‘Life Is Turning Into a Nightmare’: Berlin Gallery KOW Revamps Its Exhibition Program in the Eleventh Hour to Take on Germany’s Right Wing

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‘Life Is Turning Into a Nightmare’: Berlin Gallery KOW Revamps Its Exhibition Program in the Eleventh Hour to Take on Germany’s Right Wing

The gallery has also published a manifesto-like essay in conjunction with the last-minute group show.

By Kate Brown, Sep 7, 2018

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Anish Kapoor, Hans Ulrich Obrist, and Other Leading UK Art Figures Join Outcry Over Jailed Photographer Shahidul Alam

John Akomfrah, Charlie Brooker, Steve McQueen, Nicholas Serota, and many others signed onto the new statement, as vigils are planned in New York and London.

By Ben Davis, Sep 3, 2018

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See the Yayoi Kusama Show That John Kasich, Possible Future Presidential Candidate, Thinks Is ‘Fantastic’

Even politicians can agree on Kusama's polka-dotted power.

By Caroline Goldstein, Aug 23, 2018

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Sharon Stone Joins a Chorus of Nobel Laureates to Demand the Release of Jailed Bangladeshi Photographer Shahidul Alam

Richard Branson, Jimmy Wales, and Paris mayor Anne Hidalgo are among the latest to call for the photographer's release.

By Sarah Cascone, Aug 21, 2018

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After 122 Days of Bargaining, MoMA Workers Enthusiastically Approve a New Contract That Gives Every Union Member a Raise

Only one issue remains to be determined.

By Sarah Cascone, Aug 17, 2018

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Tania Bruguera and Other Artists Are Protesting a New Cuban Law That Requires Government Approval of Creative Production

Coco Fusco is also among the artists opposing the new legislation.

By Sarah Cascone, Aug 15, 2018

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Marina Abramović Created a Poster for an Italian Sailing Event. The Far-Right Wants to Censor It as ‘Propaganda’

Local far-right politicians are calling the poster "political propaganda."

By Sarah Cascone, Aug 13, 2018

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What’s in Beyoncé’s Mom’s Art Collection? A Tour of Tina Knowles Lawson’s Hollywood Home Reveals All

Beyoncé and Solange clearly got their love of art from their mom.

By Sarah Cascone, Aug 7, 2018

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MoMA Union Workers Occupy the Museum’s Lobby in Protest as Contract Negotiations Resume

Contract negotiations will resume tomorrow, and union members are united in their call for a fair contract.

By Sarah Cascone, Aug 6, 2018

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Following ACT UP Protest, the Whitney Draws Attention to the Ongoing AIDS Epidemic With a New David Wojnarowicz Wall Text

On Saturday, the protesters returned to the museum.

By Sarah Cascone, Aug 6, 2018

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Artists Dramatically Remove Their Work From London’s Design Museum to Protest Its Decision to Host an Arms Dealer

Artists are harshly criticizing the London museum's response to the uproar over its decision to host an event for a defense company.

By Javier Pes, Aug 2, 2018

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Despite Threats of Budget-Slashing, the NEA Actually Saw Its Funding Increase in Congress’s Newly Passed Budget

Congress has once again rejected Trump's calls to eliminate the NEA and NEH.

By Sarah Cascone, Aug 2, 2018

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From Trump Funders to Pals of Putin, Here Are 10 Politically Intriguing Eastern European Art Collectors to Know

artnet News has assembled dossiers on the art-world connections of men named in the "Kremlin Report," plus two others of note.

By Artnet News, Aug 1, 2018

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Collector Leonard Lauder on How Vintage Postcards Can Help Us Understand Propaganda in the Present

As an exhibition of his postcard collection opens at MFA Boston, the storied collector explains what draws him to these diminutive works.

By Menachem Wecker, Jul 30, 2018

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London’s Design Museum Hosted an Arms Dealer—and Now Artists Are Refusing to Show There Anymore

The museum hosted an event for an Italian aerospace company accused of aiding dictatorial regimes.

By Sarah Cascone, Jul 25, 2018