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Zimbabwe Biennial Postponed Following Government’s Violent Response to Protests
Artist and curator Sithabile Mlotshwa says she founded Zimbabwe's Bulawayo Biennial to contribute to the "great need" for platforms that represent African artists.
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SheBuiltNYC Had an Ambitious Plan for New Monument to Women, But the City Went in a Different Direction
The committee originally recommended honoring groups instead of individuals to showcase the collaborative efforts of New York women. The city had another idea.
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Week in Review: Sacklers Exposed in OxyContin Lawsuit, Kanye Promises $10M to James Turrell
Also, the American Alliance of Museums will launch a $4 million diversity program, the Dutch royal family will sell works at Sotheby's (to the ire of Dutch liberals), and more
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Sculpture Featuring Saudi Flag Will Be Moved from World Trade Center Hub to JFK Airport
But will taxpayers foot the bill, paying for the exhibition's shipment and reinstallation at JFK International Airport?
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1943 Penny Sells for Over $200,000, and ICA Boston Acquires Kusama Infinity Room
Plus, the J. Paul Getty Museum acquires a major Giovanni Segantini painting.
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Art Movements
The city of Tulsa has received $1 million from Bloomberg Philanthropies to fund public art commemorating Black Wall Street, Pérez Art Museum Miami has received a $100,000 grant from The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts, and more.
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Somewhere in the Namibian Desert, Toto's "Africa" Is Playing … Forever
Thanks to artist Max Siedentopf, the 1982 soft-rock staple turned über-meme has reached its logical conclusion.
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Designers Want to Build Golden Wall Around Mar-a-Lago to “Keep the ‘Bad Guys’ In”
A Chicago-based firm has launched a satirical campaign to build a border wall replica around the Mar-A-Lago. They will donate all proceeds to the International Refugee Assistance Program.
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Ronald McDonald’s Crucifixion Triggers Protests at Israeli Museum
Freedom of speech advocates butt heads with institutions protecting the sanctity of religious imagery.
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Museum Advocacy Group Pens Open Letter Demanding Release of Imprisoned Turkish Philanthropist
Osman Kavala, a prominent cultural philanthropist and advocate for the country's Kurdish population, has been imprisoned since 2017 despite "no indictment against him.” CIMAM’s Museum Watch Committee calls this arrest a "violation of Turkey’s commitments to human rights."
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Icons of Bronx History Are Honored in Rico Gatson's New York Subway Murals
Figures like Justice Sonia Sotomayor, James Baldwin, and Maya Angelou's take center stage in the artist's new MTA mosaics for the 167th Street station.
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New Museum Staff Launches Campaign to Unionize, Urging "Critical Changes"
Staffers want to return to the goals of the museum's founder Marcia Tucker, who hoped it would function as “a collaborative, self-critical, and ‘transparent’ organizational model.” They say the museum has hired a union-busting consulting firm to quell their efforts.