Afghans Are Painting Over Images of Women While Culture Workers Are Putting Art in Storage as Afghanistan Braces for Taliban Control

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Afghans Are Painting Over Images of Women While Culture Workers Are Putting Art in Storage as Afghanistan Braces for Taliban Control

On-the-ground sources say no looting has taken place yet—but they don’t necessarily trust the Taliban’s assurances.

By Rebecca Anne Proctor, Aug 19, 2021

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Trump Mandated a Hunting Image Be on All Fowl Hunting Licenses. A Proposed Change to That Plan Has Ruffled Some Feathers

Artists found the requirement onerous. Hunters say it made them feel seen.

By Sarah Cascone, Aug 10, 2021

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Plans for a Public Art Show in Florida Have Been Derailed After the Mayor Accused Two of the Artists of Being Communists

The city commission voted to fund the show only if Cai Guo-Qiang and Sandra Ramos were dropped from the project.

By Taylor Dafoe, Aug 9, 2021

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An Artist’s Memorial on the Site of Last Year’s Devastating Blast in Beirut Has Been Met With Sharp Criticism

Nadim Karam's 'The Gesture' marks the one-year anniversary of the deadly explosion.

By Sarah Cascone, Aug 3, 2021

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A New York Gallery Owner Says He Destroyed Six Paintings Over a Controversy Regarding Their Depiction of Native American Symbols

The paintings depicted the murders of Native Americans that took place in Oklahoma from the 1910s through the 1930s.

By Taylor Dafoe, Jul 30, 2021

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A Republican Just Introduced a Bill to Require the White House to Report Hunter Biden’s Art Sales. It’s Called the ‘PAINTER Act’

Representative Mike Waltz, an ardent Trump fan, is suddenly very concerned with the business dealings of presidential children.

By Taylor Dafoe, Jul 28, 2021

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25 Artists Have ‘Deauthored’ Their Works in the Zabludowicz Collection Because of Its Ties to the Israeli Military

The artists are acting with the BDZ collective.

By Kate Brown, Jul 27, 2021

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Italy Becomes the Latest European Country to Require Proof of Vaccination or a Negative Test to Visit Museums

France enacted a similar vaccine requirement earlier this week.

By Sarah Cascone, Jul 23, 2021

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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

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Tania Bruguera Joins the Growing Ranks of Dissident Artists Being Detained During the Anti-Communist Protests in Cuba

Bruguera was taken from her home this week. Hamlet Lavastida and Luis Manuel Otero Alcántara remain in prison.

By Taylor Dafoe, Jul 21, 2021

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Four Members of the Pussy Riot Art Collective Have Been Jailed by Russian Officials

They have reportedly been charged with public swearing and arguing with a police officer.

By Sarah Cascone, Jul 13, 2021

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The Infamous Charlottesville Statue of Robert E. Lee, Where Neo-Nazis Rallied Violently in 2017, Has Been Removed From View

Another monument, to Confederate general Thomas “Stonewall” Jackson, was also removed.

By Taylor Dafoe, Jul 12, 2021

Downtown New Yorkers Protest Governor Cuomo’s Plan for a $3 Million Monument to Essential Workers, Saying They Weren’t Consulted

Residents say they would lose valuable green space in a local park.

By Caroline Goldstein, Jun 30, 2021

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Artist Hamlet Lavastida Has Been Arrested in Havana as Cuban Officials Continue Their Crackdown on Artistic Expression

Lavastida was arrested days after returning from a residency at Künstlerhaus Bethanien in Berlin.

By Kate Brown, Jun 28, 2021

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