Politics The U.K. Government Will Slash Arts Funding in Higher Education by 50 Percent and Redirect Funds to Science and Medicine Arts advocates are incensed. By Naomi Rea, Jul 22, 2021
Museums Two Leading Spanish Academics Have Have Resigned From Barcelona’s MACBA in Protest of the Firing of Two Senior Curators The museum dismissed curators Tanya Barson and Pablo Martínez as part of an organizational restructuring. By Naomi Rea, Jul 21, 2021
Artnet News Pro ‘The Local Is the New Global’: How Hauser and Wirth’s New Menorca Outpost Offers Clues to the Future of the Art Market The mega-gallery is keen to develop the sleepy Balearic island into an art world destination. By Naomi Rea, Jul 21, 2021
Art World What I Buy and Why: Millennial Collectors James and Kimberly Elbaor on the $1,200 Oscar Murillo Work That Got Away We caught up with the couple from their home in Chicago. By Naomi Rea, Jul 19, 2021
Law The Italian Government Has Officially Banished Hulking Cruise Ships From the Venice Lagoon (For Real This Time) The historic city's picturesque waterways have been declared a national monument. By Naomi Rea, Jul 14, 2021
Shows & Exhibitions ‘Everything on This Planet Is Endangered’: Why Artist Tino Sehgal Is Bringing His Ephemeral Performances to a British Palace We caught up with the artist about his new work at Blenheim Palace. By Naomi Rea, Jul 14, 2021
Law The French Government’s Epic Battle to Prevent a Collector From Selling a $18 Million Leonardo Drawing Is Just Heating Up The French ministry of culture has blocked the export of the drawing. By Naomi Rea, Jul 8, 2021
People ‘Museums Belong to Everyone’: Curator Clare Barlow on the Tate’s Groundbreaking Queer Art Show, and the Work Institutions Still Need to Do In 2017, Barlow curated the Tate's first show celebrating queer art. By Naomi Rea, Jun 30, 2021
Museums A Brussels Museum Backs Off Its Plan to Split Its Director Job Into Two After Activists Protested the Move as Sexist The Kanal-Centre Pompidou's board now says Kasia Redzisz will be artistic director, while Bernard Blistène may adopt another role. By Naomi Rea, Jun 25, 2021
Museums London’s Royal Academy Has Apologized for Pulling the Work of an Artist Accused of Transphobia From Its Shop The institution said it is committed to freedom of expression. By Naomi Rea, Jun 23, 2021
Museums A Museum’s ‘Sexist’ Decision to Overrule the Appointment of a Female Director Has Sparked Outcry in the Brussels Art Scene The board named museum veteran Bernard Blistène to join Kasia Redzisz at the helm of Kanal-Centre Pompidou. By Naomi Rea, Jun 23, 2021
Museums Artists Are Cutting Ties With the Barbican After Employees Released a Dossier Exposing Its ‘Inherently Racist’ Work Culture The Barbican said it is conducting an independent review into the more than 100 claims made in the dossier. By Naomi Rea, Jun 22, 2021
Studio Visit Iranian Painter Shirazeh Houshiary Explains the Benefits of Painting on the Floor, and Why Nothing Is More Abstract Than Nature We caught up with the artist at her West London studio. By Naomi Rea, Jun 22, 2021
Art World A Man Stumbled Upon Two 17th-Century Paintings in the Garbage at a Highway Rest Stop. Now Police Are Trying to Figure Out How They Got There The paintings were discovered in a dumpster near Cologne last month. By Naomi Rea, Jun 21, 2021
Politics London’s Royal Academy Has Pulled an Artist’s Work From Its Gift Shop After Online Backlash Over Her ‘Transphobic’ Views The Royal Academy has pulled an embroidery work from its shop after online commentators raised alarm about her views on gender. By Naomi Rea, Jun 17, 2021
