With more than 12,000 people dead and millions uprooted from their homes, many artists and cultural members have been forced to start anew.
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Protesters Demand Brooklyn Museum “Take a Stand Against Genocide”
Following yesterday’s guerrilla action within the institution, hundreds of protesters congregated outside of the Brooklyn Museum demanding a ceasefire in a planned march throughout the borough.
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Pro-Palestine Activists Rally at Brooklyn Museum
Protesters demanded that the New York City institution sever ties with donors financially connected to Israel.
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Protesters Call for Gaza Ceasefire at Art Basel Miami Beach
“Netanyahu, what do you say? How many kids did you kill today?” chanted artists and activists at the demonstration, where police arrested two protesters including a minor.
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An Exemplary Tiffany Stained-Glass Window Is Coming to The Met
Comprising thousands of pieces of Favrile glass, the 20-foot installation shares a common language with the era’s Impressionist paintings.
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Citing Silencing of Arab Voices, Artists Cut Ties With Art Canada Institute
The nonprofit, based out of the University of Toronto, asked a group of Arab and Muslim artists for a last-minute “sensitivity review” of their exhibition.
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Faux Apology Lampoons Pro-Israel Manhattan Art Dealers
Dominique Lévy, Brett Gorvy, and Amalia Dayan say their Upper East Side gallery was “vandalized” with a message that decries the “massacre of Palestinians” in Gaza.
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“Miami English” Phrases to Know During Art Week
The Spanish-influenced dialect is a product of the city’s cultural wealth and diversity, bro.
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Artist Jesse Darling Wins Tate Britain’s Turner Prize
Darling’s multidisciplinary practice reflects on class divisions and challenges conventional notions of British identity.
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That Time Manet Dueled One of His Critics
A witness statement by novelist Émile Zola relates the sword fight between the painter and critic Edmond Duranty after he penned a lukewarm review of Manet’s work.
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Elliott Erwitt, Photographer With a Sense of Humor, Dies at 95
The artist captured compelling pictures of celebrities and politicians, dogs just being dogs, and the happenstance whimsy of daily life.
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Activists Protest Deal That Protects Sackler Family
Groups including Nan Goldin’s PAIN gathered outside the US Supreme Court in Washington, DC, during the latest Purdue Pharma settlement hearing.
