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German Cultural Institutions Damaged by the Summer’s Historic Flooding Will Get a Cut of a $35 Million Aid Package

The western region of Germany experienced devastating rain and flooding this summer.

By Kate Brown, Sep 13, 2021

Politics

Steve Bannon’s School for Far-Right ‘Gladiators’ Has Officially Been Evicted From Its Home in an 800-Year-Old Italian Monastery

Benjamin Harnwell, Bannon’s business partner, plans to appeal the move.

By Taylor Dafoe, Sep 9, 2021

Politics

In Pictures: The Last Days of Virginia’s Embattled Monument to Robert E. Lee, From Its Role as a Site of Protest to Its Dramatic Removal

The statue had been standing since 1890.

By Caroline Goldstein, Sep 8, 2021

Politics

In a Pitched Battle Over Equitable Arts Funding, Washington, D.C.’s Culture Sector Is Tearing Itself Apart

The city’s legacy institutions claim that their grants will be cut by 60 percent. Defenders say it will advance racial equity in the arts.

By Zachary Small, Sep 2, 2021

Politics

The Director of Estonia’s National Museum Has Been Named President—of the Entire Country

Alar Karis ran uncontested in the election.

By Caroline Goldstein, Sep 1, 2021

Politics

Crowds Gather to Protest Warsaw’s Leading Contemporary Art Museum, Which Just Mounted an Anti-‘Cancel Culture’ Art Show

On the night of the opening, the institution braced for protests by Poland’s anti-fascist league and various LGBTQ+ and Jewish organizers.

By Dorian Batycka, Aug 27, 2021

Politics

Hundreds of Artists Have Signed an Open Letter Demanding the U.S. Accept Afghan Culture Workers as Refugees

Coco Fusco and Lynne Tillman are among the signers.

By Eileen Kinsella, Aug 24, 2021

Politics

‘We’re Doing All We Can’: Art Workers in France Are Mobilizing to Help Afghan Creators Threatened by the Taliban Reach Safety

As the Taliban rapidly gains power in Afghanistan, the country’s journalists, intellectuals, and artists are being targeted.

By Katie Kheriji-Watts, Aug 19, 2021

Politics

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

Politics

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

Politics

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

Politics

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

Politics

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

Politics

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

Politics

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

German Cultural Institutions Damaged by the Summer’s Historic Flooding Will Get a Cut of a $35 Million Aid Package

Steve Bannon’s School for Far-Right ‘Gladiators’ Has Officially Been Evicted From Its Home in an 800-Year-Old Italian Monastery

In Pictures: The Last Days of Virginia’s Embattled Monument to Robert E. Lee, From Its Role as a Site of Protest to Its Dramatic Removal

In a Pitched Battle Over Equitable Arts Funding, Washington, D.C.’s Culture Sector Is Tearing Itself Apart

The Director of Estonia’s National Museum Has Been Named President—of the Entire Country

Crowds Gather to Protest Warsaw’s Leading Contemporary Art Museum, Which Just Mounted an Anti-‘Cancel Culture’ Art Show

Hundreds of Artists Have Signed an Open Letter Demanding the U.S. Accept Afghan Culture Workers as Refugees

‘We’re Doing All We Can’: Art Workers in France Are Mobilizing to Help Afghan Creators Threatened by the Taliban Reach Safety

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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