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The Watercolour World Documents the Planet Before Photography
The initiative has already digitized 80,000 images, categorized and made searchable to the public.
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Week in Review: Finding Leonardo’s Fingerprint, Iraq’s Mosul Museum Reopens
Also, Charline von Heyl exhibition extended after government shutdown, Birmingham Civil Rights Institute has apologized to Dr. Angela Y. Davis and more.
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An Auction Record for Work by a Pre-Modern Woman Artist, and Museum of Modern Art Receives 800 Drawings
Plus, the complete archive of Supreme skate decks sells for $800,000, and Yayoi Kusama breaks another auction record.
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A 40-Year Initiative Brings the Art of Maximum-Security Prisoners to the Museum
"Those capable of the worst are capable of the best," says curator Jeffrey Greene. "Anyone can be an artist."
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Art Movements
Conceptual artist Susan Hiller has passed away, Sara Raza will join the Rubin Museum of Art as a guest curator, and more.
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Divisive Amazon HQ2 Meeting Draws Hundreds to City Hall
"Why do you need our money? We have 63,000 people who are sleeping in homeless shelters," council speaker Corey Johnson told Amazon reps. "Don't you think there's a better way for us to spend $3 billion?"
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Ai Weiwei Slams US for "Complicity" in China's Arrest of Two Canadian Citizens
The artist called the United States a "willing partner" in China's "monstrous regime."
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More Than 75 New York Galleries Hit with Lawsuits Alleging ADA Violations
Galleries including Gagosian and Marian Goodman have been accused of violating the Americans with Disabilities Act by failing to make their websites accessible to the blind or visually impaired.
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The Artists and Journalists Nominated for the 2019 Freedom of Expression Awards
The Index on Censorship annually honors outspoken artists and activists who have made a significant contribution to fighting censorship through arts, campaigning, digital activism, and journalism.
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The Smithsonian Reopens as Another Possible Shutdown Looms in Coming Weeks
It will take the institute months to reschedule postponed programs and exhibitions, but the organization has no way to recover the $3.4 million it lost in revenue.
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El Museo del Barrio Cancels Alejandro Jodorowsky Retrospective In Light of 1970s Rape Admission
Jodorowsky admitted to sexually violating an actress while producing his 1970 film El Topo.
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Cal State LA Students Embark on Making Documentaries with Million Dollar Grant from Hauser & Wirth
This semester, students are making movies on LA art organizations that are incorporating social work. The grant will provide new equipment and funds to hire guest artists as mentors.