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Godzilla Withdraws From Museum of Chinese in America Retrospective, Citing “Complicity” in NYC Jails
The artist collective accused the Museum of Chinese in America of benefiting from mass incarceration.
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Over 200 Courtroom Sketches of Rodney King Trials Acquired by Library of Congress
Prominent courtroom artist Mary Chaney drew the 269 illustrations during three trials between 1992 and 1994.
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See the Captivating Images From This Year’s Sony World Photography Awards
The COVID-19 pandemic dominates this year’s entries with images capturing life under lockdown and the resilience of people worldwide.
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Capitol Curators Estimate $25K Worth of Damage to Art During Pro-Trump Riots
In addition to looting and damaging furniture and spraying graffiti throughout the complex, insurrectionists vandalized six sculptures and two paintings.
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Traverse Miles and Millennia From Home at Asia Week New York
As Princeton University Art Museum curator Zoe S. Kwok explains, the week ranks as “the most important annual event in Asian art outside of Asia.”
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Biden’s Stimulus Bill Includes $470M for Arts and Culture Relief
The bill exceeds the respective $75 million allocated to the NEA and NEH in the Trump administration’s 2020 CARES Act.
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How a Tweet Led to the FBI’s Return of a Looted Nepalese Sculpture
The looted status of the stele has been well documented since the 1980s, but it wasn’t until this year that the FBI and Dallas Museum of Art collaborated to return the religious artifact.
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Check Out These Award-winning Works From the Leica Women Foto Project
Series by Matika Wilbur, Karen Zusman, and Anna Boyiazis were selected for the second annual award, announced today on International Women’s Day.
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Archaeologists Find Ornate Chariot Preserved in Ash From Mount Vesuvius
The unique chariot includes elaborate scenes on rear medallions that refer to Eros, leading researchers to theorize that it could have been a chariot used for marriage rituals or processionals.
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Activists Paint Names of Femicide Victims Outside of Mexico’s Presidential Palace
Ahead of a massive march for International Women's Day, the palace was covered with names and messages like “Trans women are part of my struggle.”
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Nazi-looted Watercolor by Egon Schiele, Belonging to Artist's Dentist, Will Be Returned to Heirs
Germany’s advisory commission on Nazi-looted art also recommended the return of a painting by Erich Heckel to the heirs of Jewish journalist Max Fischer.
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Banksy Scaled the Prison That Once Jailed Oscar Wilde to Paint His Latest Mural
Banksy confirmed the artwork in a clever video stitched together with a Bob Ross tutorial.