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Unfinished Bauhaus Typefaces Are Now at Your Fingertips
Adobe and the Bauhaus Dessau Foundation teamed up to turn fragments of five unfinished typeface designs from the 1920s and '30s into full-fledged digital typefaces.
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Protest Performance Pressures Royal Shakespeare Company to End BP Sponsorship
Members of BP or not BP? and other collectives staged the "Fossil Free Mischief Festival" in front and in the lobby of the RSC's Stratford-upon-Avon theater.
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Swizz Beatz and Alicia Keys Launch New Art Grant, Giving 20 Artists $5,000 Each
Based on what they do with the money, four of the grantees will receive an additional $25,000.
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Art Movements
This week in art news: a federal judge upheld his prior ruling in favor of the 5Pointz artists, a municipal report suggested that Beatrix Ruf had been wrongfully accused of conflicts of interest, and Erwin Wurm's "Hot Dog Bus" began serving free hot dogs in Brooklyn.
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Ornate 18th-Century Chinese Ceramics Make Waves at French Auctions
Plus Sean Scully donates over 20 works to a Dutch museum, and more results from Phillips, Christie's, and Sotheby's.
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Artists Support Themselves Through Freelance Work and Don't Find Galleries Especially Helpful, New Study Says
A study based on a survey of more than 1,000 practicing visual artists sheds light on the economics of making art.
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LACMA Awards Grants to Four Artists Working on Innovative, Tech-Driven Projects
This year's recipients of the museum's Art+Technology Lab grants were exclusively shared with Hyperallergic. Here is a glimpse into their winning projects.
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Only 110 Confederate Monuments Have Been Removed, While 1,728 (and Counting) Remain
The Southern Poverty Law Center has tallied nearly 2,000 Confederate symbols in public spaces, from monuments to schools named for Confederate figures.
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University of North Carolina Students Accuse Administration of Artwashing
A campus-wide fundraising initiative features the slogan "Arts Everywhere," but art and art history students feel their needs are being systematically neglected.
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How Will the Repeal of Net Neutrality Impact Artists?
Protections ensuring equal access to the internet were repealed today by the Federal Communications Commission, ushering in an uncertain new era.
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Create Your Own Art Catalogue from LACMA’s Collection
A new program developed by the museum allows you to customize and print a book of 24 artworks, as well as write your own dedication and introduction.
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Artist’s Chemical Experiment with Rotting Fish Challenges the Museum
Lee Bul's seminal work "Majestic Splendor," removed from the Hayward Gallery, reminds us of the importance of collaboration among curators and conservators when making futuristic exhibitions.