Three Amoako Boafo Paintings Were Just Launched Into Space Aboard Jeff Bezos’s Rocket Ship
Ghanaian artist Amoako Boafo is headed for the stars. And no, we’re not talking about his unbelievable market. This morning,…
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…
The Art World Remembers the Late Painter Hung Liu, Who Valorized Everyday Immigrants in Monumental Portraits
On the eve of her first museum retrospective, Oakland-based painter Hung Liu, one of the first Chinese artists to find success…
The Beetaloo drilling program brings potential health and social issues for Aboriginal communities in remote NT
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people have been repeatedly harmed by policies and decisions that drive systematic dispossession, disempowerment, overincarceration…
Once Smuggled Out of Iraq, the Gilgamesh Dream Tablet Has Been Seized by U.S. Authorities and Will Be Returned
A U.S. District Court in New York has ordered the craft chain Hobby Lobby to forfeit the Gilgamesh Dream Tablet, a…
A New Graphic Novel Tells the Origin Stories of the Superheroes of Feminist Art History—See Images Here
A new graphic novel about four of the leading figures in feminist art history does more than celebrate the legacies…
Samoa’s first female leader has made history — now she faces a challenging future at home and abroad
After nearly four months of being taken to the brink of dictatorship, Samoa’s constitutional crisis ended on July 26 when…
Radicalism mixed with openness: how Desmond Tutu used his gifts to help end Apartheid
This piece is part of a new series in collaboration with the ABC’s Saturday Extra program. Each week, the show…
From Parihaka to He Puapua: it’s time Pākehā New Zealanders faced their personal connections to the past
Whenever I visit my mother in New Plymouth we drive out around the Taranaki coast to visit the old family…
In the Kitchen: Artist Delano Dunn Dishes Out His Family’s Secret Gumbo Recipe, Which Inspired His Latest Work
Making gumbo takes about six hours. Delano Dunn knows, because that’s about how long the video is for the Zoom…
Grifter Heiress Angela Gulbenkian Has Pleaded Guilty to Scamming Collectors Out of Payments for Art They Never Received
Art dealer and grifter heiress Angela Gulbenkian pleaded guilty to stealing funds from clients last week at London’s Southwark Crown…
6 Art Teachers on How They Adapted Their Lesson Plans to Make the Most Out of the Pandemic School Year
For parents and teachers across much of the world, the 2020–21 school year was unlike any other. Artnet News spoke…
In the Kitchen: Artist Nina Katchadourian on the Enormously Complicated Armenian Soup Recipe She Learned From Her Late Aunt
While many of us continue to work from home, we’re checking in with artists about the creativity they’ve been cooking…
Meet Artist Gio Swaby, the 29-Year-Old Phenom Whose Sold-Out Debut Boasted Buyers Including Eight Museums (and Roxane Gay)
When an artist still in her first year of graduate school has a solo show in a New York City…