Opinion
A Response to “How Saudi Arabia and US Arts Institutions Partnered on a Cultural Diplomacy Offensive”
I am writing to contest Rijin Sahakian’s characterization of the artist-led organizations I helped to build from the ground up.
Test 2018 posts
Art
Stark Photos of a Louisiana Prison that Was Once a Slave Plantation
Two photographers document the lives of incarcerated men at Angola, a former slave plantation that is now the largest maximum-security prison farm in the US.
Art
The Women Who Modeled for Édouard Manet, from Artists to Lovers
An introduction to six of the women who modeled for the masterpieces that earned Manet his canonical reputation.
News
Week in Review: Renoir Stolen from Vienna Auction House, Leaning Tower of Pisa Slowly Tilts Upright
Also, Indigenous artifacts are pulled from auction in Boston following protests, a famous stretch of Berlin Wall is saved from developers, and more.
Podcast
Didier William on Painting a Revolution
In his large two-part exhibition, the queer Haitian-American artist centers the body, which figures in his work both literally and figuratively.
News
Getty Museum Acquires Previously Unknown Metsys Painting, and Ancient Mosaic Tiles Returned to Turkey
Plus, the San Antonio Museum of Art received over 850 photographs, and works of Chinese art sell at major Hong Kong auctions.
Art
Understanding the Migrant Caravan in the Context of Imperial Plunder and Dispossession
The publication of Felwine Sarr and Benedicte Savoy’s report recommending the restitution of stolen African objects and the approach of what is called a “migrant caravan” toward the US is not a coincidence.
Announcement
Explore the Chaos of the Visual World: A Call for Graduate Applications to the University at Buffalo
The University at Buffalo Department of Art invites applications to its MFA in Studio Art and the MA in Visual Studies.
Art
Porous Definitions of Home and Belonging at the Santa Fe SITE Biennial
This year, the biennial has carved a conversation about displacement in the Americas, using art to question whose history we revisit.
Art
Artist's Signs Guide Pedestrians to a Hidden River in Queens
Artist Cody Ann Herrmann's How do you get to Flushing Creek? project involves wayfinding signs and free maps to guide New Yorkers to one of its most overlooked waterways.
Announcement
Join a Multidisciplinary MFA Program in Studio Art and Design at the University of Louisville
All MFA students receive a scholarship or assistantship. A private studio space is provided for each student in our new MFA Building.
Comics
How to Decorate a Christmas Tree Like an Artist
From Minimalist to De Stijl.