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Flemish Renaissance Painting of Virgin and Child Kissing Heads to Auction
The restoration of Quinten Massys’s “Madonna of the Cherries” reveals exquisite details of an endearing (and maaaybe a little creepy) family moment.
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Native Artist’s Residency Canceled Over Painting Referencing Palestine
Danielle SeeWalker says she feels "tokenized" by the Town of Vail in Colorado, which took issue with her artwork “G is for Genocide.”
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Walker Art Museum Sued After Prohibiting Woman From Breastfeeding
Megan Mzenga “felt a deep sense that she was not welcome” after a museum staffer tried to remove her from the galleries for breastfeeding.
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Artist Kehinde Wiley Accused of Sexual Assault
Joseph Awuah-Darko claims the portrait painter assaulted him on two occasions at a dinner in Ghana in 2021, allegations Wiley denies.
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Hundreds Attend Historic "Counter-Commencement" for Columbia Students at NYC Cathedral
The ceremony was organized by members of the university faculty in a repudiation of leadership’s decision to send police to arrest pro-Palestine demonstrators.
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Striking Parsons Students Withdraw Artwork From Thesis Exhibition
A dozen students are staging an alternative BFA show in Brooklyn amid Students for Justice in Palestine’s ongoing strike against the New School.
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School of Visual Arts Students Hold Moment of Silence for Gaza Children
At an exhibition opening in the school’s Flatiron gallery, students read the names of young Palestinians killed by Israeli attacks.
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Top Art Patrons Discussed Deploying NYPD Against Columbia Students
Private chats obtained by the Washington Post show how art-world stakeholders sought to influence Mayor Eric Adams and Columbia leadership.
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Leonora Carrington Masterpiece Sells for $28.5M, Shattering Records
The Surrealist work, acquired by Argentinian museum founder Eduardo F. Costantini, makes Carrington the most valuable UK-born woman artist on the public market.
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After Shift to Indigenous Governance, Forge Project Names New Fellows
The six artists, musicians, and advocates will each receive a $25,000 grant and a three-week residency this summer in the Mahicannituck (Hudson River) Valley.
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How the Met Gala Catalyzed a “Celebrity Block Party”
Social media is on a blocking spree after witnessing the garish annual display of wealth juxtaposed with images of dead Palestinian children in Rafah.
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Sale of De la Cruz Collection Raises Concerns in Miami’s Art World
As major artworks head to auction, some question whether the city’s over-dependence on private collections is harmful to its arts ecosystem.