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Chris Ofili and Naoki Urasawa Among Artists to Create Posters for 2020 Olympics
Twenty posters to commemorate the upcoming Tokyo Olympics and Paralympics have premiered at the Museum of Contemporary Art Tokyo.
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France Blocks Export of Cimabue Found in Kitchen, Smithsonian Acquires Two Kusama Infinity Rooms
Also, the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York acquired over 700 rare photographs from the William L. Schaeffer Collection, and the Baltimore Museum of Art announced its fall 2019 acquisitions.
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NYC Grants Awards to 36 Nonprofits for Arts and Culture Programs in Languages Other Than English
The Department of Cultural Affairs has launched the Create NYC Language Access Fund, awarding grants ranging from $5,000 to $25,000.
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Front of House Staff at the Shed Seek to Unionize
The staff, who have filed a petition with the National Labor Relations Board, claim that "working conditions were not up to par."
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Meet the Formerly Incarcerated Artist in Residence Who Hopes to Transform the Philadelphia DA's Office
James “Yaya” Hough speaks of a "strong desire to create dialogue inside of the community, between the DA’s office, the citizenry, the affected communities and more specifically, victim advocate groups."
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Trump Walks Back His Threats to Strike Iran's Cultural Sites
Meanwhile, leaders of cultural institutions have condemned the president's threats, and Iranians responded with a hashtag campaign celebrating their country's cultural treasures.
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Make Your Own Experimental Film Out of GIFs and Philip Glass
Rico Monkeon's "Gifaanisqatsi" uses the score from the classic documentary Koyaanisqatsi and random GIFs to generate mesmerizing custom montages.
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Beloved Comic Series The Far Side Is Now Legally On the Web
After decades of eschewing the internet, creator Gary Larson is releasing daily batches of the classic strip.
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India and US Top List of Data Requests from TikTok, According to New Transparency Report
Under pressure for its alleged ties to the Chinese government and other security concerns, the developers behind TikTok published the company’s first “transparency report."
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Adjaye Associates Is Building a Mosque, a Church, and a Synagogue in Abu Dhabi
The Abrahamic Family House, designed by Sir David Adjaye's architecture firm, will be located on Saadiyat Island, not far from the new Louvre Abu Dhabi.
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Trump Reiterates Threat to Iranian Cultural Sites
According to the New York Times, Trump has reiterated his threat against cultural sites in Iran. Even such a move would widely be seen as a war crime, the president argued on Sunday night: “They’re allowed to kill our people. They’re allowed to torture and maim our people. They’re allowed to use roa
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Trump Threatens War Crimes on Iran in New Tweet About Cultural Sites
After the assassination of Iranian major general Soleimani, a new tweet by the US President suggests more ominous actions on the horizon.