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A triennial in Wisconsin — organized by the Madison Museum of Contemporary Art (MMoCA) with historic ambitions of being among the first in the state to explicitly feature Black women and nonbinary artists — is…
Though its detractors like to paint sex work as a moral issue, advocates are quick to point out that it has further-reaching implications as a labor issue, as well as one of censorship. And while…
A popular adage states that one should never compare their insides to someone else’s outsides — that is to say, what looks perfect on the surface usually conceals the same dumpster fire shitshow we all…
The Madison Museum of Contemporary Art (MMoCA) apologized to an artist whose work was damaged, with parts of it taken home by visitors, during the museum’s 2022 Wisconsin Triennial. However, the museum rebuffed allegations made…
A near-unanimous vote by members of the International Council of Museums (ICOM) has officially replaced its standing definition of a “museum” with a more contemporary one. The new definition introduces terms like “accessibility,” “inclusivity,” “diversity,”…
Canadian government officials and police are pursuing legal action to clear two Indigenous encampments filled with public art around the Manitoba Legislative Building in Winnipeg. Eviction notices distributed on Wednesday, August 17, claim that the encampments, which…
The studio of mid-century sculptor Isamu Noguchi, located just across from his eponymous museum in Long Island City, New York, will soon be open to the public. Recently, New York City’s Department of Cultural Affairs…
Jailed dissident Cuban artist Luis Manuel Otero Alcántara was one of six artists to receive the Prince Claus Impact award in its inaugural year. The €50,000 (~$49,500) biennial award, administered by the Prince Claus Fund,…
Virginia Dwan said she didn’t really like to talk about art. But through her galleries in Los Angeles and New York as well as financing artists, particularly Land artists like Michael Heizer and Robert Smithson, she…
Workers at Dia Art Foundation voted to officially unionize with Local UAW 2110 in a landslide September 13 election: 101 workers voted “yes” and only six employees voted in opposition. Yesterday’s victory came nearly two…