Category: art

Creativity, design, culture, inspiration

  • The Uncertain Future of Colombia’s Museum of Memory

    BOGOTÁ — In 2011, the Colombian government ordered the creation of a national museum “to achieve the strengthening of the collective memory” around the decades-long armed conflict. That same year, it passed the Victims and Land Restitution Law aimed at providing victims with reparations and justice. More than just a curated collection of objects or read more

    The Uncertain Future of Colombia’s Museum of Memory
  • Frieze LA Satellite Fairs Await Art Lovers and Crowds

    On Wednesday morning at 11 a.m., the VIP line for Felix Art Fair extended from the Hollywood Roosevelt Hotel’s Blossom Ballroom out onto Hollywood Boulevard. And, as is always the case with this fair, the line for the elevators to ascend to the 12th floor was equally lengthy. For this reason—unlike the other fairs taking read more

    Frieze LA Satellite Fairs Await Art Lovers and Crowds
  • IDSVA Extends PhD Program to BA and BFA Applicants

    Announcement Earn your PhD in Art Theory, Aesthetics, and Philosophy with the Institute for Doctoral Studies in the Visual Arts (IDSVA).   IDSVA student at the Peggy Guggenheim Collection during the Venice Biennale residency in 2024 (photo by Christopher Andrew) The Institute for Doctoral Studies in the Visual Arts (IDSVA) is now accepting applications from read more

    IDSVA Extends PhD Program to BA and BFA Applicants
  • Liz West Turns Bristol Parking Garage into Colorful Passage

    All photos by Charles Emerson, courtesy of Liz West, shared with permission February 27, 2026 Art Grace Ebert Share Pin Email Bookmark Who said parking garages were just for cars? British artist and color devotee Liz West has transformed a single floor of a typical concrete structure into an immersive chromatic environment fit for skating, read more

    Liz West Turns Bristol Parking Garage into Colorful Passage
  • Birmingham Museum Seeks Public Help to Find Historic Artwork

    TheBirmingham Museum of Artis asking the public for help locating artworks byCorietta Mitchell, the first Black artist to have a solo exhibition at the museum during the city’s segregation era, according to local news outletWVTM. The institution marks its 75th anniversary this year with a renewed effort to recover what it calls a missing piece read more

    Birmingham Museum Seeks Public Help to Find Historic Artwork
  • Finding God at the Brooklyn Museum

    Detail from an illustrated Book of the Dead (c. 305–30 BCE), papyrus, ink, gold, and paper (photo courtesy the Brooklyn Museum; all other photos Greta Rainbow/Hyperallergic) I’m lucky: I haven’t been to many funerals. The ones I have experienced were not cinematic, weepy affairs in grand cathedrals with an organ and a procession out to read more

    Finding God at the Brooklyn Museum
  • Lisa Nilsson’s Cross-Sectioned Paper Sculptures

    Surrounded in her Massachusetts studio by pins, glue, and piles of brightly colored paper strips, a visitor might initially mistake Lisa Nilsson for a reclusive arts and crafts teacher. But as her nimble hands purposefully curl the paper into shapes, and then magically weave the shapes into identifiable forms, a new impression emerges. Nilsson is read more

    Lisa Nilsson’s Cross-Sectioned Paper Sculptures
  • Poland’s Jewish Museum Director Reinstated After Election

    Seven years after being ousted by the nationalist government, Dariusz Stola will return as director of Poland’s premier Jewish museum, reflecting a broader cultural renaissance in the country. Sola led the Polin Museum of the History of Polish Jews in Warsaw from its founding in 2014 to steady acclaim, until the newly ascendant right-wing nationalist read more

    Poland’s Jewish Museum Director Reinstated After Election
  • 6 Must-See Artworks on Digital Art Streaming Platform CIFRA

    Editor’s Note: This article was produced in partnership with CIFRA. As the art world continues to grapple with how best to exhibit, preserve, and monetize digital work, a new streaming platform aims to do more than simply replicate the white cube online. CIFRA positions itself as a platform made for artists working in video, sound, read more

    6 Must-See Artworks on Digital Art Streaming Platform CIFRA
  • Watch the Trailer for Steven Soderbergh’s Latest Film

    The art world continues to be Hollywood’s new favorite setting. Following Cathy Yan’s The Gallerist, an art thriller released last month, and Kelly Reichardt’s The Mastermind, a 2025 film about an art heist, comes The Christophers by director Steven Soderbergh. The new film, set to be released April 10 in the US and May 15 read more

    Watch the Trailer for Steven Soderbergh’s Latest Film
  • 350-Year-Old Vrindavani Vastra Returns to India

    The Vrindavani Vastra, a 350-year-old tapestry woven in the foothills of the Himalayas and depicting the life of the god Krishna, will make a six-month homecoming, as part of a loan struck between the British Museum and the state government of Assam in northeastern India. The London institution agreed to return the tapestry in 2027 read more

    350-Year-Old Vrindavani Vastra Returns to India
  • Takashi Murakami Explores Influence in New LA Show

    Takashi Murakami closes his eyes when he speaks. Still, this makes him no less animated: his hands gesture wildly, the pitch of his voice rising and falling. The artist is speaking in Japanese, but even before his translator intervenes, I can glean some of the sentiment from the proper nouns and the range of intonations. read more

    Takashi Murakami Explores Influence in New LA Show
  • Catherine Pégard French Culture Minister; Frieze LA Sales

    To receiveMorning Linksin your inbox every weekday,signupfor ourBreakfast with ARTnewsnewsletter. The Headlines MACRON PICKS PÉGARD. Catherine Pégard, former president of the Chateau de Versailles and a close ally of French president Emmanuel Macron, will become the new French culture minister, reports Le Monde. Unconfirmed guestimates that she would replace the outgoing Rachida Dati weremaking the read more

    Catherine Pégard French Culture Minister; Frieze LA Sales
  • Catherine Pégard Appointed France’s Culture Minister

    French President Emmanuel Macron has appointed his close ally Catherine Pégard as France’s new culture minister, replacing Rachida Dati, who is stepping down to run for mayor of Paris in March’s municipal elections. Pégard is far from a surprise pick. She ran the Château de Versailles for 13 years and has been Macron’s culture adviser read more

    Catherine Pégard Appointed France’s Culture Minister
  • The Battle of Berlinale

    Daily Newsletter Gaza overshadows the German film festival, accusations of theft at the High Museum, three Community columns, and Juliette Lewis turns into a chair in a new movie. Remember when Berlin prided itself as a haven for persecuted artists and writers? Now, those artists and writers are scolded and silenced if they dare express read more

    The Battle of Berlinale
  • Best Frieze LA Booths: Textile Shows & ICE Commentary

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    Best Frieze LA Booths: Textile Shows & ICE Commentary
  • Dealers Are Abuzz at Frieze LA’s VIP Day: ‘It’s a Frenzy’

    First-day sales reports from galleries at the latest edition of the Frieze Los Angeles art fair indicate an abundance of enthusiasm. Enough New Yorkers escaped the snow to be everywhere in the aisles, and major California collectors and cultural figures were spotted in numbers. “It’s a frenzy,” said clearly harried LA dealer Charlie James, standing read more

    Dealers Are Abuzz at Frieze LA’s VIP Day: ‘It’s a Frenzy’
  • Ulysses Jenkins, Video Art Trailblazer with an Eye on Mass Media, Has Died at 79

    Ulysses Jenkins, a muralist, performer, and trailblazer of video art, has died at 79. His death was confirmed by the Hammer Museum in Los Angeles, his hometown and first collaborator in a lifelong examination of the connective and destructive potential of mass media. The museum mounted a retrospective of Jenkins’s work in 2022, titled “Without read more

    Ulysses Jenkins, Video Art Trailblazer with an Eye on Mass Media, Has Died at 79
  • How the Berlinale Turned Into a Horror Show of German Censorship

    Despite its desperate attempts to divorce art from politics, the Berlin International Film Festival (Berlinale) sparked controversy yet again after multiple prizewinners’ acceptance speeches included criticisms of Israel and Germany. Amid speculation that Berlinale Director Tricia Tuttle could be ousted as the event executives navigate the next steps, hundreds of film professionals have come to read more

    How the Berlinale Turned Into a Horror Show of German Censorship