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Three Iraqi Artists Withdraw From the Berlin Biennale to Protest an Artwork Depicting Prisoners at Abu Ghraib

The show's curators, who apologized for the artwork, have not said whether they will remove it from view.

By Taylor Dafoe, Aug 17, 2022

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‘We Take Ownership and Responsibility’: Indonesian Collective Taring Padi Reflects on the Controversy Over Their Art That Paralyzed Documenta

Members of the group discuss blind spots, censorship, and the need for dialogue.

By Kate Brown, Aug 10, 2022

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Activists in Italy Glued Themselves to an Umberto Boccioni Sculpture in Milan to Draw Attention to Climate Change

“The progress that the Futurists hoped for is the same that is now leading us towards mass extinction,” the group said.

By Taylor Dafoe, Aug 2, 2022

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Documenta, Battered by Scandals, Gets Hit With Yet Another Allegation of Antisemitic Imagery in the Show

The images by Burhan Karkoutly are in a pamphlet shown by the Archives of Women’s Struggles in Algeria.

By Kate Brown, Jul 28, 2022

Politics

The Seattle Chapter of the National Audubon Society Will Be Renamed to Break With Audubon’s Racist Legacy

Audubon was accused of academic fraud and much worse.

By Caroline Goldstein, Jul 27, 2022

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Documenta’s New Managing Director Says Curators Will Have the Final Say About Further Reviews of Art in the Contentious Exhibition

The show will continue on through September 25th.

By Caroline Goldstein, Jul 27, 2022

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As Pope Francis Makes a Formal Apology to Indigenous Canadians, Demands Mount for the Return of Objects in the Vatican Museums

On Monday, Pope Francis begged forgiveness for the Catholic Church's role in the disappearance of 10,000 Indigenous children.

By Dorian Batycka, Jul 25, 2022

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U.S. Authorities May Have Found a Fabergé Egg Sitting Around on a Russian Oligarch’s Seized $300 Million Yacht

Could this be one of the lost Imperial Eggs?

By Sarah Cascone, Jul 22, 2022

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After One of Its Members Was Attacked in Kassel, Art Collective Party Office Cancels Its Documenta Event: ‘We Don’t Feel Safe’

The news is the latest blow to Documenta 15's dwindling reputation.

By Vivienne Chow, Jul 13, 2022

Politics

‘It Felt Like an Overwhelming Collapse’: Artist Lisa Anne Auerbach on Why the Overturning of ‘Roe v. Wade’ Made Her Unraveling ‘Rights’ Work Go Viral

Knitting becomes a powerful metaphor in the artist's work.

By Sarah Cascone, Jul 12, 2022

Politics

A Mysterious Georgia Rock Art Sculpture—Considered by Some the ‘American Stonehenge’ and by Others the Work of Satan—Has Been Bombed

A conservative politician recently made a campaign promise to demolish the artwork, which she believes is satanic in nature.

By Sarah Cascone, Jul 7, 2022

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

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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

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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

Three Iraqi Artists Withdraw From the Berlin Biennale to Protest an Artwork Depicting Prisoners at Abu Ghraib

‘We Take Ownership and Responsibility’: Indonesian Collective Taring Padi Reflects on the Controversy Over Their Art That Paralyzed Documenta

Activists in Italy Glued Themselves to an Umberto Boccioni Sculpture in Milan to Draw Attention to Climate Change

Documenta, Battered by Scandals, Gets Hit With Yet Another Allegation of Antisemitic Imagery in the Show

The Seattle Chapter of the National Audubon Society Will Be Renamed to Break With Audubon’s Racist Legacy

Documenta’s New Managing Director Says Curators Will Have the Final Say About Further Reviews of Art in the Contentious Exhibition

As Pope Francis Makes a Formal Apology to Indigenous Canadians, Demands Mount for the Return of Objects in the Vatican Museums

U.S. Authorities May Have Found a Fabergé Egg Sitting Around on a Russian Oligarch’s Seized $300 Million Yacht

After One of Its Members Was Attacked in Kassel, Art Collective Party Office Cancels Its Documenta Event: ‘We Don’t Feel Safe’

‘It Felt Like an Overwhelming Collapse’: Artist Lisa Anne Auerbach on Why the Overturning of ‘Roe v. Wade’ Made Her Unraveling ‘Rights’ Work Go Viral

A Mysterious Georgia Rock Art Sculpture—Considered by Some the ‘American Stonehenge’ and by Others the Work of Satan—Has Been Bombed

Philadelphia Is Installing Its First Monument to Abolitionist Hero Harriet Tubman—But Black Artists Say They Weren’t Given the Opportunity to Contribute

Climate Protestors Glued Themselves to a Van Gogh Painting at the Courtauld, Demanding That Museums Join Their ‘Civil Resistance’

Jenny Holzer, Barbara Kruger, and Others Create Blistering Protest Art in Response to the U.S. Supreme Court’s Roe v. Wade Decision

‘This Was Our Error’: Documenta Curators Have Apologized for Including a Mural With Antisemitic Imagery in This Year’s Show

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