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Nan Goldin Is Her Own Worst Critic in Surprise TV Cameo with James Franco
Last week's episode of HBO's The Deuce included the artist as an unnamed and unimpressed critic of an exhibition, which actually featured her own photos.
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Around 1,000 People Attend Anti-Columbus Day Tour at American Museum of Natural History
Protesters and activists promise to continue to stage the Anti-Columbus Day Tour until the museum corrects the displays.
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Yoko Ono Brings the Sky Underground in Newly Unveiled New York Subway Mural
The station sits under Ono's home at the Dakota, and is highly trafficked by tourists making a pilgrimage between her and John Lennon's home and his memorial in Strawberry Fields.
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The Radical Possibility of Seeing What Is Front of You
All of Rackstraw Downes's work derives from the simple, everyday act of observing your surroundings.
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$1.3M Banksy Artwork “Self-Destructs” at Auction
A canvas that sold for over a million dollars was shredded by its frame but no one is sure if it was destroyed or simply transformed.
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Obama Portraits Double Annual Attendance at the National Portrait Gallery
As the museum approaches its 50th anniversary on October 7, the Smithsonian gallery announced it saw two million visitors this fiscal year.
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Art Movements
Kerry James Marshall condemns the City of Chicago's sale of his artwork, and a Russian billionaire sues Sotheby's in part of a $2 billion art sale scandal.
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National Portrait Gallery London Commissions Malala Yousafzai Portrait, and Contemporary Austin Acquires an Ai Weiwei
Plus, Andy Warhol and Yayoi Kusama works sell at auction, and a US couple is forced to return a looted Pissaro to its rightful heir.
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NYC Mayor’s Office Proposes Four New Jails with Enhanced “Architecture and Design”
As part of its 10-year plan to close Rikers Island, the administration is planning new prisons with renovated design, but the proposal has been met with fierce disapproval from local residents and activists.
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On Day of German Unity, City of Kassel Removes Artist’s Monument for Refugees
The city removed Olu Oguibe’s “Monument to Strangers and Refugees," at dawn on the national holiday celebrating Germany’s reunification after the fall of the Berlin Wall.
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Caribbean Organization Alleges Brooklyn Arts Council Misused Their Intellectual Property
Caribbeing sent a cease and desist to the BAC in July regarding their alleged use of the term "Caribpolitan" in a recent exhibition.
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Residents Are Being Priced Out of an Art Colony in Downtown Los Angeles
A Miami-based development agency, Fifteen Group, purchased the Santa Fe Art Colony with the intent to upgrade the lofts into luxury properties.