Senegal’s Ministry of Youth, Sports, and Culture has announced that it is postponing the fifteenth iteration of the Dak’Art Biennial of Contemporary African Art. Originally set to run May 16–June 16 of this year, the event will now take place November 7–December 7. Organizers cited the “unwavering desire to offer an exceptional artistic experience” as…Read More

The Art Gallery of Ontario (AGO), which closed to the public on March 26 as more than four hundred unionized workers went on strike, is set to reopen on April 30. The employees, whose ranks included curators, archivists, designers, researchers, technicians, and front desk staff, are represented by Local 535 of the Ontario Public Service Employees Union (OPSEU/SEFPO) and had…Read More

New York’s Supreme Court has dismissed a case filed by the Judd Foundation against a pair of galleries over allegations that they returned a loaned work in unsalable condition. The foundation, which maintains the Marfa, Texas, and New York City studios of American Minimalist artist Donald Judd and oversees his legacy, in 2022 sued the…Read More

As calls across the country grow for a ceasefire, and college campuses and arts institutions increasingly become sites of public demonstrations related to the conflict, arts professionals and cultural workers are making their voices heard. Hyperallergic reports that more than a hundred current and former staffers at the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art published…Read More

The Art Institute of Chicago in a 132-page court filing rejected the assertion by Manhattan district attorney Alvin Bragg’s office that an Egon Schiele drawing in its possession had been looted by Nazis. The DA’s office last September attempted to seize the 1916 watercolor-and-pencil-on-paper Russian War Prisoner on the grounds that it was stolen from…Read More

The J. Paul Getty Museum in Los Angeles on April 24 announced that it would return to Turkey an ancient life-size bronze sculpture of a young man’s head. The museum acquired the work, which dates to 100 BCE–100 CE, in 1971 from dealer Nicolas Koutoulakis, who was later discovered to have sold to the Getty other artifacts…Read More

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“Your camera can only surrender at the feet of life.” Email Facebook Pinterest Twitter Reddit LinkedIn WhatsAppRead More

An unfinished, unsigned 1917 portrait of a young girl by Gustav Klimt that had been missing for almost a hundred years hammered for $37 million at auction in Vienna today. Titled Portrait of Fräulein Lieser, the canvas was sold by local auction house im Kinsky, acting on behalf of an unidentified seller. It was purchased by…Read More

On transmuting historical trauma at the Australia pavilion Email Facebook Pinterest Twitter Reddit LinkedIn WhatsAppRead More

Tate Britain officials today named Pio Abad, Claudette Johnson, Jasleen Kaur, and Delaine Le Bas as the four artists shortlisted for the Turner Prize, which this year marks its fortieth anniversary. Work by the quartet will be on display at Tate Britain from September 25 through February 16, 2025, with the winner of the prestigious…Read More

Puppies Puppies (Jade Guanaro Kuriki-Olivo), whose work is featured in the Biennale’s main exhibition, shares a photo diary of her favorite moments from the opening week. “The past no longer is, the future is not yet here; there is only one moment in which life is available, and that is the present moment.”—Thich Nhat Hanh…Read More