Tag: War
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WAR TOYS: Photographer Brian McCarty Travels to War Zones & Refugee Camps To Communicate Children’s Stories When Words Fail – Hi-Fructose Magazine
Instead, when Paul Vester, Co-Director of the Program in Experimental Animation at CalArts, turned to McCarty and asked, “What’s next?” McCarty began to talk about WAR-TOYS. “He was the first person I told,” muses McCarty. “I thought he was going to say I was crazy.” Instead, Vester knew exactly how to help. A year later, read more
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Pete Hegseth Goes to War With Press Photographers
News The Pentagon reportedly banned photography at briefings because the Secretary of War complained about “unflattering” photos. US Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth on March 7, 2026 (photo by Roberto Schmidt/Getty Images) In these unbelievably trying times, as the United States stands embroiled in a string of scary and heartbreaking international conflicts, we as a people read more
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Ukraine launches world-first programme giving startups access to real war data for AI training
Ukraine is opening partner access to train AI models using real battlefield data — the first initiative of its kind in the world. According to Mykhailo Fedorov, the Minister of Defence of Ukraine, the government has approved a resolution launching a new framework for cooperation between the state, Ukrainian companies, and international partners. For startups, read more
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Chronicles of a Needless War
Daily Newsletter DC’s “Jeffrey Epstein Walk of Shame,” a major ruling on copyrights for AI art, Israel-US strikes damage a historic site in Tehran, exhibitions to visit in Los Angeles this month, and more. As Lunar New Year celebrations continue across the world, nobody embodies the holiday spirit quite like New Yorkers. Case in point: read more
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Director of Museo National de Colombia Liliana Angulo Cortés Dies at 51, Art Centers in Beirut Pause Programming Amid War: Morning Links for March 5, 2026
To receiveMorning Linksin your inbox every weekday,signupfor ourBreakfast with ARTnewsnewsletter. The Headlines IN MEMORIAM. Liliana Angulo Cortés, who led Bogotá’s Museo Nacional de Colombia, died on February 21, aged 51, reports the Art Newspaper. She was the first Afro-Colombian artist to direct the museum, which she diversified by including more Black and Indigenous artists. Angulo read more
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European Alliance Pledges Financial Support for Artistic Freedom, Iranian Artists Both Terrified and Joyful as War Continues, and More: Morning Links for March 3, 2026
To receiveMorning Linksin your inbox every weekday,signupfor ourBreakfast with ARTnewsnewsletter. Good morning! The European Alliance of Academies has launched a nearly $2 million plan to support artistic freedom under pressure in Europe. Iranian artists in the diaspora are torn between the joyful hope of regime change and fear of rising casualties amid the ongoing war. read more
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Middle East museums brace for war; Whitney Biennial news
To receiveMorning Linksin your inbox every weekday,signupfor ourBreakfast with ARTnewsnewsletter. Good Morning! Museums across the Middle East are under threat amid bombing attacks. Seventy-five museum and biennial exhibitions to see this spring. Diya Vij has been selected to become commissioner of New York City’s Department of Cultural Affairs. The Headlines LINE OF FIRE.As the death read more
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Art Gallery of Ontario Nixed Nan Goldin Acquisition Because of Her Comments on Israel’s War in Gaza
The Art Gallery of Ontario, one of Canada’s most internationally well-regarded museums, chose not to acquire a piece by Nan Goldin because of the artist’s comments on Israel’s war in Gaza, according to a report published by the Globe and Mail on Wednesday. The work, a 2024 video called Stendhal Syndrome, was to be acquired read more
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