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No More Selfies at Chicago's "Bean" Until 2024
The city began maintenance on the Grainger Plaza that surrounds the iconic sculpture on August 15.
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Orlando Museum of Art Says Ex-Director Was In On Fake Basquiats
The museum filed a civil lawsuit alleging Aaron De Groft planned to take a cut of the forged paintings’ sales.
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Arizona City to Restore Exhibition Series After Censorship Backlash
But it is unclear whether the Mesa Arts Center’s shows will include the Shepard Fairey anti-police artwork that the City of Mesa had asked to withdraw.
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Amid Record Heat, Woman Refills Water Bottle in Rome's Trevi Fountain
A video of an apparent tourist crawling into the historic fountain went viral.
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Iran Sentences Filmmaker for "Unlawful" Cannes Screening
Saeed Roustaee was charged with “propaganda against the government” after his latest film Leila’s Brothers screened at the festival.
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Art Institute of Chicago Workers Ratify Union Contract
Over 500 workers at the museum and at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago secured wage increases after 14 months of negotiations.
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Did a Shoe Campaign Copy a Felix Gonzalez-Torres Artwork?
Some think the similarities between Kith’s new ad and the artist’s iconic “Untitled (Portrait of Ross in L.A.)” (1991) are too striking to be accidental.
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Turkish Curator Resigns From Venice Biennale Pavilion
Esra Sarıgedik Öktem stepped down after the Istanbul Biennial appointed a member of its own board as curator in place of Defne Ayas, the agreed-upon candidate.
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Met Museum Acquires Rare 19th-Century Portrait of Enslaved Child
The painting of 15-year-old Bélizaire with the children of the family that enslaved him was restored to its original composition after his figure was covered up around 1900.
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The "Sexy" Seagull Sculpture That Scandalized a Coastal City
Donna Dodson's "Seagull Cinderella" is returning for public display again in New Bedford, Massachusetts, reigniting old concerns about the "bird with boobs."
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Israeli Scholars and Artists Call Occupation of Palestine "Apartheid"
Hundreds have signed a letter urging Jewish leaders in the US to speak up against the violent oppression and ethnic cleansing inflicted on the Palestinian people.
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Artists Decry “Censorship” of Shepard Fairey Anti-Police Artwork
The city of Mesa canceled a series of shows of political street art just weeks after the museum refused to withdraw Fairey’s work depicting a police officer in riot gear.