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Kathleen V. Jameson Named Speed Museum Director
3+ day, 6+ hour ago (141+ words) The New Museum's new board members, Alison Rossiter works acquired by The Met, a record-breaking David Hockney show, and more in Art Movements. Art Movements, published every Thursday afternoon, is a roundup of must-know news, appointments, awards, and other art-world…...
OCAD University Presents Canada's Pavilion at the 2026 Gwangju Biennale
3+ day, 12+ hour ago (171+ words) "Skennen'kó:wa ken? (Do You Carry Great Peace?)" is on until November 15, 2026. OCAD University presents Canada's Pavilion at the 2026 Gwangju Biennale with the exhibition, Skennen'kó:wa ken? (Do You Carry Great Peace?). The exhibition, which opened September 5, is curated by…...
Striking Workers Shutter Three V&A London Locations
4+ day, 7+ hour ago (274+ words) Unionized staff at the Victoria and Albert Museum staged a two-day strike last weekend, citing “Amazon-style” working conditions. The Victoria and Albert Museum (V&A) preemptively closed three of its London locations last Friday, September 4, as its unionized staff went…...
Artist Lucien Smith, Fixture of NYC’s Downtown Scene, Dies at 37
5+ day, 9+ hour ago (259+ words) Following early market success and what he called “the pitfalls of gaining notoriety so early,” Smith shifted his focus to community-centered projects such as his nonprofit Serving the People. Artist Lucien Smith, an abstract painter whose work as a nonprofit…...
What in the Devil Was Peter Thiel Doing at the British Museum?
1+ week, 6+ day ago (271+ words) For reasons that remain unclear, the London museum hosted the Palantir founder at a VIP preview of the Bayeux Tapestry. The British Museum hosted Palantir co-founder Peter Thiel for a VIP viewing of the Bayeux tapestry on August 18, drawing concerns…...
Artist Elizabeth Peyton Sued Over Painting of Oasis Brothers
2+ week, 4+ day ago (177+ words) Hyperallergic Under copyright law, a person accused of infringement must have significantly adapted the appearance of the copyrighted original to a "transformative" degree. The filing alleges that the similarities are far too many: "The only transformation is the medium itself,…...
Remembering Marijke De Roover, Sliman Mansour, and Fabrizio Plessi
2+ week, 4+ day ago (280+ words) This week, we honor a feminist Belgian performance artist, an icon of Palestinian liberation, and an Italian video art pioneer. In Memoriam is published every Wednesday afternoon and honors those we recently lost in the art world. The Belgian artist…...
Famed “Portrait of Omai” Will Go on View at LA’s Getty Museum
2+ week, 5+ day ago (192+ words) The Sir Joshua Reynolds painting, acquired in a joint deal by the Getty and the National Portrait Gallery in London after a heated controversy, will be on display starting September 14. In a rare move, the Getty and the National Portrait…...
US State Department Takes Down “Woke” Kehinde Wiley Painting
2+ week, 5+ day ago (219+ words) “Young Artists After Siamesa 1960” (2015) was removed from the US Embassy in the Dominican Republic and could be sold. The Department of State removed Kehinde Wiley's 2015 commissioned painting from the United States embassy in the Dominican Republic this month, claiming that…...
Dazed and Confused at the New Museum
2+ week, 5+ day ago (431+ words) New Triennial in Western NY, NYC’s investment in public art, and a beer with Rina Banerjee. I’ve always said that I shed worse than any dog I’ve ever met. To me, it’s just one of multiple familiar elements in Banerjee’s…...