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On Saturday, 20 SoCal Museums Will Be Free
It's a Museums Free-For-All!
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In Aftermath of Tragic Accident, a Fundraiser for Family of SVA Art Prof Ron Baron
In the aftermath of a tragic Thanksgiving accident, a fundraiser is being held for the family of artist and longtime School of Visual Arts faculty member Ron Baron.
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Detroit Emergency Manager Continues Detroit Institute of Arts Shakedown
In a process that at this point is approaching farce, the Detroit Free Press is reporting that City of Detroit emergency manager Kevyn Orr demanded yesterday that the Detroit Institute of Arts (DIA) contribute to a city bankruptcy fund, despite the recent $680 million intervention on the DIA's behal
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Art Movements
Buyer of the Bacon triptych revealed, a new director for LA MOCA, record attendance for the British Museum, a tattoo history museum, and more from the week in art news.
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Following Foundations' Lead, Michigan Governor Offers Money for Detroit
Michigan Governor Rick Snyder is proposing that the state contribute $350 million to help protect the Detroit Institute of Arts collection and Detroit's pension funds during the settlement of the city's bankruptcy, the Detroit News has reported.
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New Jersey Frank Lloyd Wright Home Is Relocating to Crystal Bridges in Arkansas
A New Jersey Frank Lloyd Wright house is relocating to the Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art in Bentonville, Arkansas, through an acquisition announced this Wednesday.
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UC Press Makes 700 Books Free Online, Incl. Important Art Titles
The University of California's storied academic imprint is making freely available online 700 titles published between 1984 and 2004, Open Culture has reported.
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To Stop the Illegal Ivory Trade, You Have to Stop the Art
China's destruction of some 6.1 tons of seized ivory earlier this month may have seemed like a small dent in a country where around 70% of the illegal trade is concentrated, but it was an encouraging sway in the right direction.
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National Endowment for the Arts Skirts Budget Slash in Appropriations Bill
The National Endowment for the Arts is slated to receive a budget of $146.02 million per the 2014 Omnibus Appropriations bill released by Congress late yesterday. The figure is down from the Obama administration's proposed $154.47 million and roughly on par with 2013's allocation of $146.26 million.
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Anarchy in the UK Art Market
All is not well in Albion, where the business of art is apparently getting ever more lugubrious.
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Black-Hooded Protesters Stage Anti-Guantanamo Action at National Museum of American History
On January 11, marking the 12th anniversary of the opening of the Guantanamo Bay detention camp, activists from the group Witness Against Torture commandeered the lobby of the National Museum of American History.
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70% of Ancient Tibetan Town Destroyed by Fire
Nearly 300 houses were destroyed in a major fire that destroyed about two thirds of Dukezong in Shangri-La county on Saturday, January 11. The 1,300-year-old city is a popular tourist destination in the southwest Yunnan province is renowned for its ancient Tibetan town of mostly wooden houses with c