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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
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A Grandfather Illustrates His Grandchildren's Childhoods With a Moving Instagram Account
Chan Jae Lee (Grandpa Chan) started his simultaneously heartbreaking and heartwarming account Drawings for my Grandchildren to document the rapid growth of his grandchildren.
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Artistic Director of Aichi Triennial Responds to Artists
| In response to the artists' open letter, Daisuke Tsuda, the artistic director of the Aichi Triennial, has released a letter addressing the controversy, saying, "The closure of the exhibition was a decision to prioritize the lives of visitors and staff who were in a position of imminent danger. Our
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Week in Review: Official Definition of "Museum" Sparks Debate, Concerns Arise Over Suffragist Monument
Also, the Alaska state legislature has restored full funding to the state's art agency, protesters vandalized Mexico City’s “Angel of Independence” monument with graffiti during anti-rape demonstrations, and more.
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Metropolitan Museum Will Sell Over 300 Chinese Artworks to Fund New Acquisitions
Plus, the Meadows Museum in Dallas has acquired four works of Spanish art, a Kansas City home designed by Frank Lloyd Wright sold for $920,000, and Shepard Fairey donated three prints to be shown in the Art the Arms Fair.
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Landmarked Pepsi-Cola Sign in Queens Temporarily Hosts JetBlue Ad
What do we call an advertisement that becomes and advertisement for another advertisement? Postmodernism?
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Historians Raise Concerns Over Central Park's Suffragist Monument
"If Sojourner Truth is added," the letter reads, "it could obscure the substantial differences between white and black suffrage activists, and would be misleading."
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In Anti-Rape Demonstration, "Glitter" Protesters Vandalize Historic Mexican Monument
Residents in anguish over gender-based violence in Mexico City graffitied one of the capital's most historic landmarks in an act of frustration against government officials.
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Week in Review: Controversial Mural Will Be Preserved, Baton Rouge African American Museum Vandalized
Also, a wheelchair user criticized the Tate Modern for inaccessibility issues, a controversial monument to women’s suffrage will be redesigned to include Sojourner Truth, and more.