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The Art Institute of Chicago Acquires Nearly 500 19th-Century American Photographs
Plus, David Bowie's Tintoretto will resurface in Venice, and the University of Michigan-Dearborn opens a new art center.
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See the Majestic Displays at India's First Contemporary Sculpture Park
The park presents the works of 23 artists in an expansive 18th-century fortress in Jaipur.
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Drag Show for Performers with Down Syndrome Cancelled by Congressional Candidate
Congressional hopeful Peter Meijer rescinded permission for the showcase at a venue he owns, questioning whether or not the performers could provide “informed consent.”
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UMB Bank Responds to Report Regarding $130 Million Lawsuit to Keep ICE Detainees in Prison
| The bank, which is suing a city in Rhode Island for refusing to house ICE detainees at an affiliated detention center, has responded to Hyperallergic's report with an official statement. Read the full story and statement here [https://hyperallergic.com/514677/wyatt-detention-center/].
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This Program Gives NYC Art Teachers Free Supplies for the New School Year
Materials for the Arts in Long Island City hosts its fifth annual Back to School Shopping Spree initiative, offering art teachers in public schools reusable items for their classes as an alternative to bearing the cost of art supplies.
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Week in Review: Nan Goldin Arrested at Protest, Artists Protest at Hudson Yards
Also, an artist is building a cemetery and a memorial in Tunisia for migrants who have died in the Mediterranean Sea, some of the photographs claiming to depict the Amazon rainforest fire are fake, and more.
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24 Impressionist Master Paintings Donated to the High Museum of Art
Plus, the University of Chicago Library now has the largest institutional collection of Vivian Maier photographs, and the Getty Research Institute has acquired the massive archive of Sidney B. Felsen.
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The Museum Trustee Behind a $130 Million Lawsuit to Keep ICE Detainees in Prison
UMB Bank is suing a city in Rhode Island for refusing to house ICE detainees at an affiliated detention center. The bank’s CEO, Mariner Kemper, is also a trustee of the Kemper Museum of Contemporary Art in Missouri.
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Artist Nan Goldin Arrested in Protest Outside Governor Cuomo's Office in NYC
The activists are calling on the governor to establish overdose prevention centers to combat the growing opioid epidemic.
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To Mourn the Lives of Drowned Migrants, an Artist Builds a Cemetery in Tunisia
Rachid Koraichi's Jardin d'Afrique (Garden of Africa) will serve as a burial site and memorial for migrants who have died in the Mediterranean Sea. Although it is scheduled to open next spring, the cemetery already buried 56 bodies of drowned migrants.
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In DJ Performance, Artist Asks Hudson Yards to “Decolonize” the Shed
Ushka called out Shed board member and real estate mogul Stephen Ross, who recently came under fire for planning a Southampton fundraiser for President Trump.
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Redesigned New York License Plates Will Still Be Made by Prison Labor
| A spokesperson for the Department of Corrections and Community Supervision (DOCCS) confirmed to Gothamist that the new state license plates will be produced by incarcerated individuals earning 65 cents an hour. Senator Zellnor Myrie (D) told Gothamist that, "We like to call ourselves the progressi