Bob Dylan Fans, Rejoice! A New Museum Dedicated to the Bard Promises to Shed New Light on His Life and Music

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Bob Dylan Fans, Rejoice! A New Museum Dedicated to the Bard Promises to Shed New Light on His Life and Music

The Bob Dylan Center will be a stone's throw from the Woody Guthrie Center.

By Artnet News, May 13, 2021

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Artist Robert Longo Is Joining Pace Gallery After Four Decades at the Soon-to-Shutter Metro Pictures

Longo’s first show at Pace is set for this September in New York.

By Taylor Dafoe, May 13, 2021

People

Richard Nonas, Whose Hand-Wrought Sculptures Helped Define Post-Minimalism, Has Died at 85

Trained as an anthropologist, Nonas became a sculptor without even realizing it.

By Sarah Cascone, May 13, 2021

Art & Tech

Can Artists Make Contact With Aliens? Should They? An Institute Dedicated to Finding Life Beyond Planet Earth Is Asking Them for Help

Organized with the European Artificial Intelligence Lab, a new two-part residency will conclude at the annual Ars Electronica festival in Austria.

By Sarah Cascone, May 12, 2021

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‘Brilliant’ or Totally Phoned In? David Hockney’s New Design for the London Tube Is Sparking Merciless Mockery Online

“If you had said this was a children’s competition to redesign the logo and this was the winner I’d have [believed] it,” wrote one user.

By Taylor Dafoe, May 12, 2021

Art & Exhibitions

Rashid Johnson Will Give Artists a Literal Stage to Reemerge From the Pandemic as Part of a New Project With Creative Time

“Red Stage” will offer both scheduled programs and open days for anyone to use in downtown Manhattan.

By Taylor Dafoe, May 12, 2021

Politics

An Art Collective Nominated for the Turner Prize Responds With Biting Criticism of Tate’s ‘Exploitative Practices in Prize Culture’

“We demand the right to thrive in conditions that are nurturing and supportive,” the Black Obsidian Sound System collective said in a statement.

By Taylor Dafoe, May 11, 2021

Art World

A 12-Foot Puppet of a Syrian Girl Will Travel 5,000 Miles This Summer as Part of a Wildly Ambitious Art Project About the Plight of Refugees

Little Amal will celebrate her 10th birthday at the V&A museum in London.

By Sarah Cascone, May 11, 2021

Art World

Editors’ Picks: 11 Events for Your Art Calendar This Week, From a Quirky New York Public Art Show to a Talk About Georg Baselitz

Plus, check out shows including artists such as Dominique Fung, Erin M. Riley, Arghavan Khosravi, Josie Love Roebuck, and others.

By Artnet News, May 11, 2021

Mega-Collector Lonti Ebers Is Ready to Open a $40 Million Private Museum in Brooklyn. She Promises It Won’t Be a Shrine to its Founder

Ebers rejects the typical private museum setup, favoring a hybrid institution that includes space for exhibitions, performances, and studios.

By Taylor Dafoe, May 7, 2021

Art & Exhibitions

Artist Sanford Biggers Explains How Our Misunderstandings of Classical Sculpture Inspired His Rockefeller Center Takeover

The 25-foot-tall bronze is the artist's biggest sculpture to date.

By Sarah Cascone, May 7, 2021

New York Mayor Bill de Blasio Is Launching a $25 Million ‘New Deal’-Style Program to Employ Local Artists With Public Commissions

The money will fund some 1,500 local artists in the “comeback of New York City,” the mayor says.

By Taylor Dafoe, May 6, 2021

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Architect Daniel Libeskind Will Redesign the Tree of Life Synagogue and Memorialize Victims of the 2018 Deadly Mass Shooting

Studio Libeskind was also the master architect chosen to rebuild the World Trade Center.

By Sarah Cascone, May 5, 2021

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