Artists are Pushing Back Against the Elimination of Australia’s Federal Arts...
A Change.org petition demanding that art be removed from the walls of Australia's Parliament House in protest has nearly 50,000 signatures.
View ArticleMeme Artwork from the Bygone ‘Something Awful’ Forum Era Sold on eBay for $5,100
James Kunert-Graf's intentionally crappy drawing of a character named "Johnny Fiveaces" is quietly hilarious.
View ArticleRep. Rashida Tlaib Called On MoMA Trustee Larry Fink to Protect the Amazon
Larry Fink has been on the receiving end of activist protestations all year, and now Congress is getting involved by making a collective appeal to his humanity.
View ArticleWhy a Museum in the Netherlands is Making Its Storage Entirely Accessible to...
The Boijmans van Beuningen Depot, which is set to open in 2021, should be able to hold the institution's entire 151,000 artwork collection.
View ArticleA Hip-Hop Museum is Coming to the South Bronx in 2023
The museum, which already has the support of artists like Nas and LL Cool J and corporate backing from Microsoft, will eventually find a home in Bronx Point.
View ArticleThe Sackler Family is Angry About Their Name Being Removed from the Walls of...
Robert Cordy, a lawyer for the Sacklers, sent Tufts a letter maligning the university for being unfair, but Tufts is standing by their decision.
View ArticleBanksy’s Latest Provocation in Bethlehem Delivers Exactly What the City...
'Scar of Bethlehem,' on display in the Banksy-funded Walled Off Hotel, is a perfect example of his vaguely provocative artistic cynicism.
View ArticleJeff Koons Ordered to Pay Damages for Plagiarism by French Court
The court upheld a ruling from 2017 that determined Koons had copied a photograph made by the deceased artist Jean-Francois Bauret.
View ArticleMarciano Brothers Face Lawsuit for Shutting Down Art Foundation
Almost 70 Marciano Art Foundation employees were laid off in November, and the brothers were also criticized for their management at Guess, Inc.
View ArticleAbramović, Marshall and McQueen: Looking Back at the Best Exhibitions of the...
From the media circus created by Marina Abramović to Kerry James Marshall's blockbuster retrospective at the Met, here are the best shows of the last 10 years.
View ArticleHow the Hardest Art to Transport Travels Around the World
Live plants, collector deadlines, remote island summer homes: the unseen logistical nightmares of transporting art.
View ArticleJohn Steinbeck’s Weirdest Knickknacks Are Going Up for Auction in February
The author drew inspiration from idiosyncratic items like a dead hummingbird wrapped in colorful string and entombed in a tiny coffin.
View ArticleArtist Elad Lassry Will Make You Question the Definition of a Photograph
How far can a photograph be pushed before it stops being a photograph? Elad Lassry's SFMOMA exhibition probes the boundaries.
View ArticleThe Oldest Copy of the First Illustrated Book Has Been Discovered in Egypt
Called 'The Book of Two Ways,' it provides detailed instructions and ancient cheat codes for navigating the afterlife.
View ArticlePrinceton University Acquires Portrait Series Honoring Its Campus Workers
Artist and Princeton fellow Mario Moore made the portraits in order to give the university's service workers prominence and authority.
View ArticleItalian Vogue’s January Issue Argues Fashion Photography Is Bad for the...
Instead, editor-in-chief Emanuele Farneti commissioned artists to illustrate the fashion that appears in January's magazine.
View ArticleA Knockoff of Maurizio Cattelan’s Art Basel Banana Is Now for Sale—At a Discount
Does Maurizio Cattelan have a plagiarism case against other bananas duct-taped to walls?
View ArticleMuseum Directors Respond to Trump’s Threats to ‘Hit’ Iranian Cultural Sites
Trump said that the US has targeted 52 Iranian cultural and heritage sites, and that the nation is willing to hit them 'very fast and very hard.'
View ArticleEat the Art: The Whitney’s New Show Serves Up Free Fruit Salad
The work will displayed as sculptures on pedestals before being chopped up and served to hungry visitors.
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