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UK Bans Export on a Rare Painting Featuring a Black and White Woman
A committee decreed the painting’s departure from the UK would be a misfortune because of its outstanding significance to the study of race and gender in the 17th century.
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Feliza Bursztyn, a Colombian Sculptor Who Obliterated Norms
Bursztyn created vibrating, noisy kinetic sculptures out of scrap metal and cloth with a mix of sensual and disturbing energy.
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Guggenheim Bilbao's Cleaning Staff Stages Protest-Performance Over Dismal Wages
This weekend, artist Lorenzo Bussi collaborated with cleaning workers to protest poor working conditions and low pay at the glitzy contemporary art museum.
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Banksy Sold T-shirts to Fundraise for Activists Accused of Toppling Edward Colston Statue
The shirts, which feature an empty plinth and rope, have already sold out.
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France Approves a Controversial, Modernized Renovation Plan for Notre-Dame’s Interior
Critics have likened the new plan, which will feature murals and light effects, to “Disney.”
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Charlottesville’s Robert E. Lee Monument Will Be Melted Down and Turned Into a New Artwork
The statue was at the center of the notorious, racist “Unite the Right” rally in 2017.
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After Years of Activism, Sackler Name Will Be Removed From Met Museum
Seven exhibition spaces carried the name in the museum, including the iconic Temple of Dendur room.
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Greg Tate, Giant Among Cultural Critics, Dies at 64
His writing spilled over with a creative spirit that made art out of art, sourced from his investigations into music, literature, film and theory, peering into the serpentine realities of Black art and Black life.
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Massive Archive of Work by Photographer James Van Der Zee Lands at Two NYC Museums
The archive kicks off an initiative by the Met Museum and the Studio Museum to conserve and digitize his works, and research the context of his photographs, his singular photographic techniques, and his life.
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25 Years Later, Nez Perce Tribe Is Repaid for Buying Back Its Own Artifacts
In 1996, Nez Perce Tribe members had to fundraise hundreds of thousands of dollars to pay the Ohio History Connection to secure artifacts that were rightfully theirs.
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This Astrophotographer’s Strikingly Detailed Image of the Sun Is Going Viral
Andrew McCarthy used a modified telescope to take over 150,000 images of the sun, combining them to create the stunningly crisp photo.
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International Court of Justice Rules Azerbaijan Must Stop Destroying Armenian Cultural Heritage in Artsakh
The ruling points to major implications for protection of all cultural heritage during peacetime.