Trump Signs a New Spending Bill That Increases Funding for the NEA and NEH, Despite Threats to Veto

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Trump Signs a New Spending Bill That Increases Funding for the NEA and NEH, Despite Threats to Veto

The president has called for the elimination of the NEA and NEH.

By Sarah Cascone, Mar 23, 2018

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‘National Geographic’ Turned to a Photo Historian to Help Reckon With Its Colonialist Past. Even He Was Unsettled by What He Found

John Edwin Mason, a historian of race and photography, spoke to Ben Davis about examining the famed magazine's troubled history.

By Ben Davis, Mar 21, 2018

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A Statue of an African American Woman Will Replace a Confederate General in the US Capitol

Mary McLeod Bethune will be the first African American to be honored in the US Capitol's National Statuary Hall.

By Sarah Cascone, Mar 21, 2018

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To Boost the Market, Germany May Restore Tax Breaks on Art Sales—But Not Everyone Is Convinced It Would Help

The sales tax reduction would aim to stimulate the weary German art market.

By Henri Neuendorf, Mar 14, 2018

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The NRA Used Anish Kapoor’s Most Famous Work in a Political Ad. Now the Artist Is Blasting Back.

The artist behind 'The Bean' stands off against the NRA's 'Clenched Fist of Truth.'

By Eileen Kinsella, Mar 12, 2018

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Scattering Pill Bottles at the Temple of Dendur, Nan Goldin Leads a Dramatic Oxycontin Protest at the Met

Around 100 protesters threw the drug paraphernalia into the moat surrounding the Sackler Wing's ancient temple, then staged a 'die-in.'

By Kate Brown, Mar 12, 2018

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France’s President Has Promised to Return Africa’s Heritage—Now Macron’s Pledge Is Being Put to the Test

European museums face renewed calls to hand back artifacts looted in Africa during the colonial-era.

By Naomi Rea, Mar 8, 2018

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England’s Great Exhibition Loses Arms Industry Sponsor After Artists Protest

The festival includes "homecoming" shows for Glenn Brown and Michael Dean in Newcastle and Gateshead galleries that are partners in the government-backed event.

By Javier Pes, Mar 8, 2018

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Sean Hannity Asked the Left to Weigh In on a Cheesy Donald Trump Painting and Got More Than He Bargained For

Would-be art critics are savaging Jon McNaughton's pro-Trump work.

By Sarah Cascone, Feb 27, 2018

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Here’s the Bad News About Kehinde Wiley’s Presidential Portrait of Barack Obama

There's a lot to love in the fanciful image, but there's also a lot to question.

By Ben Davis, Feb 13, 2018

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Artist Emma Sulkowicz Wore Asterisks—and Little Else—to Protest Chuck Close at the Met (and Picasso at MoMA)

The provocative action had an important message.

By Sarah Cascone, Feb 2, 2018

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Turkish Forces Nearly Destroy the Ancient Syrian Temple of Ain Dara

The devastating attack on the Iron Age complex is being compared to ISIS's destruction of the Temple of Bel in Palmyra.

By Sarah Cascone, Jan 30, 2018

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Fox Host Demands Resignation of Guggenheim Curator Who Offered Trump a Golden Toilet

Was Nancy Spector's offer of Maurizio Cattelan's toilet a "sick burn" or an act of "extreme disrespect?"

By Brian Boucher, Jan 29, 2018

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Natural History Museum Curators Revolt Against Trustee Rebekah Mercer for Funding Climate Change Deniers

The Mercer Family Foundation has reportedly given $8 million to organizations that question climate change.

By Sarah Cascone, Jan 29, 2018

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3 Ways Austria’s New Right-Wing Government Could Impact Its Art World (and Not All for the Worse)

Waves of anxiety are rippling through the Austrian arts community, and what the future may hold is anyone's guess.

By Kate Brown, Jan 25, 2018