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Lower Manhattan Cultural Council Awards $1.3M to 255 Artists and Arts Orgs
The Lower Manhattan Cultural Council also named 18 artists in residence at its new Arts Center on Governors Island.
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Gripping Images Capture More Than Two Years of the COVID-19 Pandemic
Over 80 National Geographic photographers in dozens of countries documented the universality of grief and loss around the world.
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Smithsonian Announces Landmark Decision to Repatriate Benin Bronzes
The institution says it will return most of the 39 artifacts in its collection to Nigeria for eventual display at the Benin City National Museum.
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Ukrainian Artists Are Building Anti-Tank Obstacles
Volo Bevza and other artists are helping construct the anti-tank obstacles known as “hedgehogs” in an old metal workshop in Lviv.
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Archaeologists Uncover Largest Trove of Mummification Materials in Egypt
“It is probably the largest complex and undisturbed find of its kind originating from ancient Egypt,” said Mohamed Megahed, head of the archaeological mission.
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Wexner Center for the Arts Workers Move to Unionize
The workers are urging the leadership of the Ohio arts institution to voluntarily recognize their union.
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The Smithsonian Museums Are Dropping Their Mask Mandate This Friday
Other major museums, like the Metropolitan Museum of Art, still require visitors to be masked indoors.
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Artists at Risk Shares Resources for Ukrainian Artists Fleeing the War
The organization is helping relocate Ukrainians in urgent need of help as well as Russian dissidents who may be at risk of persecution.
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A Never-Before-Seen Portrait of Princess Diana Is Unveiled in London
David Bailey's 1988 portrait of Diana in austere black-and-white had been tucked away in the photographer’s archive until now.
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Calling For “No-Fly Zone” Over Ukraine, Artists Launch Hundreds of Paper Planes at Guggenheim Museum
"Protect the sky over Ukraine," read the flyers-turned-planes, created by a group of New York-based artists and activists.
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Archeologists Uncover the Oldest Ochre Workshop in East Asia
Artifacts found at the 40,000-year-old site suggest that powders of different hues and grain sizes were produced there.
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A Museum Is Using Its Erotic Ceramics Collection for Cancer Prevention
Visitors to the Museo Larco in Peru learned how to perform self-tests for prostate and testicular cancer by touching the genitals of replicas of pre-Columbian huacos.