesthetics of Protest
Public witness can’t really be found in a shout or an insult. It can only be found when we witness an openness between people.
News
Architects Float Plan to Block Trump Tower Chicago Sign with Golden Pigs
An architecture firm visualizes four gilded pigs floating in the air to conceal Trump Tower Chicago’s 20-foot-tall TRUMP sign as a way to “provide visual relief to the citizens of Chicago.”