Uber Has Launched Uber Restore, a Special App in Ukraine to Help Transport Art Conservators
The Russian invasion still poses a major threat to museums, historic sites, and other cultural heritage in Ukraine. Now, an…
Do You Know Who Designed the Lincoln Memorial Statue? A New Documentary About an Often Forgotten Sculptor Aims to Fix That
You may not know the name Daniel Chester French, but you absolutely know his work. The American Renaissance sculptor designed…
Editors’ Picks: 11 Events for Your Art Calendar This Week, From Derrick Adams’s Unicorn Playground to Kiki Kogelnik’s Portraits
Each week, we search for the most exciting and thought-provoking shows, screenings, and events, both digitally and in-person in the…
Investors set their sights on upcoming inflation report as the bear market rally falters
The stock market may try to regain its footing in the next few sessions, even as a fresh inflation report…
Editors’ Picks: 13 Events for Your Art Calendar, From a Gallery for Un-Instagrammable Art to a Curators’ Talk on the Term ‘Latinx’
Each week, we search for the most exciting and thought-provoking shows, screenings, and events, both digitally and in-person in the…
‘No One Should Have the Power to Kill Us All’: Artist Pedro Reyes Is Mounting a Global Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament
Visiting Frieze New York can feel like an escape from the dark realities of life in 2022—but artist Pedro Reyes…
16 Standout Gallery Exhibitions to See in L.A. During Frieze Week, From Phyllida Barlow’s Los Angeles Debut to a Group Show on Manet
Los Angeles’s burgeoning gallery scene is offering an embarrassment of riches during Frieze Week, with a rash of openings timed…
One of a Handful of Remaining Tiananmen Square Memorials in Hong Kong Has Been Covered Up as China Cracks Down on the City
Hong Kong University has covered up a prominent Tiananmen Square memorial in the latest sign of China’s increasingly strict control…
Art Speigelman Denounces Tennessee School District’s Ban of His Graphic Novel ‘Maus’: ‘It Has a Breath of Autocracy and Fascism’
A Tennessee school board has voted to ban Art Spiegelman’s landmark graphic novel Maus due to profanity and nudity. The book tells the…
South Africa Has Halted an ‘Unfathomable’ Auction of Nelson Mandela’s Personal Belongings in New York
Guernsey’s auction house in New York has called off an auction of Nelson Mandela’s possessions. The South African government objected…
What to Do If You’re a Victim of a Hospital Data Breach
A hospital in Worcester, Massachusetts, disclosed an email hack of its employee email system, which may have exposed the personal…
On the National Mall, The Largest Participatory Art Project in a Quarter Century Makes Tangible the Human Toll of COVID-19
Artist Suzanne Brennan Firstenberg has planted 695,000 white flags on the National Mall in Washington, D.C.—one for each person in the U.S. who…
‘We Wanted to Unmoor Her From the 1950s’: A Joan Mitchell Retrospective at SFMOMA Shows the Artist as You’ve Never Seen Her Before
For the first time in nearly 20 years, the late Abstract Expressionist painter Joan Mitchell is the subject of a major U.S.…
Accused of Hampering Research, the National 9/11 Museum in New York Will Ease Requirements for Scholars
In time for the 20th anniversary of the 9/11 attacks, the National September 11 Memorial and Museum in New York is easing…
Duchess Kate Middleton’s Intimate Portraits of Holocaust Survivors Are Part of a Touching Tribute Exhibition in London
Two photographs by Kate Middleton, Duchess of Cambridge, are part of an exhibition honoring Holocaust survivors at the Imperial War Museums in…
An Artist’s Memorial on the Site of Last Year’s Devastating Blast in Beirut Has Been Met With Sharp Criticism
A year after the deadly explosion in Beirut that shattered the city, a new sculpture commemorating the victims of the…
Cleveland Has at Last Renamed Its Baseball Team—and the New Name Pays Homage to Beloved Art Deco Sculptures
Major League Baseball has a new team name, and it comes from an unlikely source: public art. The newly christened…
There’s More to Alma Thomas Than Colorful Abstractions, an Eclectic Show of the Artist’s Marionettes, Still Lifes, and Other Work Proves
A long overdue retrospective for the late artist Alma Thomas has touched down at the Chrysler Museum of Art in Norfolk, Virginia.…