How a Group of Midwestern Museum Docents Wound Up at the Center of a Right-Wing Media Firestorm
Docents, the kindly volunteers who give museum tours to school children, may not seem like a group prone to setting…
Why K-12 Schools Are Prime Targets for Cybercriminals
Private companies and large government agencies aren’t the only organizations that need to prioritize cybersecurity. Kindergarten through 12th-grade schools are…
In 1900, This Artist Gazed Into the Future. See How He Imagined the Year 2000 Would Look (Spoiler: It’s Very Inaccurate)
What did artists in turn-of-the-century France imagine life would look like in the year 2000? A series of illustrations by…
Back 2 School? Here’s Why Credit Monitoring is a Must-Have for College Students
As U.S. university and college students look to return back to campus this fall, chances are they have plenty on…
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.…
Editors’ Picks: 9 Events for Your Art Calendar This Week, From a Show of Cringeworthy Art to a Christie’s Conference on NFTs
Each week, we search for the most exciting and thought-provoking shows, screenings, and events. In light of the global health…
First Nations people urgently need to get vaccinated, but are not being consulted on the rollout strategy
This year, just five cases of COVID-19 have been recorded among Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people in Australia. This…
‘I’m scared we won’t have money for food’: how children cope with food insecurity in Australia
There is a deafening silence regarding household food insecurity in Australia, particularly when it comes to children. Food is a…
Families Living Near Notre Dame Are Suing Paris For Allegedly Downplaying Lead Pollution That Resulted From the 2019 Blaze
Families whose children lived in or attended school in the neighborhood surrounding the Notre Dame cathedral have teamed up with…
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…
Australia once rejected ‘feeble-minded’ immigrants. While the language has changed, discrimination remains
“Idiots”, “imbeciles”, the “feeble-minded”, anyone with a “loathsome disease”: all were refused entry into Australia under early migration acts. Today,…
Teachers across the U.S. protest laws restricting lessons on racism in schools
Thousands of teachers and other educators held protests across the U.S. Saturday against the actions of “at least 15 Republican-led…
In photos: World commemorates 32nd anniversary of Tiananmen Square massacre
Thirty-two years after the Chinese government cracked down on student protesters in Tiananmen Square, people around the world gathered to…
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…
‘I Have No Other Choice’: Holocaust Survivor Relinquishes Her Claim to a Looted Camille Pissarro Painting
Eighty years after Nazis stole La Bergère Rentrant des Moutons (Shepherdess Bringing in Sheep), a Camille Pissarro painting, from the parents of Léone…
17 Marvelous Highlights From the 2021 Venice Architecture Biennale, Where Hope and Optimism Abound
After a year’s delay, the 17th Venice Biennale of Architecture opened last week with a sprawling series of exhibits, including…