Unesco beefs up protection for cultural heritage in Ukraine
Audrey Azoulay, the director general of Unesco, adds in a statement: "In times of war, international solidarity is crucial to protect threatened cultural heritage.
Biden Establishes Monument Acknowledging History of Indigenous Children in Residential Schools
President Joe Biden recently announced the establishment of a new national monument acknowledging the history of the residential school system, which oppressed thousands of Indigenous children and their families during the course of more than 150 years.
Kendrick Lamar’s Year on Top
When I first saw the movie, two decades ago, the men’s quest for power felt not unfamiliar to me, from the blocks I knew growing up and the people who populated them, hustling against odds that were sometimes as small as a summer storm and other times as vast as an ocean of neon-blue police lights.
Influencers: is it time for museums to go all in?
For a recent show about China’s Bronze Age, the Asian Art Museum in San Francisco invited a group of Bay Area content creators who specialise in textile and costume design for a private tour with the exhibition’s curator.
How to Make the World a Better Place in Ten Easy Steps
But then the corporation wins and you won’t get a whole car ride to listen to the new Sabrina Carpenter album with your bestie and dissect which song is about Camila Cabello having an affair with her ex.
‘Most of the value comes from the internet’: collector Justin Sun discusses the future of digital art and his newly acquired banana work at Hong Kong event
In regards to the how technology, online sales, and the blockchain is and will continue to transform the art market, Sun talked about the significance of transparency around ownership and transactions, and the potential impact that could have on across the industry which notoriously lacks regulation.
Candida Gertler steps down from Outset Contemporary Art Fund citing ‘alarming rise of antisemitism’ in cultural spaces
I call on my peers, collaborators, and allies in the artworld to join me in holding our institutions accountable, creating physical and virtual spaces that genuinely uphold diversity, and ensuring that the principles of justice and inclusion are not mere rhetoric but lived realities.
Museum’s therapeutic art programme helps military veterans find their voices
“If I feel depressed and I need to redirect, acrylics are going to be good because it’s longer term—acrylic is a paint you can go to and do some work on to self-regulate,” says the retired army special operations major David Potter, a 28-year veteran who served missions in Iraq, Afghanistan and Africa.
Ralph Lemon Talks about Dance, Drawing, and Maintaining a Decades-Long Generative Practice
Working in the contexts of dance, drawing,painting, installation, and writing, New York–based Ralph Lemon has expanded what art can be through a generative practice that questions the conventions of his different disciplines and his body’s relationship to each.
101 exhibitors revealed for Frieze Los Angeles fair’s 2025 edition
The number of participating galleries represents a 6% bump from the 95 that took place in Frieze Los Angeles’s 2024 edition earlier this year, and an 18.5% drop from the 124 that took part in 2023 (when the fair spanned two sites, a Why-designed tent and the airport's historic Barker Hangar).
Lawyer unknowingly buys stolen Winston Churchill portrait worth millions: ‘Like having a Mona Lisa’
The amateur art collector had been holding on to the photograph for about a year after realizing it could be the original when he got an email from Sotheby’s legal office asking to share his contact details with Canadian police.
I.S.O.: Ten to Fifteen Lesbians Over Sixty. Nudity Optional
She was looking for ten to fifteen lesbians over the age of sixty for a large group scene that she referred to as a “pleasure party.” She had secured soft commitments from a few out-of-towners, including a former nun, but, given the cost of accommodations in Cherry Grove, she needed to drum up interest among the locals.