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How Can NYC Artists Push Back Against Censorship?
A City Council hearing featured testimony from artists and cultural leaders on funding and free speech, particularly under threats from the Trump administration.
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Llyn Foulkes, Quintessential LA Artist, Dies at 91
Guided by an uncompromising vision and a shrewd critical eye, the artist satirized American culture through paintings, assemblage pieces, and music that hummed with tactile vitality.
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Protest Dance Outside Kennedy Center Targets Trump’s Attack on Culture
Dozens of workers have been terminated since the president took over the institution in February.
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Philadelphia Art Museum Accuses Former Director of Theft
After Alexandra Suda accused the museum of wrongful termination, the institution said she misappropriated funds to increase her salary.
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Artist Alma Allen to Represent US at 2026 Venice Biennale
The artist alleged that two galleries dropped him from their rosters after he accepted the commission for the United States Pavilion.
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Former Met President Daniel Weiss to Lead Philadelphia Art Museum
The news comes on the heels of a lawsuit by former director Sasha Suda, who accused the institution of wrongful termination.
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Frida Kahlo Becomes Most Expensive Woman Artist at Auction
“El sueño (La cama)” (1940), a surreal rumination on dreams, nightmares, and the afterlife, sold for $54.7M at Sotheby's.
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Gay Sheep Make Their High Fashion Debut in NYC
I Wool Survive featured pieces made with wool from the world’s “first flock of gay sheep.”
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16 Acts of Artistic Resistance Happening This Weekend
The exhibitions, performances, readings, and more are just a sliver of the more than 500 events in the nationwide Fall of Freedom series.
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Remembering Bill Ivey, Guy Cogeval, and Marilyn A. Zeitlin
This week, we honor artists, museum directors, politicians who championed art, and others.
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Why Is DC’s Phillips Collection Selling Off Its Masterpieces?
The museum’s decision to deaccession works by Georgia O’Keeffe, Pablo Picasso, and more has come under public scrutiny.
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Maurizio Cattelan’s Golden Toilet Fails to Make a Splash
The work sold for $12.1 million after an awkward minute during which the auctioneer attempted to draw out more bids.