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Yes, MAAM! Boston Is Excited to Meet Its Newest Contemporary Art Museum
A reporter visits the new MassArt Art Museum (MAAM) and speaks to some of the 2,600 visitors who passed through the front doors on opening day.
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Sotheby's Moves Hong Kong Art Sales to New York; First-edition Jane Austen Novels Go to Auction
Also, the collection of a former president of the Museum of Modern Art — valued at $450 million — will be sold, and more.
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Smithsonian Institution Releases 2.8 Million Images for Public Use
Now entering the public domain are items from the institution's many museums, research centers, libraries, archives, and the National Zoo.
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After South Carolina Debate, Artist Letter Endorsing Bernie Sanders Reaches Over 2,500 Signatures
| 2,579 artists have signed the “Artists4Bernie” open letter endorsing the Vermont Senator as the Democratic presidential nominee. Since February 24, this number has nearly quadrupled its original count of 665, with artists including Nan Goldin, Hito Steyerl, and Kara Walker supporting his 2020 camp
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A Chance to Buy Postcards by Women Artists, Including Guerrilla Girls
Ahead of International Women’s Day on March 8, Art on a Postcard is offering postcard-sized works starting at $65 to help eliminate Hepatitis C in women’s prisons.
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Censored Video by Xandra Ibarra Might Go Back on View
| During a public meeting at the Centro de Artes in San Antonio, Texas, the center's committee voted to reinstall Xandra Ibarra's work, which had been removed from the exhibition XicanX: New Visions. The city, which funds and oversees Centro de Artes, had barred Ibarra's video prior to the exhibitio
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Sony World Photography Awards Removes Hong Kong Protest Images
The World Photography Organization said the images could potentially "contradict the competition’s terms and conditions."
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Santa Fe Historic Board Says Pro-Palestinian Mural Must Go
| The board said that the decision was due to the material of the mural — papier maché, which is "inconsistent" with the aesthetics of the neighborhood — rather than the content. Miller called the ruling a "violation of his property rights, his First Amendment rights of public expression and free sp
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Parasite Inspires Housing Reform Initiative in South Korea
On the heels of its historic Academy Award wins, Bong Joon-ho's film has prompted a government initiative to improve conditions in 1,500 semi-basement apartments.
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Creating a Census for Los Angeles Artists
The survey, which serves to “identify and map the needs of local artists,” is the first of its kind in a city whose artist population continues to rapidly expand.
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Open Letter Endorsing Bernie Sanders Reaches Over 1,000 Signatures, Nearly Doubling Overnight
| Since yesterday, February 24, the number of artists, critics, and cultural workers supporting Bernie Sanders's presidential campaign with an open letter has jumped from 665 to more than 1,200 today, with the addition of names like Gabo Camnitzer, Aria Dean, Bouchra Khalili, Elka Krajewska, and Agu
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Nan Goldin and Kara Walker Among 665 Artists to Endorse Bernie Sanders
“We strongly feel that only Sanders represents the values and virtues which all of us as cultural producers have always hoped to strive for,” the letter reads.