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LACMA Sold LA on Its Shrunken Zumthor Building by Promising to Add Satellites Around the City. Now That May Create Even More Problems

LACMA's building plan has become a lighting rod for the debate over what a 21st-century museum should be.

By Catherine Wagley, Apr 25, 2019

Politics

New York City Is Launching Its Own Green New Deal. Now Museums Have to Get Up to Code—and Fast

The 33 cultural institutions on city-owned property are tasked with cutting emissions in half by 2030.

By Sarah Cascone, Apr 23, 2019

Politics

‘We Want to Feel Free’: At These 4 Fringe Galleries in Moscow, Artists Are Avoiding Government Censors

To avoid government restrictions, some artists are setting up their own fringe spaces.

By Rachel Corbett, Apr 22, 2019

Politics

Ahead of the Mueller Report, Donald Trump’s Staff Edited Kehinde Wiley’s Barack Obama Portrait Into a Fantasy of FBI Surveillance

The president's reelection committee is selling shirts that depict Obama as a spy.

By Taylor Dafoe, Apr 17, 2019

Politics

‘The Government Gets to Decide Who Is an Artist’: Cuban Authorities Crack Down on Dissent as the Havana Biennial Opens

Multiple artists have been taken in by state officials, while others have been denied entry to the country.

By Taylor Dafoe, Apr 16, 2019

Politics

The American Museum of Natural History Will No Longer Host a Gala Honoring Brazil’s Far-Right President Jair Bolsonaro

Museum staffers had issued an open letter calling on the museum's president “to stay true to its values by canceling this event."

By Taylor Dafoe, Apr 15, 2019

Politics

Climate-Change-Denying Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro Will Be Feted as ‘Person of the Year’ at a Gala at New York’s Natural History Museum

Even the mayor of New York is outraged and is calling on the museum to cancel the event.

By Taylor Dafoe, Apr 12, 2019

Politics

New York City Officials Have Voted to Demolish the Art-Filled Elizabeth Street Garden

The city plans to replace it with affordable housing, sparking a conflict between two scarce resources.

By Sarah Cascone, Apr 11, 2019

Politics

‘Stupid and Senseless Politicians’: Artist Vik Muniz Blasts Brazilian Leaders After a Deadly Flood Sweeps Through Rio de Janeiro

The artist had sharp words for the city's mayor and the country's right-wing president.

By Javier Pes, Apr 10, 2019

Politics

Artist Hito Steyerl Made an App That Removes the Sackler Name From the Serpentine Sackler’s Facade

The artist had a lot to say about the family at the press preview for her exhibition—and now the institution has committed to no longer taking Sackler funding.

By Naomi Rea, Apr 10, 2019

Politics

‘It’s Another Government Boondoggle’: This Republican Lawmaker Just Introduced a Bill to Cut All Funding for Art in US Embassies

Freshman Republican Congressman Tim Burchett is pushing his new "No Art in Embassies" legislation.

By Sarah Cascone, Apr 9, 2019

Politics

Hal Foster, Claire Bishop, and More Than 120 Other Intellectuals Call for the Removal of Warren Kanders From the Whitney’s Board

Opponents of Kanders say he has been "artwashing" his profits from the defense industry.

By Eileen Kinsella, Apr 5, 2019

Politics

‘You Are a Bastard’: Mussolini’s Granddaughter Enters a Twitter Feud With Jim Carrey Over His Drawing of the Dead Dictator

Alessandra Mussolini is not pleased with how Carrey depicted her grandfather.

By Sarah Cascone, Apr 2, 2019

Politics

Will the United States Finally Get a National Women’s History Museum? Congress Just Introduced Two Bipartisan Bills to Build One

Susan Collins and Diane Feinstein have teamed up on the Senate bill, while Carolyn Maloney has introduced companion legislation in the House.

By Sarah Cascone, Apr 1, 2019

Politics

Banksy Is Giving His Painting of Chimpanzees Overrunning Parliament a Special Appearance to Mark ‘Brexit Day’

The 13-foot-long painting reemerges just in time to skewer British MPs over their repeatedly failed Brexit negotiations.

By Caroline Goldstein, Mar 29, 2019

LACMA Sold LA on Its Shrunken Zumthor Building by Promising to Add Satellites Around the City. Now That May Create Even More Problems

New York City Is Launching Its Own Green New Deal. Now Museums Have to Get Up to Code—and Fast

‘We Want to Feel Free’: At These 4 Fringe Galleries in Moscow, Artists Are Avoiding Government Censors

Ahead of the Mueller Report, Donald Trump’s Staff Edited Kehinde Wiley’s Barack Obama Portrait Into a Fantasy of FBI Surveillance

‘The Government Gets to Decide Who Is an Artist’: Cuban Authorities Crack Down on Dissent as the Havana Biennial Opens

The American Museum of Natural History Will No Longer Host a Gala Honoring Brazil’s Far-Right President Jair Bolsonaro

Climate-Change-Denying Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro Will Be Feted as ‘Person of the Year’ at a Gala at New York’s Natural History Museum

New York City Officials Have Voted to Demolish the Art-Filled Elizabeth Street Garden

‘Stupid and Senseless Politicians’: Artist Vik Muniz Blasts Brazilian Leaders After a Deadly Flood Sweeps Through Rio de Janeiro

Artist Hito Steyerl Made an App That Removes the Sackler Name From the Serpentine Sackler’s Facade

‘It’s Another Government Boondoggle’: This Republican Lawmaker Just Introduced a Bill to Cut All Funding for Art in US Embassies

Hal Foster, Claire Bishop, and More Than 120 Other Intellectuals Call for the Removal of Warren Kanders From the Whitney’s Board

‘You Are a Bastard’: Mussolini’s Granddaughter Enters a Twitter Feud With Jim Carrey Over His Drawing of the Dead Dictator

Will the United States Finally Get a National Women’s History Museum? Congress Just Introduced Two Bipartisan Bills to Build One

Banksy Is Giving His Painting of Chimpanzees Overrunning Parliament a Special Appearance to Mark ‘Brexit Day’

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