Politics 150 Artists and Culture Workers Are Boycotting a Finnish Museum Over Its Ties to Zionist Arms Heir Poju Zabludowicz A petition says the billionaire funds organizations that “support the apartheid regime imposed on Palestine." By Taylor Dafoe, Dec 9, 2022
Politics Amid Mounting Pressure, the School of the Art Institute of Chicago Has Stripped Kanye West of His Honorary Degree This is the first time the college has rescinded an honorary degree in its 80-year history. By Taylor Dafoe, Dec 8, 2022
Politics A $200 Million Superyacht Belonging to a Sanctioned Oligarch and Art Collector Will Be Auctioned Off to Benefit Ukraine The 300-foot-long vessel is owned by the pro-Kremlin politician Viktor Medvedchuk. By Artnet News, Dec 6, 2022
Politics Art Luminaries Express Solidarity With the New School’s Striking Teachers as the University Threatens to Bring in ‘Scabs’ Parsons School of Design, the famed art school, is included in the strike. By Ben Davis, Dec 6, 2022
Politics A Petition Is Calling for the School of the Art Institute of Chicago to Rescind Kanye West’s Honorary Doctorate The call follows Ye's latest round of hate speech. By Richard Whiddington, Dec 5, 2022
Politics Climate Activists Threaten to Start Slashing Paintings as They ‘Escalate’ Their Campaign to Model the Suffragist Movement The group said it's looking to the suffragette protestors of the 1910s for inspiration. By Taylor Dafoe, Dec 1, 2022
Politics Jim Carrey Has Quit Twitter in the Wake of Elon Musk’s Takeover, Signing Off With One Last Artwork of a ‘Crazy Old Lighthouse Keeper’ The actor is the latest in a string of celebrities to abandon the platform in recent weeks. By Caroline Goldstein, Nov 30, 2022
Politics In a First for the U.K., a Public Museum Has Repatriated Its Collection of Benin Bronzes to Nigeria Will the move by London's Horniman Museum encourage other institutions to do the same? By Taylor Dafoe, Nov 29, 2022
Politics ‘I’m Quite Cynical’: Why Chinese Artist-Activist Ai Weiwei Thinks the Country’s Widespread Protests Won’t Last But artists who have ties with the region, including those from mainland China and Hong Kong who are living in exile, remain hopeful. By Vivienne Chow, Nov 29, 2022
Politics A Group of Iranian Artists Teamed Up With For Freedoms to Bring a Public Art Show About the Protest Movement to New York City Hillary Clinton was on hand to help unveil the public art exhibition. By Sarah Cascone, Nov 28, 2022
Politics How Protest Art Is Helping Fuel the Historic Demonstrations Erupting Across China Art students across the country are participating in the so-called "A4Revolution" protests—the largest of their kind in China since the 1989 pro-democracy demonstrations. By Vivienne Chow, Nov 28, 2022
Politics Russia’s Ambassador to UNESCO Has Resigned, Clearing the Path for the World Heritage Committee to Resume Work The 45th session of the committee was postponed amid outcry over Russia's invasion of Ukraine. By Anna Sansom, Nov 25, 2022
Politics Activists Unfurled Red Banners in SFMOMA’s Atrium to Urge the Art World to Support Iran’s Women-Led Protests Anonymous activists did the same thing at Guggenheim last month. By Sarah Cascone, Nov 21, 2022
Politics More Than 1,500 Part-Time Faculty Are on Strike at the New School, Home of Parsons School of Design Pickets have flooded the streets around the New York institution this week. By Sarah Cascone, Nov 18, 2022
Politics A Year After ‘Pillar of Shame’ Was Removed From Hong Kong University, the Monument’s Artist Has Initiated an A.R. Campaign Calling for Its Return Jens Galschiøt has been unable to locate and bring his artwork back to Europe. By Vivienne Chow, Nov 18, 2022
