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Queer Artist Claims Bal Harbour Officials Censored His Photography
Pacifico Silano has accused the mayor and staff of a South Florida beach town of censoring his queer-themed exhibition and canceled his show in protest.
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An Artist Defends His Appropriation of a Fellow Artist’s Work Without Permission
A story of an artist appropriating, without consent, the work of other artists and what happened next.
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A Phony Newsstand Brings Fake News to Bryant Park
The public project, organized by the Columbia Journalism Review, "aims to expose the dangers of misinformation and educate citizens on how to recognize false news, a timely message as the midterm elections approach."
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After Call for German Minister's Resignation, Merkel Calls for Gender Parity in the Arts
The cognitive dissonance between Germany's art world and its government has been growing for some time, as the cultural sphere demands actionable immigration reform.
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Beloved Lower Manhattan Sculpture Garden Defends Itself as City Demands Total Removal
Advocates of the Elizabeth Street Garden say the City is pitting community gardens against affordable housing.
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A BP Oil Protest Spills Through the British Museum’s Protest Exhibition
BP or not BP? gathered in opposition of oil giant BP’s financial stake at the British Museum, accusing the company of bolstering its political positioning through its arts investments.
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Christie's Sells "AI-Generated" Art for $432,500 As Controversy Swirls Over Creators' Use of Copied Code
Before the auction, Christie's refused journalists' requests for comment on the questionable attribution of the AI-generated artwork. Now, the code's original creator, a 19-year-old working at Stanford, has publicly voiced concerns that the tech group misrepresented their moneymaking intentions.
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Week in Review: Smithsonian Gets $5 Million to Archive Underrepresented Artists, and MacDowell Colony Honors James Baldwin
Legendary drag queen Divine gets a mural in Baltimore, a fire at Dia:Beacon damages a $1 million painting, and more.
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Whitney Museum Receives Works by Mary Ann Unger, and an Ugo Rondinone Sculpture Unveiled in Liverpool
Plus, the Louvre Abu Dhabi has unveiled 11 new acquisitions, and Marc Chagall's work sells at a Paris auction.
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Art Movements
Simone Leigh was awarded the Guggenheim's Hugo Boss Prize, Artadia launched a grant for immigrant and refugee artists in Houston, and more.
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Tania Bruguera Shows Solidarity for Photographer Shahidul Alam at Tate Modern
Bruguera, who has spent time detained in Cuba for her political outspokenness, organized the intervention at the Tate Modern as part of her 10,143,210 exhibition responding to the international refugee crisis.
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NYC Council Hearing Exposes Opposition to Commercial Tenants’ Rights, Impacting Artists and Galleries
The proposed Small Business Jobs Survival Act (SBJSA) would help commercial leaseholders bargain contract terms with their landlords on equal footing, but the bill has some strong detractors.