Politics The Smithsonian Is Rushing to Collect Flags, Protest Signs, and Other Ephemera From the Pro-Trump Insurrection in the US Capitol Conservators are also cleaning up the corrosive damage of pepper spray and tear gas on the building's historic art. By Sarah Cascone, Jan 11, 2021
Politics ‘The Police Didn’t Know What Was Going to Happen’: 5 Photographers on What It Was Like to Document the Storming of the US Capitol We spoke with a group of photojournalists about the chaotic scene. By Sarah Cascone, Jan 8, 2021
Politics Coachella Officials Have Rejected a Proposal for an Ambitious Desert X Artwork, Claiming It Would ‘Exploit’ Local Plight for Tourism This isn't the first time locals have voiced objections to a Desert X proposal. By Sarah Cascone, Jan 6, 2021
Politics India’s Supreme Court Has Green-Lit the Prime Minister’s Controversial $3 Billion Plan to Revamp Delhi’s Historic Parliament Anish Kapoor is among the critics of Modi's plan. By Caroline Goldstein, Jan 6, 2021
Politics A Nigerian Artist Has Put Up More Than 200 ‘Missing’ Posters Depicting the Benin Bronzes Throughout the City of Dresden Emeka Ogboh's latest project seeks to bring public attention to the city's role in maintaining legacies of colonialism. By Kate Brown, Jan 6, 2021
Politics Right-Wing Brazilians Are Up in Arms Over This ‘Obscene’ Sculpture of a Vulva at a Botanical Art Park in Brazil A political controversy has erupted over the crimson art installation. By Sarah Cascone, Jan 4, 2021
Politics Trump Threatens to Derail Congress’s Coronavirus Relief Bill Unless Funding for the Smithsonian and Other Cultural Institutions Is Cut The funding for the museums is actually part of the government's annual budget, not the relief bill. By Ben Davis, Dec 23, 2020
Politics A Statue of Civil Rights Activist Barbara Rose Johns May Soon Replace One of Robert E. Lee in the US Capitol Building The new statue would commemorate a key figure in the Brown vs. Board of Ed Supreme Court decision. By Taylor Dafoe, Dec 21, 2020
Politics Ai Weiwei’s Startling and Sympathetic New Documentary Takes Viewers Into the Protests That Have Rocked Hong Kong The film is now available on demand. By Artnet News, Dec 18, 2020
Politics France Pushed Through a Bill to Return 27 Looted Artifacts to Benin and Senegal After Senators Threatened to Derail the Plan The debate broke down amid a discussion of how claims would be processed. By Naomi Rea, Dec 17, 2020
Politics Virginia’s Governor Wants to Spend $11 Million to Reimagine a Confederate Monument-Lined Promenade in Richmond The Virginia Museum of Fine Arts would be tasked with transforming Monument Avenue if the budget goes through. By Taylor Dafoe, Dec 16, 2020
Politics An Iconic Barbara Kruger Text Artwork Has Become a Symbol in the Protest Movement Against Poland’s Strict Anti-Abortion Laws The artwork first appeared in Poland in 1991. By Sarah Cascone, Dec 16, 2020
Politics A Single US Republican Senator Has Blocked the Approval of New Museums Dedicated to Women’s History and the American Latino Mike Lee of Utah scuttled what other senators expected to be a simple vote. By Taylor Dafoe, Dec 11, 2020
Politics Georgia Runoff Candidate Kelly Loeffler Allegedly Owns a $56,000 Warhol Portrait of Mao, and a Fellow Republican Thinks It’s Weird Loeffler's campaign has denied that she owns the artwork. By Sarah Cascone, Dec 10, 2020
Politics Bowing to Pressure, Harvard Will Remove Philip Johnson’s Name From a Building He Designed Because of His Support for Nazism The home Johnson designed for his architectural thesis will now be referred to only by its street address. By Taylor Dafoe, Dec 8, 2020
