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An Artemisia Gentileschi Nude Takes Her Top Off
Conservators are working to “virtually restore” a Gentileschi painting whose nude figure was covered with draping and veils in the interest of modesty.
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Guaranteed Income Program for Artists Kicks Off in NY
More than 22,000 artists applied for Creatives Rebuild New York’s initiative, the biggest in the country.
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Nearly 100 Maya Masterpieces Are Now on View in New York City
The Metropolitan Museum of Art’s Lives of the Gods exhibition is the first major US show of Maya art in the last decade.
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Reggaetonero J Balvin Named Hirshhorn Museum’s “Cultural Ambassador”
The Colombian singer has come under scrutiny in the past for what some consider to be his appropriation of Afro-Caribbean musical traditions.
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"Fair Wages Are So Chic": Workers Rally at Brooklyn Museum Gala
Union members protested the unsatisfactory proposal presented by the museum after nearly a year of negotiations at play.
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Part-Time Faculty at the New School Are Fed Up
The workers, who make up 87% of faculty at the school, are striking until “a reasonable contract” is reached.
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Relative of Hilma af Klint Condemns NFTs of Artist’s Paintings
Hedvig Ersman, the granddaughter of Hilma af Klint’s nephew, said the sale of NFTs on Pharrell Williams’s GODA platform “goes against the will” of the artist.
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Warring Gangs Wreak Terror on Haiti Artists' Village
Hundreds have been displaced and at least 15 killed in gang clashes at the Village Artistique de Noailles, famous for its metalworks cherished the world over.
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As Tech Layoffs Continue, Meta Slashes Arts Program Staff
It’s unclear whether Meta will continue its Open Arts initiative.
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Klimt Gets Splashed With “Oil” in Latest Climate Protest
The artist’s “Death and Life” painting got splashed with an oily black liquid at the Leopold Museum in Vienna.
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Nearly 50K Academic Workers Are on Strike at University of California
In open letters published by Hyperallergic, faculty and students at UC Irvine’s Art History and Visual Studies departments demand higher wages and more support for its academic workers.
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Princeton Professor Under Fire for Saying N-Word in Class
It’s not the first time Joe Scanlan, a tenured art professor at the university, is criticized for using racist gestures and language.