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New Public Sculpture Will Honor Court Case That Expanded Rights for Asian Americans
A public sculpture in New Mexico will commemorate a little-known court ruling that gave Asian Americans the right to testify before a judge.
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Race Is On to Save a Brooklyn Banksy Before Its Fate Is Sealed
The street artist painted one of his newest works on a building that was already slated for demolition.
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Art Movements
This week in art news: the Berkshire Museum earmarked 13 works to sell at Sotheby's, the ICA Boston closed an exhibition by alleged sexual harasser Nicholas Nixon, and the UK barred a Reubens oil sketch from export.
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Florida Museum Unearths Ancient Mosaics It Buried Years Ago and Lost Track Of
In the 1960s museum officials buried the mosaics as a mysterious storage solution that puzzles staff to this day.
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Photographer Accused of Sexual Harassment Asks ICA Boston to Take Down His Exhibition
The museum will close the show 10 days early, in accordance with the wishes of Nicholas Nixon, who has been accused of sexual harassment by several of his former students.
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Growing Coalition Calls Brooklyn Museum "Out of Touch" and Demands Decolonization Commission
Nineteen organizations have signed a letter calling on the Brooklyn Museum to form a "decolonization commission" after another letter to the institution last week went largely ignored.
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"Fearless Girl" Sculptor Is Selling $6,500 Reproductions
One-fifth of the proceeds will go to nonprofits that empower young women and support gender equality.
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New Plates by Judy Chicago Serve Up Feminist History
The new series of limited edition 'The Dinner Party' plates will inevitably spark conversations around the rich heritage of women in the Western world.
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After Uproar, University of Texas Decides Not to Relocate Its Fine Arts Library
Last year, it appeared as though the bulk of the holdings of the UT-Austin Fine Arts Library would be moved but, after a concerted campaign, a plan to keep them on campus was adopted.
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Clumsy Churchgoer Destroys Jeff Koons "Gazing Ball" by Touching It
The glass work, on display in a temporary exhibition, was reduced to a pile of fragments on the last day the show was open.
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House Bill Proposes National Museum Devoted to Women's History
The Smithsonian recently launched the American Women's History Initiative — but a House bill goes further, proposing the creation of a national museum devoted to women's history.
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An Unsanctioned Artistic Tribute to the Polish President Who Died in a Plane Crash
To mark the eighth anniversary of President Lech Kaczyński's death in a plane crash, Polish artist Pawel Althamer brought a renegade tribute to the presidential palace in Warsaw.