Politics After Years of Debate, San Francisco Votes to Cover Up Controversial 1930s Mural Depicting George Washington as a Slaveowner Covering up the mural could cost taxpayers as much as $845,000. By Taylor Dafoe, Jul 1, 2019
Art World Editors’ Picks: 12 Things Not to Miss in New York’s Art World This Week Here's what's going on this week. By artnet News, Jul 1, 2019
Politics ‘I Could Be Arrested at Any Moment’: Dissident Musician Mehdi Rajabian on Collaborating With Artists for His Risky New Album Formerly imprisoned Turkish artist Zehra Doğan created a series of works inspired by the music. By Sarah Cascone, Jul 1, 2019
Art World Art Industry News: Banksy Designed a Stab-Proof Vest for Rapper Stormzy’s Historic Glastonbury Concert + Other Stories Plus, Sotheby's is selling a recording of the Apollo 11 moon landing for $1 million and a proposed merger of Italian museums draws criticism. By artnet News, Jul 1, 2019
Politics Nan Goldin and Anti-Sackler Opioid Activists Swarm the Louvre, Marking Their First Action in Europe The guerrilla activists unfurled large banners in front of the Louvre pyramid and staged a die-in. By Kate Brown, Jul 1, 2019
Art World After 75 Years, Germany Will Return a Nazi-Looted Old Master Painting to the Uffizi in Florence The museum’s German-born director Eike Schmidt says the agreement is “a great victory for the whole of Italy.” By Naomi Rea, Jul 1, 2019
People ‘Nothing Was Ever Out of Bounds’: Leigh Bowery’s Friends Remember the Legendary Performance Art Provocateur 25 Years After His Death Cerith Wyn Evans, Baillie Walsh, and Lou Stoppard reminisce about their late friend. By Lou Stoppard, Jul 1, 2019
Politics Playwright Eve Ensler Is Recruiting Creatives for an ‘Artistic Uprising’ Against Immigrant Detention at the El Paso Border The 24-hour vigil is one of multiple protests for the 4th of July weekend, but it specifically calls to artists to respond. By Taylor Dafoe, Jun 28, 2019
Art World From a New Seinfeld Pop-Up Museum to the Unjust Arrest of a Beloved Street Artist: The Best and Worst of the Art World This Week Catch up on this week's news—fast. By Caroline Goldstein, Jun 28, 2019
People Longtime MoMA Curator and Dedicated Talent-Hunter Christian Rattemeyer Has Been Named SculptureCenter’s New Director He is the latest in a string of high-profile departures from MoMA. By Katie White, Jun 28, 2019
Art World With Its New ‘Magnitude’ Collection, Cartier Has Unveiled a Captivating Study of Contrasts The French jeweler recently presented an adventurous new collection comprising eye-catching pairings of precious and semi-precious stones. By Nazanin Lankarani, Jun 28, 2019
Art World Art Industry News: Under Fire, Yana Peel Resigns From the Board of Another Major Art Organization + Other Stories Plus, Philip Guston will get a major retrospective at DC's National Gallery and is this new mural a Banksy... or an anti-Banksy? By artnet News, Jun 28, 2019
Art World See the Eerie, Foreboding Final Paintings of 10 Famous Artists, From Andy Warhol to Vincent van Gogh Check out part two of our series on famous artists' last works. By Caroline Goldstein & Eileen Kinsella, Jun 28, 2019
Politics Art Installers and Maintenance Workers at the Guggenheim Have Voted ‘Yes’ to Joining a Union A majority vote to join IUOE Local 30 after a hard-fought campaign. By Ben Davis, Jun 27, 2019
Art World ‘You Start the Game Tired’: What It’s Like to Be One of the Few Black Students at an Elite Art School At a time when work by some black artists is more in demand than ever, life at the academy remains riddled with obstacles. By Melissa Smith, Jun 27, 2019
