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Danish Artist Drowns Le Corbusier's Most Famous Building in Fjord
Somewhere in the distance, Celine Dion sings "My Heart Will Go On" as she pours one out for the French architect-idealist.
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The National Gallery Lets You Sleep with a Masterpiece, For a Price
Museums are finding new ways to make money but the National Gallery decided they wanted to sleep on it.
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Art Movements: Swedish Royal Burial Crowns Stolen, Missing Art from British Parliament
Swedish crown jewel thieves escape by motorboat, American and British Vogue welcome long overdue “firsts” for Black artists, and two initiatives to support Puerto Rican art are announced.
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Artists Protest London's Design Museum As They Retrieve Works from Hope to Nope Exhibition
Artists went to the Design Museum to retrieve their works after the museum released a statement that angered exhibiting artists. The protests were sparked when the public institution hosted a private event organized by arms-trading company Leonardo
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The Jewish Museum Receives Barnett Newman's Art Collection, and Rosa Parks's House Goes Up for Auction
Plus, the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston receives a 17th century Chinese scroll, and the Krannert Museum in Illinois expands its collection after a five-year-fundraising initiative.
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More Artists Are Demanding Their Work Be Removed from London’s Design Museum
Many of the artists plan to attend the removal of their work by the museum this week.
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Russian Authorities Order the Destruction of a Digital Artwork
Activists in Russia are protesting the recent order by Russian authorities to destroy a digital print by the art collective Rodina.
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Israeli Court Sentences Palestinian Writer for Posting a Poem on Social Media
The poem, titled “Resist, my people, resist them,” landed the poet in trouble with Israeli authorities.
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Protesters Stage Intervention at Whitney’s Wojnarowicz Exhibition to Highlight the Enduring HIV/AIDS Crisis
A dozen protesters gathered at the Whitney Museum of Art to condemn the institution's lack of modern context about the HIV/AIDS epidemic in relation to Wojnarowicz's artwork.
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Actor and Collector Cheech Marin Receives $9.7 Million Grant for His Chicano Art Center
The Cheech Marin Center for Chicano Art, Culture & Industry receives a $9.7 million state-funded grant, despite controversy and dissent from a local politician.
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Art Movements
This week in art news: Native American female artists receive long overdue recognition, New York Supreme Court judge orders stolen ancient art to be returned to Iran, and philanthropist behind “Anonymous Was a Woman” is revealed.
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Six de Koonings Found in a Storage Unit, and 355 Works Worth $480M Donated to Hong Kong Museum of Art
The Cleveland Museum of Art receives a $1.5 million gift for Chinese painting conservation, and the Worcester Art Museum acquires four new works.