Richard M. Barancik, the last living member of the Monuments Men and Women of the Second World War, an international group of approximately 350 people who worked together during and …
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Guatemala’s Paiz art biennial examines the power and limits of language in the fight against violence
At the heart of the XXIII Paiz Art Biennial in Guatemala is the question of how language manifests itself physically in our body and on the environment. Title Bebí palabras …
MoMA Administrator Leon Black Settles US Virgin Islands Lawsuit Over Jeffrey Epstein Ties
Leon Black, the billionaire collector and administrator of New York’s Museum of Modern Art (MoMA), will pay $62.5 million to the US Virgin Islands as part of a settlement to …
A monumental 17,000 word mega dealer profile Larry Gagosian in The New Yorker by award-winning author Patrick Radden Keefe is making waves with his revelations about the (usually) ultra-private mega …
Republican lawmakers decide to block funding for the Smithsonian’s National Museum of the Latin American
THE National Latin American Museum (NMAL), a new Smithsonian Institution museum in advanced planning in Washington, D.C., is at risk of partisan bickering over 2024 federal budget spending. The hill …
Joe Biden will establish a US national monument in honor of Emmett Till, whose 1955 murder shocked the nation
The White House announced that a national monument honoring Emmett Till and his mother, Mamie Till-Mobley, will be established on July 25. On what would have been Till’s 82nd birthday, …
A sculpture which, in Tim Burton’s film beetle juice (1988), comes to life and attacks its creator, fictional artist Delia Deetz (Catherine O’Hara), is on the move again. The sculpture, …
The London art market has suffered – physically and emotionally – since the triple whammy of Brexit, Covid-19 and the ensuing high inflation environment. But as we dive into the …
Unesco has condemned “in the strongest terms” repeated Russian attacks on the Ukrainian city of Odessa last weekend. Important cultural sites in the Black Sea port were damaged, including the …
A sculpture by British artist Thomas J Price, which sparked debate about race and immigration in the Netherlands, has been exhibited at the Victoria and Albert Museum (V&A) in London. …