Also, controversy erupted after a Tiffany’s ad featured a Basquiat painting, and more.
Week in Review
Week in Review: Afghan Artists in Danger; NYC Museums Now Require Vaccinations
Also, a pro-Palestinian artwork was temporarily censored by the University of Manchester, and more.
Week in Review: PAIN Activists Protest at Courthouse; Fires Threaten Greek Heritage Sites
Also, a Kusama sculpture was swept into the sea by a typhoon, and more.
Week in Review: Looted Artifacts Returned to Iraq; NYC Mandates Vaccines at Performances
Week in Review is a weekly collection of news, developments, and stirrings in the art world. Subscribe to receive these posts as a weekly newsletter. New York City You will soon need your vaccine card to access New York City’s indoor performance venues as well as dining and fitness facilities. A fourth suicide occurred at the controversial […]
Week in Review: A Map Tracks Global Surveillance; Artists Decry Cuts at SFMOMA
Also, an impromptu performance at MoMA PS1 challenged the museum’s representation of Latinx women, and more.
Week in Review: Uffizi Gallery Sues Pornhub; Cuban Artists Arrested
Also, protesters demanded the resignation of the Museum of Chinese in America’s director, and more.
Week in Review: Sacklers Temporarily Banned From Naming Institutions; Venice Bans Cruise Ships
Also, activists accuse the Museum of Chinese in America of contributing to gentrification of New York’s Chinatown, and more.
Week in Review: NYC Halts Essential Workers Monument; Polish Politicians Target LGBTQ Artist-Activists
Also, artist-activists from Extinction Rebellion were arrested at a protest against media corruption, and more.
Week in Review: UK Activists Occupy Science Museum; Theodore Roosevelt Controversy Resurfaces
Also, philanthropist MacKenzie Scott will distribute $2.7 billion to 286 organizations, and more.
Week in Review: 10 Weeks of “Strike MoMA” Conclude; Met Repatriates Two Benin Bronzes
Also, artists are raising funds to benefit a Bethlehem arts center raided by Israeli soldiers, and more.
Week in Review: The NYC Mayoral Candidate’s Cultural Plans; First-ever NFT Sells at Auction
Also, over 16,000 artists voiced solidarity with Palestine in a “Letter Against Apartheid,” and more.
Week in Review: Whitney Museum Workers Unionize; Leon Black Accused of Abuse
Also, dozens of artists demanded the release of dissident Cuban artist Luis Manuel Otero Alcántara, and more.