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Viral Sink Reviewer Eviscerates MoMA's Restrooms
Sink Reviews boasts over 712,000 followers on TikTok, expanding the digital world of faucet criticism.
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Roam the Galleries of the Metropolitan Museum via Augmented Reality
The museum collaborated with Verizon to launch the Met Unframed, which allows you to navigate through a dozen digitally rendered galleries and view nearly 50 works from the Met’s collection.
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Plan to Sell Diego Rivera Mural at San Francisco Art Institute Draws Backlash
What the board calls the San Francisco Art Institute’s “most liquid asset” is “not a commodity,” the adjunct faculty union says.
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UK Rejects European Union Regulations to Reduce Illegal Antiquity Trafficking
The UK has rejected EU regulations that require import licenses for art, antiques, books, and other artifacts that are more than 250 years old before they can enter any EU country.
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Ohio Arts Council Board Member Resigns After Incendiary Comments on Capitol Attack
Susan Allan Block called for “no peace” and “no concession,” called Kamala Harris a “whore,” and labeled Joe Biden an “illegitimate president” in controversial social media posts.
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Confederate Flag Found Tied to Jewish Heritage Museum in New York
The banner was placed overnight and discovered this morning, two days after a violent attack on the Capitol rife with Nazi and white supremacist symbols.
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US Museums and Art Institutions Respond to Capitol Attack
“We cannot be silent bystanders. We must speak up and take action wherever and whenever we witness hatred and threats of violence,” said Jack Kliger, president and CEO of the Museum of Jewish Heritage in New York.
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The National Gallery of Art Acquires Quilts by the Women of Gee’s Bend
The DC institution has expanded its holdings of work by Black artists from the American South with a recent acquisition from Souls Grown Deep.
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Week in Review: Photos Capture Attack on the Capitol; Vulva Sculpture in Brazil Incites Controversy
Also, see a rundown of some of the many artworks and creative acts that were censored in 2020, and more.
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How the Internet Reflected on and Coped With the Capitol Attack
From an artist’s rendition of Capitol police rolling out the red carpet for pro-Trump insurrectionists, to memes about the Viking hat-clad QAnon supporter, social media has been rife with memes and digital content.
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Photographs Capture Chaos at the Capitol
Blogger and cultural observer Bucky Turco shares his images and insight from the insurrection at the US Capitol yesterday.
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Anticipating Escalating Violence, DC Arts Organization Postponed Display of Blood-drenched White House
Last month, CulturalDC postponed its projection of a bloody artwork by Andrei Molodkin, which floods an acrylic model of the White House using blood donated by US citizens.