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Art Movements
This week in art news: Art Spiegelman withdrew his cover for the New Statesman, the Frick Collection abandoned its expansion plans, and Glenn Lowry's $2.1 million salary was scrutinized in the wake of MoMA's staff protests.
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A Pakistani Comic Book Fights Religious Extremism
This week, Pakistani high schools are distributing comic books that authorities hope will dissuade at-risk teenagers from joining militant organizations like the Taliban.
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Possible New Portrait of Leonardo da Vinci Discovered
Now, we may have another portrait to fill out our image of Leonardo.
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Facing Healthcare Cuts, Museum of Modern Art Staff Protest Outside Fundraising Gala
This evening, as trustees and VIPs arrived at the Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) for its annual "Party in the Garden" gala, they were greeted by dozens of the museum's staff brandishing signs that read "Modern Art, Ancient Wages" and "MoMA, Don't Cut Our Healthcare."
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Crimes of the Art
On this week’s art crime blotter: Colorado cops target artist who stacks stones, Chinese authorities not pleased about Forbidden City nude photo shoot, and murder weapon turns up in London museum.
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Artist Detained for Meme-ing Chinese President
If you're an artist living in China, take some advice from the example of Dai Jianyong: don't make potty jokes about the president.
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60 Art World Luminaries Pressure UAE on "Chilling Precedent" Set by Recent Bans
The directors of some of the world's most important art institutions, including the Tate and MoMA, have written a letter to UAE-affiliated art organizations asserting that "artists and academics should be allowed free passage to conduct research and work that is done in a peaceful and productive man
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USC7 Respond to Roski School Dean as Faculty Weigh In
LOS ANGELES — The seven first-year MFA students who dropped out of the University of Southern California's Roski School of Art and Design have issued a statement in response to last week's letter from Dean Erica Muhlo, rejecting her offer of a two-year leave of absence.
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Art Movements
This week in art news: The Suicide Girls sell their Instagram prints for charity in response to Richard Prince's appropriation of their posts, Maya Angelou's art collection heads to auction, and artist Darren Cullen announced plans for an anti-Margaret Thatcher museum in London.
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New Fund Aims to Help Persecuted Artists
On Tuesday, the Institute of International Education announced a three-year pilot program that will provide artists "who face persecution in their home countries" with fellowships at universities and art centers "in countries where they can safely continue their work."
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Tomb-Raiding Archaeologists Arrested in Chinese Antiquities Trafficking Bust
Four archaeologists were among nearly 200 people from six Chinese provinces recently arrested for raiding ancient tombs and selling an estimated $80 million worth of antiquities on the black market, the Beijing Times reported.
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Threatened LA Googie Landmark Is Saved
LOS ANGELES — Architectural preservationists won a major victory last week, when the Los Angeles City Council voted unanimously to designate Norms La Cienega as a Historic-Cultural Monument.