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A Wes Anderson-inspired crochet mural that appeared on a residential wall bordering the Bushwick Flea — and was hastily removed last week after sparking controversy — has come to represent "the systemic brutality of gentrification," according to Brooklyn anarchists.
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LOS ANGELES — The new Broad Museum has received criticism for exhibiting a safe, market-friendly collection of familiar names, but the protest held in front of the museum on opening day had nothing to do with art.
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This week in art news: the Musée d’Orsay couldn't open on the first day of its Images of Prostitution exhibition due to a union strike, Zaha Hadid walked out of an interview with BBC Radio 4, and a mysterious new emoji perplexed Apple users.
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Over 150 prints believed to be originals by M.C. Escher, on permanent display at the Hague's Escher in het Paleis (Escher in the Palace), are actually replicas, the museum's founder has revealed.
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It's the 21st century, and monkeys take selfies. But do they own the copyrights to those images? PETA says yes.
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A 15-foot-tall crocheted mural that appeared, unauthorized, on the side of a private Bushwick residence and has since stirred debate about gentrification and street art is coming down today.
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On this week's art crime blotter: vandals tag a Munich museum with swastikas, hunters venture onto Texan museum's grounds, and a public sculpture is mysteriously beheaded.
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This week in art news: Germany's culture minister revised a controversial export bill, two stolen Warhol prints were handed over to the LAPD, and posters protesting the DSEI Arms Fair appeared across London.
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According to findings at the University of Oxford, wealth has absolutely nothing to do with whether people pick up a paintbrush or attend a dance class.
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The Leslie-Lohman Museum of Gay and Lesbian Art announced yesterday a major expansion of its current Soho space that will result in the near doubling of the young institution's footprint.
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This month, a 23-foot-tall outdoor structure that improves the air quality of the surrounding area landed in Rotterdam.
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On this week’s art crime blotter: a trucker took down an Antony Gormley statue, vandals hammered a shiny public sculpture, and a Swiss dealer got in trouble for selling stolen Picassos to a Russian billionaire.