A German Museum Is Under Police Guard After Receiving Right-Wing Threats Over Its ‘Safe Space’ for BIPOC Visitors | Artnet News
A German museum that was attempting to create a “safe space” for Black, Indigenous, and other ethnic groups that have…
A Climate Activist Slathered Pink Paint Over a Painting at the National Gallery of Canada, Then Glued Himself to the Floor | Artnet News
Climate activists have once again targeted a famous work of art, with a member of the group On2Ottawa throwing pink…
U.K. Authorities Are Ready to Charge Seven Suspects Over the 2019 Theft of Maurizio Cattelan’s Gold Toilet Sculpture | Artnet News
Authorities are reportedly on the brink of charging seven suspects in the September 2019 theft of Maurizio Cattelan’s America, a…
What do the ‘Vessel’ and Burning Man Have in Common? Both Barred Documentarian John Wilson From Filming On-Site | Artnet News
“How to Find a Public Restroom,” the first episode of the third and final season of HBO’s How to With…
‘Galleries Were Selling Paintings in the Dark’: Flooding Imperiled $400 Million in Art at a Hamptons Fair and Shut the Event Down Early | Artnet News
The weekend’s heavy rains forced the early closure of the Hamptons Fine Art Fair at the Southhampton Fairgrounds. Flooding caused…
Italian Police Have Arrested Suspected Forger Pasquele ‘Lino’ Frongia for Allegedly Faking Paintings by Franz Hals, El Greco, and Others
Once again, Italian authorities have arrested Pasquale “Lino” Frongia, the artist suspected of forging a string of Old Master paintings…
Federal Authorities Charge Nine in a Suspected Robbery Ring That Nabbed Two Artworks by Pollock and Warhol Worth Millions
For more than 20 years, a group of criminals orchestrated a string of high-profile thefts of valuable artworks and sports…
Multimedia Artist Ebony G. Patterson Entwines Nature With Artifice in a Thought-Provoking New Exhibition at the New York Botanic Garden
Growing up in Jamaica, Ebony G. Patterson (b. 1981) saw turkey vultures everywhere. “We call them John Crows,” the artist,…
As the Taliban returns, 20 years of progress for women looks set to disappear overnight
As the Taliban takes control of the country, Afghanistan has again become an extremely dangerous place to be a woman.…
Brad Hazzard is wrong about multicultural western Sydney: new research shows refugees do trust institutions
With COVID numbers surging in Sydney’s multicultural western suburbs, NSW Health Minister Brad Hazzard speculated that migrant and refugee communities…
Increased incarceration of First Nations women is interwoven with the experience of violence and trauma
There is a national incarceration crisis impacting First Nations women in Australia. First Nations women are the fastest-growing prison population,…
‘I don’t think the police would do much’: new research shows racism during COVID is rarely reported
It’s not “new” news that Asian Australians are experiencing high rates of racism during the pandemic. However, existing data under-represent…
Excessive strip-searching shines light on discrimination of Aboriginal women in the criminal justice system
In January, an unnamed incarcerated Aboriginal woman on remand at the Alexander Maconochie Centre in the ACT was the victim…
Victoria considers electronic surveillance for alleged stalkers
In 1993, Andrea Patrick was murdered by her ex-partner after a period of severe harassment and despite a restraining order…