Art
Art History's Most Controversial Nudes
The nude figure as a subject has been a battleground issue for as long as it’s been a staple of fine art.
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Opinion
Are We Asking Too Much of Public Art?
We want public art to interrogate social injustices, fill us with love and joy, and brush aside human flaws, but it rarely ever lives up to these expectations.
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Artist Shellyne Rodriguez Arrested in the Bronx
The former Hunter College adjunct who confronted anti-abortion activists faces charges of harassment and menacing for threatening a tabloid reporter.
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School Fires Arts Professor Who Confronted Anti-Abortion Group
Artist and former Hunter College adjunct Shellyne Rodriguez, who was harassed online after protesting a pro-life group on campus, was let go after a tense altercation with a reporter.
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An Urgent Vision of Architecture at the Venice Biennale
Fittingly titled The Laboratory of the Future, the 18th edition of the show instructed participants to reuse materials and minimize their carbon footprint.
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Anatomy of a Disputed Emancipation Monument
The Chazen Museum of Art in Wisconsin didn’t quite know what to do with a controversial emancipation statue of Abraham Lincoln in its collection until Sanford Biggers stepped in with an idea.
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Hundreds Help Restore Defaced Tschabalala Self Sculpture in the UK
Vandals spray-painted the artist’s sculpture of a Black woman in white.
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Artist Who Faked Native Identity Gets 18-Month Sentence
Jerry Chris Van Dyke claimed he was a member of the Nez Perce Tribe to sell his art.
Art
Listening to the Wisdom of Chinese Animal Idioms
Chinese Animal Idiom cards remind us that we can fly free, yes, and we should, but we eventually need somewhere to land.
Art
Feeling at Home at New York’s Contemporary African Art Fair
The ninth edition of the 1-54 fair in Harlem made me proud of my Blackness, a feeling most art spaces don’t often inspire.
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Supreme Court Rules Against Warhol Foundation in Copyright Case
After years of legal wrangling, the court ruled in favor of photographer Lynn Goldsmith, who was not compensated for the 2016 publication of a print from Warhol’s Prince series.
Opinion
It’s Time to Rewrite the Canon of Women Artists
Katy Hessel’s new survey of women artists leaves out men, but also falls short of offering a new take on feminist art history.