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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.
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The Museum of Contemporary Art in Chicago Lowers Ticket Prices for Those Impacted by Gender Pay Gap
Starting next month, anyone who believes the gender pay gap has negatively impacted their earning potential can pay a discounted price for museum admissions. The new policy coincides with the opening of a traveling Laurie Simmons exhibition.
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In March, a Much-Needed Streaming Service for Arthouse Films Will Launch
A viable, dedicated platform for independent and art films has been needed. Enter OVID, a recently announced partnership between Docuseek and six independent film distribution companies.
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Naima Green Stacks Catherine Opie's "Dyke Deck" with Images of Queer Contemporaries
The artist has launched a Kickstarter to fund her project, which is partially an homage to Catherine Opie's "Dyke Deck," updated to celebrate a wider spectrum of queerness.
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Week in Review: British Museum Hires Curators to Surveil Looted Objects, Museum Guard Pleads to End Shutdown
Also, a prankster posted a scathing proposal for a Trump Presidential Library at Jared Kushner's new hotel, a New Jersey town received $1 million to turn illegal dumping sites into public art spaces, and more.
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New Museum Staffers Vote to Unionize
After announcing their plans to organize a union earlier this month, this afternoon, the New Museum union received 38 yes votes against 8 no votes.
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Mauritshuis Scores Painting by Rembrandt's Teacher, and Nationalmuseum Acquires Two 18th-Century Drawings
Plus, University of Oxford’s Bodleian Libraries acquires a rare 15th century French Gothic coffer, and Nelson and Happy Rockefeller's collection sells at auction.
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Jonas Mekas, a Guiding Spirit of Indie Cinema, Dies at 96
Simple descriptors can’t do justice to his monumental life.
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Activists Fool Media by Claiming Gas Company Would Pay California Fire Victims
Overwhelming evidence shows that gas and electric company PG&E is responsible for the fire that killed 86 people and cost an estimated $30 billion in damages.
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Art Movements
Howardena Pindell awarded a lifetime achievement award by the College Art Association, Mika Rottenberg is now represented by Hauser & Wirth, and more.
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W.A.G.E. Asks Artists to Demand Payment and Withhold Content from 2019 Whitney Biennial
In a letter sent this afternoon, the organization urged, "We invite you to use your exceptional status as a worker who can claim both the freedom to dissent and the right to be paid to withhold your labor in solidarity with Whitney staff who cannot."