Exhibitions Forensic Architecture Will Present New Evidence About the Incident That Triggered the 2011 London Riots in an ICA Exhibition The interdisciplinary research agency is challenging the official account of the event. By Naomi Rea, Jun 12, 2020
Art World Art Industry News: Tennessee Lawmakers Vote to Keep a Bust of a Notorious Confederate General in the State Capitol + Other Stories Plus, VOLTA cancels its September art fair in Basel and New York Governor Andrew Cuomo says a monument to Christopher Columbus in Manhattan should stay. By Artnet News, Jun 12, 2020
Politics London Boards Up Its Monuments as Tensions Run High Over the Fight to Topple Controversial Historical Statues Groups opposing Black Lives Matter have threatened to defend monuments from protesters, and a bust of a Black poet was attacked in Bristol. By Naomi Rea, Jun 12, 2020
The Art Angle The Art Angle Podcast: Why Artist Trevor Paglen Is Doing Everything He Can to Warn Humanity About Artificial Intelligence The adventurous artist joins the show to discuss using technology to expose the hidden dangers shaping our increasingly algorithmic world. By Artnet News, Jun 12, 2020
Opinion Our Museum Is Considered a Leader in Equity and Inclusion. Here’s What We’ve Done—and Why We Have a Long, Long Way to Go The director of the Oakland Museum of California lays out her museum's decades-long journey toward building a more equitable institution. By Lori Fogarty, Jun 12, 2020
Politics ‘It’s a Symbol in the Community That Can’t Be Ignored’: Why a Teacher Organized a George Floyd Tribute Wall in Harlem The Harlem community is filling the wall with artworks, flowers, and other mementos. By Sarah Cascone, Jun 12, 2020
Art World Wet Paint: LA Gallery's Artists Flee Over Dealer's Offensive Comments, Marfa Waffles on Reopening, & More Art-World Gossip Plus, which influential artist called on Sotheby's to hold a Black Lives Matter sale? Which VIP sent Frieze a conspiracy-filled screed? By Nate Freeman, Jun 11, 2020
On View 'It's Just What I Have to Do': Watch Artist Doreen Garner Take Apart a Monument to a Reviled Medical Doctor As part of a collaboration with Art21, hear news-making artists describe their inspirations in their own words. By Caroline Goldstein, Jun 11, 2020
Politics With Monuments Falling All Over Europe, We Asked Historians and Artists to Weigh in on How They Should Be Replaced Experts say there are no easy answers. By Naomi Rea, Jun 11, 2020
Art World Archaeologists Discovered a Paleolithic Bird Figurine in a Rubbish Heap. Turns Out It’s the Oldest 3D Chinese Art in the World Archaeologists believe the tiny bird suggests that the Chinese began creating art independently of other civilizations. By Sarah Cascone, Jun 11, 2020
On View A Show of Portraits by Queer Artists of Color Aims to Simultaneously Celebrate Individuality and Shared Identity—See It Here Each work is available as a limited-edition poster to benefit at-risk LGBTQ youth. By Caroline Goldstein, Jun 11, 2020
Art World Promising Aid to Arts Organizations, Five Charitable Foundations Will Give an Unprecedented $1.7 Billion to Nonprofits Worldwide Three of the organizations have made the exceedingly rare decision to raise money for the effort by selling bonds. By Sarah Cascone, Jun 11, 2020
Art and Law A Year After It Was Stolen, Banksy’s Paris Mural for the Bataclan Theater Has Been Found in an Italian Farmhouse The work was taken from a door at the theater in January 2019. By Taylor Dafoe, Jun 11, 2020
Opinion As Its Workers Organize, the Philadelphia Museum of Art Management Turns to an Infamous Anti-Union Law Firm The law firm, Morgan, Lewis & Bockius, is known for fighting against a $15 minimum wage. By Ben Davis, Jun 11, 2020
Auctions Wayne Thiebaud’s Painting of Pinball Machines Could Fetch $25 Million at Christie’s, Shattering the Artist’s Auction Record The 1962 painting is the latest high-profile lot to be announced for Christie's inventive global round-robin auction on July 10. By Artnet News, Jun 11, 2020
