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Bill and Camille Cosby Funded the Smithsonian's Exhibition of Their Art
Over the past few months, the Smithsonian has been criticized for not addressing the rape claims leveled against Bill Cosby.
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Art Movements
This week in art news: Egyptian citizens railed against an ugly statue of Nefertiti, Random International's "Rain Room" will travel to the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, and the Hirshhorn acquired the Art Workers' Coalition's iconic "Q. And babies?" poster.
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Kiev's Attractive New Police Force Told to Pose for Selfies with Civilians
When 2,000 new police officers were sworn into duty in Kiev last Saturday, Ukrainians couldn't help noticing how attractive the recruits — a quarter of them women — looked.
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Report Finds New York City's Creative Sector Is Thriving, for Now
In a trend piece two months ago that caused much snickering on the internet, the New York Times wrote that creative New Yorkers are peacing out and heading west to Los Angeles, which the article heralded as a "bohemian paradise."
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Facebook Rolls Out New, More Gender-Equal “Friends” Icon
In countries like the United States, inequality between men and women is often reflected in the details.
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Florida's Failed Moorish Utopia Plans a Better Future Through Art
Domes in muted colors and geometric murals adorn the buildings in Opa-locka, which, despite its abundance of Moorish revival architecture, is a long way from north Africa.
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Russia Releases "Safe Selfie" Guide After String of Deaths and Injuries
Snapping selfies can have pretty serious effects, like damaging art in the quest for likes. In Russia, though, death has become a troublingly common consequence of taking selfies.
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North Korea's Top Architect Allegedly Executed, Possibly Due to Airport Design
When North Korean dictator Kim Jong Un toured the sparkling new Pyongyang Airport last week, he was happy. But throughout the event, the building's chief architect Ma Won Chun was conspicuously missing.
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Google's New Visualization Tool Slips Slimy and Furry Creatures into Art History
You may have thought Hieronymus Bosch's "The Garden of Earthly Delights" could not get any more trippy, but researchers have developed new software that proves that yes, the Netherlandish painter's baffling triptych just needs a little bit of code to become a complete mind-bender.
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Crimes of the Art
On this week’s art crime blotter: nude Eiffel Tower performance lands artist in jail, a Jaume Plensa sculpture goes missing in Montreal, and a family wants its $100-million Monet back — even if it's fake.
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Thanks to Budget Cuts, All Illinois State Museums Might Shutter
CHICAGO — Governor Bruce Rauner’s budget axe could lead to the closure of all five buildings in the Illinois State Museum system.
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Is China Trying to Co-opt Ai Weiwei?
The Chinese government might be relaxing its censorious attitude toward Ai Weiwei.