London’s National Portrait Gallery Ends Its Partnership With Oil Giant BP, Following Years of Pressure From Artists and Environmentalists

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London’s National Portrait Gallery Ends Its Partnership With Oil Giant BP, Following Years of Pressure From Artists and Environmentalists

The news comes just one day after an activist group railed against the British Museum's partnership with the oil giant.

By Caroline Goldstein, Feb 22, 2022

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A Chorus of Prominent Artists and Museum Directors Blast the Funding of a New Berlin Art Center as ‘Scandalous’

Some 650 prominent figures, including Hito Steyerl and Kader Attia, are protesting the new Kunsthalle Berlin and the "Smerling System."

By Kate Brown, Feb 18, 2022

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U.S. Leaders Are Calling for the Release of Cuban Artist Luis Manuel Otero Alcántara, Who Has Been Detained for Months Without Trial

Concern is growing over Alcántara, who launched a hunger strike in protest of his imprisonment.

By Taylor Dafoe, Feb 18, 2022

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A New Report Shows How Hard POC Arts Organizations in New York Must Fight for Funding Just to Stay Afloat

The report, published by Hue Arts NYC, accompanies a new interactive map and directory of 400-plus POC cultural organizations in the city.

By Taylor Dafoe, Feb 16, 2022

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A Venice Coalition Is Protesting Plans to Permanently House a Biennale Archive in the Arsenale

The Forum Futuro Arsenale's alternative vision proposes a center for boat maintenance with space for local artists.

By Caroline Goldstein, Feb 10, 2022

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The Abrupt Removal of the U.N.’s 25-Foot Tapestry of Picasso’s ‘Guernica’ Caused an Uproar. Now, the Mystery Has Been Solved

The tapestry was commissioned by Nelson Rockefeller in 1955 and has lived at the UN on loan since 1984.

By Taylor Dafoe, Feb 8, 2022

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‘We Are Pessimistic About the Future’: Shudders Run Through Ukraine’s Art Scene as Tensions with Russia Escalate

Faced with uncertainty, Ukrainian artists and cultural producers are trying to find new ways to act together.

By Dorian Batycka, Feb 4, 2022

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U.S. President Biden Has Reversed a Trump-Era Rule Requiring Pro-American Art in Federal Buildings

Trump’s previous policy required that federal art “illustrate the ideals upon which our nation was founded.”

By Taylor Dafoe, Feb 1, 2022

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One of a Handful of Remaining Tiananmen Square Memorials in Hong Kong Has Been Covered Up as China Cracks Down on the City

On Saturday, construction workers arrived without warning and obscured the memorial from view.

By Sarah Cascone, Jan 31, 2022

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Art Speigelman Denounces Tennessee School District’s Ban of His Graphic Novel ‘Maus’: ‘It Has a Breath of Autocracy and Fascism’

The school board insists the decision was made over eight swear words.

By Sarah Cascone, Jan 28, 2022

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‘This Painting Could Be the Future’: Artist Jonathan Harris on Why His Viral Image ‘Critical Race Theory’ Struck a Chord Around the Globe

The artist has sold over 1,000 prints of the striking image.

By Sarah Cascone, Jan 24, 2022

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Are Your Art Shipments Funding the Far Right? Top Shipping Supplier Uline’s Founders Gave Millions to Extremists, Including Ones From Jan. 6

Richard Uihlein, founder of Uline, donated millions to far-right activist groups, think tanks, and media outlets in 2020.

By Taylor Dafoe, Jan 20, 2022

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