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.
Upstate New York Village Wants Nick Cave Artwork Removed
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Meleko Mokgosi
Democratic Intuition
Gagosian
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1 OCTOBER–19 DECEMBER 2020
Titus Kaphar
From A Tropical Place
Gagosian
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Rashid Johnson
Waves
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Tschabalala Self
Eva Presenhuber
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Adam Pendleton
David Kordansky Gallery
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Amsterdam Museum Will No Longer Use “Golden Age” to Describe Dutch Colonial Past
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…
Zoé Whitley, Curator Behind Acclaimed ‘Soul of a Nation’, Named Director of London’s Chisenhale Gallery
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.
A Sculpture Of An Italian Right-Wing Politician Shooting African Migrants Goes On Display In Naples
The politician Matteo Salvini made Italian ports off limits to rescue ships helping stranded migrants making the dangerous journey to Europe from North Africa.
British curator, Gus Casely-Hayford to Lead V&A’s New East London museum
Casely-Hayford is renowned for bringing postcolonial perspectives on Africa to a wider audience through his work as a curator, writer, broadcaster and lecturer.
Curator Sepake Angiama Joins London-Based Institute for International Visual Arts As Artistic Director
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.
National Portrait Gallery In London To Close For Three Years For Refurbishment
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.
George Lucas’s Museum of Narrative Art Hires Sandra Jackson-Dumont as Its New Director
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.
London Art Venue, Roundhouse, Refuses £1 Million Grant From Sackler Trust
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.
A British Museum Will Return Artefacts To Indigenous Australians
Manchester Museum is the first UK institution to return looted art.
After Public Criticism, New York’s Central Park Adds Sojourner Truth to Sculpture Honouring Women’s Rights Pioneers
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.”
Emmett Till Memorial Is Now Bulletproof After Vandals Destroyed Three Others
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.
Baltimore Museum Of Art Hires Art Historian Jessica Bell Brown as Curator Of Its Contemporary Art Department.
Brown joins the museum at a moment of widespread change as BMA places major emphasis on diversity, equity, and access.
Week In Review: Ben Enwonwu’s Painting sells for 1.1 Million, Instagram Holds Talks With Artists Over Its Nudity Policy
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…
Autistic Artist Kambel Smith Creates Large-Scale Sculptures Representing Iconic Works Of Architecture
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
The Niceties- A Play That Confronts Race & Revolution Finishes Its Run In London
With just two characters — a professor and her student — discussing the American Revolution in the professor’s office, how complicated could it get?