The museum’s unions are protesting the sweeping staff cuts that impacted 47 employees after the institution announced a $10M budget deficit.
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Elizabeth Street Garden Sues NYC Amid Eviction Battle
A new lawsuit argues that the Manhattan sculpture garden is a unique artwork protected by the Visual Artists Rights Act.
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Wayne Thiebaud Retrospective Coming to San Francisco
An exhibition at the Legion of Honor is billed as the first to explore the artist’s “reinterpretations” of works by his artistic influences.
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Show on Artists of African Descent Loses Funding Amid Trump DEI Crackdown
The exhibition at the Art Museum of the Americas in Washington, DC, would have featured works by Afro-Latino, Caribbean, and African American artists.
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The Street Artist Behind the Viral “Anti-Elon Musk” Ads
Winston Tseng’s satirical ad falsely attributed to USAID at a bike dock in Washington, DC, elicited frenzied responses from Republican Senator Thom Tillis.
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Inca Stone Monument “Irreparably” Damaged in Cusco
The 12-Angled Stone in Cusco belongs to an architectural tradition of sturdy exterior walls built using precisely interlinking, multi-ton blocks.
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Richard Flood, Longtime New Museum Curator, Dies at 81
Remembered for his wit and unconventional practices, Flood oversaw several shows at the institution in addition to writing and editing for over four decades.
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Luigi Mangione Cleans Up Nicely in New Courtroom Sketches
Jane Rosenberg’s latest sketches show the accused UnitedHealthcare CEO shooter gazing into the distance in a green sweater and bulletproof vest.
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Massive “Free Luigi” Image Projected on Manhattan Building
The projection took place the night before the accused United Healthcare CEO shooter’s court February 21 appearance.
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Suggestive Portraits of Queer Priests and Nuns Spark Fury in Mexico
Fabián Cháirez’s latest exhibition in Mexico City has drawn the ire of religious and right-wing groups who accuse the artist of “Christianophobia.”
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Netherlands to Repatriate 119 Benin Bronzes to Nigeria
It’s been described as the single largest return to date of the famous Benin antiquities looted by the British military.
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Amy Sherald’s Sublime Portraits of Black Americans Head to NYC
Nearly 50 paintings by the artist will go on view at the Whitney Museum of American Art starting April 9.