Noguchi Museum Is Opening the Artist’s Studio to Visitors
The studio of mid-century sculptor Isamu Noguchi, located just across from his eponymous museum in Long Island City, New York, will soon be open to the public. Recently, New York…
Luis Manuel Otero Alcántara Wins Prince Claus Impact Award
Jailed dissident Cuban artist Luis Manuel Otero Alcántara was one of six artists to receive the Prince Claus Impact award in its inaugural year. The €50,000 (~$49,500) biennial award, administered…
Art Gallerist and Patron Virginia Dwan Dies at 90
Virginia Dwan said she didn’t really like to talk about art. But through her galleries in Los Angeles and New York as well as financing artists, particularly Land artists like…
Dia Workers Are Officially Unionized
Workers at Dia Art Foundation voted to officially unionize with Local UAW 2110 in a landslide September 13 election: 101 workers voted “yes” and only six employees voted in opposition.…
Three Arrested in Protest at New York’s Asia Society
Three people who were protesting outside the Asia Society headquarters in Manhattan’s Upper East Side were arrested on Friday, September 23. The demonstrators were there to express their outrage at…
Judge Says Artists Can Sue AI Companies for Using Their Work
A group of 10 visual artists can proceed with copyright claims against four companies using text-to-image generative AI, a California judge ruled Monday, August 12. The artists filed a class-action…
The Slipperiness of COVID-Era Cultural Memory
Director Lou Ye, a member of the sixth generation of Chinese cinema, a movement of filmmakers creating subversive, unvarnished depictions of urban life in post-Tiananmen China, returns five years after…
A Monument to Trans and Nonbinary Life Graces Trafalgar Square
A sobering celebration unfolded in London’s Trafalgar Square on Wednesday, September 18, when the latest Fourth Plinth commission by Mexican artist Teresa Margolles was unveiled. Comprised of plaster face casts,…
The Unsung Labor of New York’s Henna Artists
Isra Irfan sat gracefully on a plush carpet in her New Jersey living room, the soft afternoon sunlight casting a warm glow over the space as her young son played…
Is the “Lion of Venice” Actually From China?
Poised atop a column of Egyptian granite, the bronze “Lion of Venice” looks out on the sprawling Piazzetta San Marco. The massive statue has been a symbol of the Italian…