Politics Philadelphia Is Installing Its First Monument to Abolitionist Hero Harriet Tubman—But Black Artists Say They Weren’t Given the Opportunity to Contribute Wesley Wofford's touring Harriet Tubman statue struck a chord, but should it automatically be selected as a permanent addition by the city? By Sarah Cascone, Jul 6, 2022
Politics Climate Protestors Glued Themselves to a Van Gogh Painting at the Courtauld, Demanding That Museums Join Their ‘Civil Resistance’ The incident comes just one day after demonstrators from the same group attached themselves to a Horatio McCulloch artwork in Glasgow. By Taylor Dafoe, Jun 30, 2022
Politics Jenny Holzer, Barbara Kruger, and Others Create Blistering Protest Art in Response to the U.S. Supreme Court’s Roe v. Wade Decision The landmark ruling to eliminate abortion rights in the U.S. was followed by an outpouring of opposition from artists and galleries. By Dorian Batycka, Jun 27, 2022
Politics ‘This Was Our Error’: Documenta Curators Have Apologized for Including a Mural With Antisemitic Imagery in This Year’s Show The director of the Anne Frank educational center will chair a panel on antisemitism and racism in Kassel next week. By Dorian Batycka, Jun 24, 2022
Politics ‘All the Red Lines Have Been Crossed’: Just Days After Opening, Documenta Conceals an Artwork Depicting Antisemitic Stereotypes Organizers of Documenta 15 have decided to drape a large curtain over the artwork by Indonesian collective Taring Padi. By Dorian Batycka, Jun 21, 2022
Politics Stopping Short of Restitution, King Philippe of Belgium Gives the Democratic Republic of Congo a Stolen Mask on ‘Indefinite Loan’ The Belgian King said he “regrets” the colonial-era crimes of his country. By Taylor Dafoe, Jun 9, 2022
Politics More Than 130 Documenta Artists and Organizers Issue a Statement Condemning ‘Racist Attacks’ Against the Show’s Curators The artists are speaking out on behalf of the show's organizers, the Indonesian artist collective Ruangrupa. By Taylor Dafoe, Jun 3, 2022
Politics How Artists Are Memorializing Victims of Mass Shootings, Again and Again and Again and Again In a grim indicator, local governments have created official processes for building monuments, sensing that more will come. By Zachary Small, Jun 3, 2022
Politics State-Run Museums in Georgia Abruptly Fired 40 Employees, Allegedly in Retribution for Forming a Union Critics blame the country’s populist culture minister. By Taylor Dafoe, Jun 2, 2022
Politics Vandals Attack a Kassel Arts Venue Where a Palestinian Group Is Set to Show During Documenta The incident occurred amid a raging debate over alleged antisemitism. By Taylor Dafoe, May 31, 2022
Politics ’I Am Not Banksy!’: A Welsh Politician Resigned After a Viral Rumor Identifying Him as the Mystery Artist Made It Impossible to Do His Job "I don’t know if I’m in some mad, fantastic kind of delusion," William Gannon said. By Sarah Cascone, May 26, 2022
Politics French Prime Minister Appoints Performing-Arts Specialist Rima Abdul-Malak as Culture Minister. She Has a Lot to Do Her selection was hailed by gallerists and artists. By Anna Sansom, May 25, 2022
Politics Kharkiv’s Palace of Culture Was Destroyed by a Russian Missile Attack, Leaving Eight Injured Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy called the attack an example of “absolute evil.” By Taylor Dafoe, May 24, 2022
Politics At the World Economic Forum in Davos, Ukrainian Artists Are Staging an Anti-War Show in a House Typically Occupied by Russian Elites On view are documentary photographs and other depictions of extreme violence in besieged Ukrainian cities. By Taylor Dafoe, May 23, 2022
Politics Germany Bumps Up Culture Spending by 7 Percent to $2.4 Billion, Citing Link Between Arts and Democracy The budget represents a 7 percent rise over last year's. By Amah-Rose Abrams, May 20, 2022
