Category: art
Creativity, design, culture, inspiration
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British Museum Removed the Word ‘Palestinian’ from Some Displays Amid Pressure from Pro-Israel Group
The British Museum in London stripped the word “Palestinian” from some of its displays about the Middle East amid pressure from a prominent pro-Israel group. The Telegraph reported this weekend that UK Lawyers for Israel had written a letter to Nicholas Cullinan, the museum’s director, seeking the removal of that word, specifically in texts that read more
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Henrike Naumann, Sculptor Who Exhumed East Germany’s Troubled Past, Dies at 41
Henrike Naumann, a sculptor whose installations composed of furniture and design objects associated with East Germany’s troubled past made her a star of the German art scene, died on Saturday at 41. Her death preceded one of her biggest projects to date: the German Pavilion at the Venice Biennale, where the Berlin-based artist is set read more
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With 200+ Artworks, 'Rainbow Dreams' Revels in the Vast Creativity of the Color Spectrum
From Do Ho Suh’s ethereal architecture to Kimsooja’s irridescent mirrors to Lauren Halsey’s fringed tapestry, a new book from Monacelli celebrates a broad spectrum of light and color. Rainbow Dreams features more than 200 installations, sculptures, paintings, photographs, and more that revel in the possibilities of pigment. Bound in a smooth gradient that extends to read more
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When Art Finds Your Inner Child
On this Valentine’s Day, I’m thinking about the place of art in love, and how artistic observation, appreciation, and disagreement have helped me cultivate compassion in my own relationship. My partner and I are both passionate, hard-headed people (I’m an Aries, he’s a Taurus, pray for us), and when we’re at odds, neither of us read more
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"Lupine" by Photographer Daniel Dorsa
A photographic examination of grief, memory, and time by Los Angeles-based photographer Daniel Dorsa. Dorsa’s work explores relationships between people and the landscapes that connect them. “Lupine” was created during a ten-day journey around Iceland’s Ring Road. The work serves as both a personal elegy and a meditation on trauma. More than simply documenting a read more
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All About Love From a Black Medieval Angel
What does it mean to love in a time of turmoil? It is an enduring question — and one I rarely hear asked of the medieval world. Looking to the Middle Ages for answers to the perennial puzzles of life can seem quaint, even artificial, a long reach across centuries marked by violence, hierarchy, and read more
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Defying Trump’s Orders, NYC Re-Raises Pride Flag at Stonewall
New York politicians and activists hoisted a large Pride flag to the Stonewall National Monument’s flagpole on Thursday afternoon, February 12, in defiance of a federal directive to take down any flags or pennants that aren’t the United States flag or from the Department of the Interior. It takes a lot to get New Yorkers read more
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Louvre Faces €10M Loss After Decades-Long Ticket Fraud Busted
A sweeping fraud scheme targeting ticket sales at the Louvre was uncovered earlier this week, leaving the scandal-plagued museum facing losses estimated at more than €10 million. The Palace of Versailles was also implicated in the scheme, which involved the sale of counterfeit tickets and the overbooking of guided tours, the Paris prosecutor’s office confirmed read more
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Step Into the World of Studio Ghibli's “Ponyo”
Features A new exhibition at the Academy Museum in Los Angeles conveys the film’s whimsy and wonder through interactive elements. Installation view of Studio Ghibli’s PONYO at the Academy Museum of Motion Pictures (© Academy Museum Foundation, photo by Emily Shur) LOS ANGELES — The fantastical 2008 film Ponyo by celebrated Japanese animator Hayao Miyazaki read more
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Adrian Searle to Step Down as the Guardian’s Chief Art Critic After Three Decades
After 30 years at the Guardian, chief art critic Adrian Searle is stepping down from the role he has held since 1996. The Guardian announced today that Searle will leave his full-time role at the end of March. His final article, a look back at the past three decades and what he has learned, will read more
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University of North Texas Cancels Victor Quiñonez Exhibition, Artist Claims Censorship over Anti-ICE Content in His Work
The exhibition was intended to be a homecoming for artist Victor“Marka27” Quiñonez who grew up in the Dallas–Fort Worth metro area. The excitement built when he got the first batch of images showing his traveling solo exhibition being installed at the University of North Texas’s CVAD Gallery. Quiñonez was looking forward to receiving images of read more
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Queer Arab Artists on Their Own Terms
Features Across two galleries in Manhattan, eight artists and collectives flout the weaponization of their identities to justify violence, instead presenting a vision of belonging and reclaimed lineages. Three years in the making, Alex Khalifa’s “Bust” (2026) faces the display of works on the first floor of Participant Inc. gallery. (all photos by Studio Kukla, read more
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Christie’s to Offer Three Masterworks From Agnes Gund Collection This May
When Agnes Gund bought Mark Rothko’s1964 abstraction No. 15 (Two Greens and Red Stripe)in 1967, she purchased it directly from the artist in his studio. The painting would go on to hang in her living room for decades. This May, it will be offered on the secondary market for the first time, leading a focused read more
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Trump Wants the National Portrait Gallery to Commission a New Portrait
Since George Washington, it has been customary for presidents to have an official portrait—usually an oil painting—unveiled shortly after they leave office. That was to be the case for President Donald Trump, who sat for a portrait by artist Ronald Sherr just after leaving office in 2021. There is just one complication: Trump now wants read more
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Wisconsin Museum Treasurer Admits to Stealing $70,000 from Institution
The former treasurer of the Hearthstone Historic House Museum in Appleton, Wisconsin—touted as “the only building still standing from the dawn of electricity” on its website—admitted to stealing $70,000 from the institution. According to a criminal complaint filed Wednesday, Steven Jahnke confessed to embezzlement and now faces one count of theft in a business setting. read more
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Amy Sherald, Ming Smith Among Artworld Figures to Walk the Runway in Carolina Herrera’s Fall 2026 NYFW Show
On Thursday, Carolina Herrera creative director Wes Gordon presented the brand’s fall 2026 ready-to-wear collection during New York Fashion Week. The show was held at an event space on Little W. 12th Street in the Meatpacking District, and mixed in with the typical parade of willowy fashion models were several art world figures, who, while read more
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Staff and Programming Cuts Are Coming to London’s National Gallery Amid Possible $11 M. Deficit
The National Gallery in London will institute cuts to staff and programming in the face of a deficit that would, in the absence of “decisive remedial action,” grow by 2027 to £8.2 million ($11.2 million), says the institution in an emailed statement. The museum says that “in the present global landscape and with the cost-of-living read more
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Art Investing Startup Masterworks Files Legal Complaint Against an Early Hire Over Lawsuit Threat
From its offices on the 57th floor of 1 World Trade Center, employees at Masterworks hawk fractional ownership of blue-chip artworks, promising retail investors hefty returns. Reporting in both ARTnews in 2022 and the New York Times in 2024 has revealed a freewheeling atmosphere in which the company has played fast and loose with legal read more
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Louvre’s Denon Wing Springs a Leak, Damaging One Painting—But the ‘Mona Lisa’ Is Safe
The Louvre‘s Denon Wing, an area of the Paris museum that hosts masterpieces by Leonardo da Vinci, Eugène Delacroix, Théodore Géricault, and many more, sprang a leak on Thursday night, marking the latest difficult turn for an institution that is facing fallout from last year’s heist, scrutiny over its infrastructure, and continued work stoppages. A read more
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University of North Texas Shutters Exhibition of Artworks Critical of ICE
The University of North Texas (UNT) abruptly shuttered an exhibition of works by Victor “Marka27” Quiñonez, whose practice centers the lived experience of immigrants in the United States and their inhumane treatment by federal agencies. Ni de Aquí, Ni de Allá — Spanish for “neither from here nor from there” — opened on February 3 read more
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