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During Art Basel Miami Beach, Young Climate Strikers Urge the Art World to Pay Attention
“Art should be used to make a political statement,” says Andrew Weaver, press director of Miami Climate Strike.
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In Surprising Development, MOCA LA Voluntarily Recognizes Employee Union
This will make MOCA only the second museum in Los Angeles after the Museum of Tolerance to have a union.
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18-Year-Old Pleads Guilty After Pushing Child Off Tate Modern Balcony
On August 4, a French child visiting London with his family was found on Tate Modern’s fifth-floor roof after being pushed from the museum’s tenth-floor viewing platform. Soon after, British teenager John Bravery was arrested and charged with attempted murder, and today he plead guilty. Read the ful
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Week in Review: Tufts Ditches Sackler Name, French Museum Close as Protests Rage
Also, fired Marciano Art Foundation employees protested Guess stores on Black Friday, a stolen Willem de Kooning painting worth an estimated $100,000,000 has been recovered, and more.
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Tufts University Removes Sackler Name From Med School; Smithsonian Rebrands Its Sackler Gallery
The billionaire Sackler family, owners of Purdue Pharma who are well known for their philanthropy, has come under intense scrutiny in the art world.
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Parisian Strikes Bring City's Art Scene to a Halt
As protesters take to the streets to oppose President Macron’s proposed retirement reforms, a number of art institutions have partially or fully closed.
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More Than 70K Young Art Goers Have Signed Up For a Free Museum Membership
In May, the Art Gallery of Ontario launched a pilot membership program offering free passes to patrons aged 18 to 25. Of the 100,000 people who have signed up, some 70% are under the age of 25.
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Paul Gauguin Goes for $10.5M; Sotheby's Sells Space Photographs for Apollo 11 Anniversary
Also, the Dallas Museum of Art created a Works on Paper department thanks to a gift from a former curator and trustee, and more.
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Artists Presented Turner Prize Jury With Their Official Request to Split Prize Morning of Ceremony
The Turner Prize quartet of winners — Lawrence Abu Hamdan, Helen Cammock, Tai Shani, and Oscar Murillo — say they "hijacked" the prestigious award with their request to split the prize, the Guardian reported. Read the full story here [https://hyperallergic.com/531373/turner-prize-will-be-split-betwe
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A Long-Lost de Kooning Is Being Restored, But Will Always Bear the Scars of Its Theft
Willem de Kooning’s “Woman–Ochre” was missing for over 30 years. Now recovered, it shows signs of mishandling and amateur restoration that are difficult to fix.
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"Guess Who Laid Us Off?": Art Workers Stage Protests on Black Friday
Former employees of the Marciano Art Foundation gathered at Rodeo Drive's Guess storefront to distribute flyers about their unionization attempt. Union members staged simultaneous actions in solidarity on the East Coast.
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Kusama Balloon Grounded at Macy's Parade Because of Weather
After much fanfare, visitors to this year's Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade noticed one artist-designed balloon didn't make it through the streets of Manhattan. Yayoi Kusama's sun-like red balloon was grounded because of weather conditions. Read the whole story here.