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Proposed 140 Broadway Plan Threatens Noguchi's "Red Cube" [UPDATED]
The Noguchi Foundation was not consulted on the proposal and says it undermines Isamu Noguchi's vision of the public space around his iconic sculpture.
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Queens Museum Director’s Departure Prompts Call for More Politically Engaged Art Institutions
An open letter signed by 38 curators, artists, and academics praises Laura Raicovich and calls on art institutions to advance "cultural and social as well as political public discourse."
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Tainted LOVE: Philadelphia’s Robert Indiana Sculpture Painted Incorrectly for Decades
For three decades, "LOVE" had been painted red, green, and blue, instead of red, green, and purple.
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Tehran Gallerist Couple Sentenced to 27 and 16 Years in Prison
Karan Vafadari and Afarin Nayssari were sentenced earlier this month, though what crimes they had been charged with remain unknown.
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Airline Turns Away Artist and Her Emotional Support Peacock
On Sunday, the photographer and performance artist Ventiko attempted to bring her peacock on a flight to Los Angeles. The airline said no.
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Museum Keeps Chuck Close Exhibition, Supplements It with Show About Power and Gender Dynamics
The Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, which is currently hosting a show of Close's photographs, will put on a range of programs in light of recent sexual misconduct allegations against the artist.
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A Legal Guide Helps Artists Make and Protect Protest Art
Harvard University's Cyberlaw Clinic and metaLAB have created a free guide for making protest art while navigating intellectual property law.
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Newly Discovered Mesolithic Crayon Is Among World's Oldest
Archaeologists discovered a 10,000-year-old elongated piece of ochre with a sharpened end in Britain.
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Scientists and Curators Urge American Museum of Natural History to Drop Funder of Climate Change Denial from Its Board
Mercer, a Trump donor turned Trump advisor and a major supporter of climate change-denying organizations, has served on the museum's board since 2013.
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National Gallery of Art Indefinitely Postpones Chuck Close and Thomas Roma Shows
Following accusations of sexual misconduct against Close and Roma, the National Gallery of Art has postponed solo presentations of their works.
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Art Movements
This week in art news: South Korea's former culture minister was jailed for two years, two members of Pussy Riot sought asylum in Sweden, and the Louvre closed some of its galleries after the Seine flooded.
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Michelangelo the Ninja Turtle Visits Michelangelo the Artist at the Metropolitan Museum
Michelangelo, the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle, went to see works by his Renaissance namesake this morning.