Trump Executive Order Prompts National Gallery to End Diversity Programs
NY Times - The National Gallery of Art said it had closed its office of belonging and inclusion to comply with a presidential order. - read more ...
With Renovated Galleries, the Smithsonian Expands Its Approach to Contemporary American Art
Smithsonian Magazine - After two and a half years of renovation, the newly reopened galleries for modern and contemporary art at the Smithsonian American Art Museum seem appreciatively larger—with cleaner sight...
Yayoi Kusama wraps New York Botanical Garden trees in polka dots
de zeen - Japanese artist Yayoi Kusama has poured over a thousand mirrored balls into a pond and covered the trees of the New York Botanical Garden in polka dots as part of a park-wide exhibition. - read more ...
Unique Folk Art Recreates the World Before the Armenian Genocide
Hyperallergic - In the Armenian Museum of America, there’s a curious collection of dioramas that might represent one of the most unique forms of Armenian-American folk art. On the first floor of the Watertown, ...
wrapped in calligraphy, the innovative museum of the future nears completion in dubai
designboom - defined by its soft, calligraphy-covered geometry, killa design’s museum of the future nears completion in dubai.the monumental new icon hosts an exhibition space for forward-thinking innovations....
It’s Time to Put Alice Neel in Her Rightful Place in the Pantheon
NY Times - A large retrospective feels at home in the Metropolitan Museum of Art’s grandest galleries and should silence any doubt about the artist’s originality or her importance. - read more ...
Study finds museums are Covid-safe
domus - Museums and cultural spaces were among Covid’s most vulnerable victims and their already precarious sustenance has been severely tested by several months-long closures. Yet, such measures may have been...
Art Biennials Are Carbon Catastrophes
artnet news- A recent count on the Biennial Foundation’s directory listed over 270 cities that host their own bi-yearly art event. That’s 270 cities around the world that become packed full of international art...
In the blue, painted blue
domus - A few years ago, the Washington Post highlighted that blue is the favourite colour of most men and women. The Internet is basically blue. Just think of Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, Domus’ logo... it pro...
Beeple Brings Crypto to Christie’s
NY Times - Mike Winkelmann never used to call himself an artist. But that was before he made $3.5 million in a single weekend from selling his artworks. In December, he auctioned off multiple editions of three ...