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Maurizio Cattelan's Banana Sold Three Editions Before It Was Eaten; Rijksmuseum Receives 24 Mapplethorpe Photos
Also, the top-grossing painting at Art Basel Miami Beach was a Marc Chagall sold by Hammer Galleries for over $2 million, and more.
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As TikTok's Popularity Rises, Concerns Arise Over App's Censorship and Security
The app is owned by Chinese company ByteDance, which has been accused of censoring users for posting content about issues including the persecution of Uighur Muslims and Hong Kong.
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Harvard Students Install a Memorial Site for Opioid Victims at Arthur M. Sackler Museum
The installation featured the names of 250 people who died from opioid overdoses recorded on the museum's stairs.
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A Church Nativity Scene Makes a Statement About Border Detentions
The display presents the figurines of Mary, Joseph, and baby Jesus separated by metal cages to evoke detention facilities at the US-Mexico border. "The role of public art is to raise awareness," explains the church's reverend.
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Documentary Filmmakers Challenge the Trump Administration Over Visa Requirements
The International Documentary Association and the Doc Society have filed a lawsuit over the new policy that visa applicants register their social media profiles.
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"It Tasted Like $120,000," Says Artist Who Ate Maurizio Cattelan’s Infamous Banana Artwork
“It’s not vandalism, I’m a performance artist," David Datuna said proudly of the stunt, which has permeated the internet and the mainstream press.
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A Beloved San Diego Gallery Is Pushed Out by a Wave of Gentrification
Over 4,000 people are behind a petition to get the landlord to reconsider the new rent, which has more than doubled.
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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.