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Upstate New York Village Wants Nick Cave Artwork…

Amsterdam Museum Will No Longer Use “Golden Age”…

Zoé Whitley, Curator Behind Acclaimed ‘Soul of a…

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Upstate New York Village Wants Nick Cave Artwork Removed

Christopher Cox Christopher Cox November 12, 2020

City Officials allege that the artwork is technically a sign but gallery owner Jack Shainman maintains that is an artwork, and its display is protected.

Current Exhibitions

Meleko Mokgosi-  Democratic Intuition

29 SEPTEMBER–12 DECEMBER 2020
Meleko Mokgosi
Democratic Intuition
Gagosian
BRITANNIA STREET, LONDON
Titus Kaphar- From A Tropical Place

1 OCTOBER–19 DECEMBER 2020
Titus Kaphar
From A Tropical Place
Gagosian
WEST 21ST STREET, NEW YORK
Rashid Johnson

6 OCTOBER–23 DECEMBER 2020
Rashid Johnson
Waves
Hauser & Wirth
London
Oscar Murillo- News

21 OCTOBER–19 DECEMBER 2020
Oscar Murillo
News
David Zwirner
New York
Tschabalala Self- Cotton Mouth

7 NOVEMBER–19 DECEMBER 2020
Tschabalala Self
Eva Presenhuber
New York
Begin Again

7 November – 19 December 2020
Adam Pendleton
David Kordansky Gallery
Los Angeles
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Amsterdam Museum Will No Longer Use “Golden Age” to Describe Dutch Colonial Past

Avatar bad October 29, 2020

The Netherlands in the 17th Century was a global empire that sprawled its tentacles in many parts of Africa, Asia, and South America. An economic power, it led the world in…

Art ·

Zoé Whitley, Curator Behind Acclaimed ‘Soul of a Nation’, Named Director of London’s Chisenhale Gallery

Avatar bad January 23, 2020

Whitley has quickly risen to become one of the world’s closely watched curators. In 2019 Whitley organised the British Pavilion at the Venice Biennale.

Art ·

A Sculpture Of An Italian Right-Wing Politician Shooting African Migrants Goes On Display In Naples

Christopher Cox Christopher Cox November 26, 2019

The politician Matteo Salvini made Italian ports off limits to rescue ships helping stranded migrants making the dangerous journey to Europe from North Africa.

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British curator, Gus Casely-Hayford to Lead V&A’s New East London museum

Christopher Cox Christopher Cox November 11, 2019

Casely-Hayford is renowned for bringing postcolonial perspectives on Africa to a wider audience through his work as a curator, writer, broadcaster and lecturer.

Art ·

Curator Sepake Angiama Joins London-Based Institute for International Visual Arts As Artistic Director

Christopher Cox Christopher Cox November 11, 2019

In her new role, Angiama will oversee the organisation’s commissioning and accessioning of new artworks by Britain-based artists of African and/or Asian descent.

Art ·

National Portrait Gallery In London To Close For Three Years For Refurbishment

Christopher Cox Christopher Cox November 6, 2019

The senior civil service union says the closure will inevitably lead to potential redundancies, uncertainty and other complications for National Portrait Gallery staff and urged them to join a union to support them through any changes.

News ·

George Lucas’s Museum of Narrative Art Hires Sandra Jackson-Dumont as Its New Director

Christopher Cox Christopher Cox November 1, 2019

Co-founded by filmmaker and Star Wars creator George Lucas and his wife, businesswoman Mellody Hobson, the $1 billion art museum currently under construction, will showcase the couple’s 100,000-item collection.

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London Art Venue, Roundhouse, Refuses £1 Million Grant From Sackler Trust

Christopher Cox Christopher Cox October 31, 2019

The Sackler Family is accused of pushing doctors to prescribe Oxycontin and misrepresented its risk factors, contributing to the opioid crisis that is gripping the US.

Art ·

A British Museum Will Return Artefacts To Indigenous Australians

Christopher Cox Christopher Cox October 31, 2019

Manchester Museum is the first UK institution to return looted art.

Art, News ·

After Public Criticism, New York’s Central Park Adds Sojourner Truth to Sculpture Honouring Women’s Rights Pioneers

Christopher Cox Christopher Cox October 29, 2019

Gloria Steinem, the statue’s most vocal critics, told the New York Times that the design was “not enough,” and that the proposal made it look like Anthony and Stanton “are standing on the names of these other women.”

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Emmett Till Memorial Is Now Bulletproof After Vandals Destroyed Three Others

Christopher Cox Christopher Cox October 29, 2019

The first sign was erected in 2007 and was stolen the following year. The second one was riddled with bullet holes and the third was shot up 35 days later.

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Baltimore Museum Of Art Hires Art Historian Jessica Bell Brown as Curator Of Its Contemporary Art Department.

Christopher Cox Christopher Cox October 28, 2019

Brown joins the museum at a moment of widespread change as BMA places major emphasis on diversity, equity, and access.

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Week In Review: Ben Enwonwu’s Painting sells for 1.1 Million, Instagram Holds Talks With Artists Over Its Nudity Policy

Christopher Cox Christopher Cox October 27, 2019

Over 200 prominent artists, scholars, and critics signed an open letter entreating New York’s Museum of Modern Art (MoMa) and its board member Larry Fink to end their investments in…

Architecture ·

Autistic Artist Kambel Smith Creates Large-Scale Sculptures Representing Iconic Works Of Architecture

Christopher Cox Christopher Cox October 26, 2019

Born in 1986, Kambel created hundreds of oil paintings before his dad could no longer afford the expensive supplies. Undeterred, Kambel grabbed cardboard from the trash and started to create sculptures of iconic Philadelphia buildings

Art, Theatre ·

The Niceties- A Play That Confronts Race & Revolution Finishes Its Run In London

Christopher Cox Christopher Cox October 25, 2019

With just two characters — a professor and her student — discussing the American Revolution in the professor’s office, how complicated could it get?

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