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Over 200 Artists and Scholars Urge MoMA and Board Member to Divest from Private Prison Companies
Hal Foster, Andrea Fraser, and Tania Bruguera have signed the letter released by New Sanctuary Coalition.
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Artist Tackled, Pepper-Sprayed, and Arrested While Selling Art in Washington Square Park
Oriel Ceballos was arrested for not using a table to display his artwork at the park.
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Works by Elizabeth Catlett and Yoshitomo Nara Set Auction Records for the Artists
Plus, the Metropolitan Museum of Art announces new acquisitions in the lead-up to its 150th anniversary and more of the week's transactions.
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PAIN Sackler Activists Throw "Blood Money" and Stage Die-in Outside Purdue Pharma's Bankruptcy Hearing
“We’re not going to stop until they personally face charges,” Nan Goldin, founder of PAIN Sackler, declared.
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Open Letter Asks Swiss Institute to Address Claims Against Artist
“How should we, as a community, address these kinds of troubling claims?" the group asks.
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In South Africa, Activists Campaign to Remove Artwork by Convicted Murderer of a Sex Worker
In a public gesture of solidarity, artist Candice Breitz asked that her video installation, on view in a separate exhibition at the same art center, be removed and replaced by a #SayHerName sign.
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Guerrilla NYC Subway Ads Mock Trump, Giuliani, and Fox News Hosts
The Good Liars, the comic duo behind the spoofs, got its start during the Occupy Wall Street protests.
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After Harlem Community Protests, Simone Leigh Withdraws Proposal for Central Park Sculpture
Vinnie Bagwell's sculpture "Victory" will instead replace the removed monument to J. Marion Sims, a gynecologist who performed brutal experiments on enslaved women in the 19th century.
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Three Desert X Board Members Resign in Protest of Saudi Collaboration
Ed Ruscha, Yael Lipschutz, and Tristan Milanovich say the Saudi government’s violations of human rights and the killing of journalist Jamal Khashoggi prompted their resignations.
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A Florida Prisoner Made a Full Documentary on a Secret Cell Phone
The Miami Herald has obtained extensive, disturbing footage of daily life inside a Florida prison, all captured by inmate Scott Whitney over four years.
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“We Feel Very Betrayed": Community Protests Replacement for J. Marion Sims Monument
Local stakeholders from the Beyond Sims Committee objected to a vote by a panel of judges appointed by New York City’s Department of Cultural Affairs.
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Fight Over Divisive Mural Escalates as George Washington High School Alumni File Lawsuit
Recently, the school board voted to conceal Victor Arnautoff’s “The Life of George Washington,” which critics call a racist depiction of Native Americans and enslaved people.