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NEH Calls for Proposals for Trump’s Bizarre Sculpture Garden
After slashing hundreds of grants for cultural institutions, the agency is opening applications for the president’s widely questioned “National Garden of American Heroes.”
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Art Green, Uncanny Painter of Chicago’s Hairy Who, Dies at 83
The artist made the familiar farfetched, infusing his work with a comic quality and threads of Surrealism that reimagined universal motifs.
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Trump’s Top Envoy Says Palais de l’Élysée Looks Just Like Mar-a-Lago
Steve Witkoff is the laughingstock of the internet for drawing parallels between Trump’s Florida beach club and the ornate 18th-century French palace.
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66% of Americans Don’t Think Trump Should Control Museums
The new Reuters/Ipsos poll also shows that 86% of Democrats disagree with the administration’s takeover of cultural institutions.
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NYC Subway Mural Evokes Hilma af Klint's Mysticism
An abstract mural by feminist collective Hilma's Ghost draws from tarot archetypes and hero myths to honor the journeys commuters embark on every day.
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26-Foot Nick Cave Sculpture Heads to Michigan Sculpture Park
The artist’s bronze "Amalgam (Origin)" will join works by the likes of Auguste Rodin and Louise Bourgeois at the Frederik Meijer Gardens and Sculpture Park.
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Texas Schools Ban Lesson Over Exposed Nipple on Virginia Flag
“Nudity on a state flag is an absurd justification to censor a history lesson,” ACLU Staff Attorney Chloe Kempf told Hyperallergic.
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Woman Accuses Kehinde Wiley of Sexual Assault in New Lawsuit
The complaint comes in the wake of at least four other public accusations against the artist, all of which he has vehemently denied.
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Historic Chicano Mural Whitewashed in Culver City
Created in 1979 by the East Los Streetscapers, the painting on the wall of a local DMV was a rare example of Latine representation in images of space and STEM.
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Climate Protesters Target NYC’s Iconic “Charging Bull” in Earth Day Protest
The action featured an excremental installation to call out Wall Street’s “bullshit.”
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Pope Francis’s Most Timeless Insights on Art and Artists
Among his many legacies, the late pontiff left behind a trove of musings on contemporary art, the role of museums, and even the pitfalls of the art market.
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DOGE Meeting With National Gallery of Art Sets Off Alarm Bells
The Elon Musk-led agency met with museum leadership to discuss the organization’s “legal status” as the Trump administration continues its attacks on federal arts funding.