2+ day, 10+ hour ago   (287+ words) Michael Richards’s 1997 sculpture “Free F’All” commemorates the historic African American military pilots, the Tuskegee Airmen, and the discrimination they experienced during service. In acknowledgment of the 25th anniversary of the September 11 attacks, the Brooklyn Museum has installed “Free F'All” (1997), the only…...

3+ day, 10+ hour ago   (109+ words) Trump was a necessary blunt instrument for the coordinated fascist assault on the United States, but a hammer no longer matters once a picture has been hung on the wall. The exhibition at Morven Museum & Garden in Princeton focuses on…...

3+ day, 16+ hour ago   (231+ words) But the federal government’s threats to institutional independence could undermine these upward trends. Trust in museums is rising across partisan lines, according to newly published data from a survey conducted by the American Alliance of Museums (AAM) and Wilkening Consulting,…...

3+ day, 19+ hour ago   (374+ words) The Smithsonian Secretary calls it quits amid White House political pressure, artist Lucien Smith dies at 37, and your weekly museum heist in Europe. Lonnie G. Bunch III has had it. After months of incessant harassment and political prodding from the Trump…...

4+ day, 13+ hour ago   (237+ words) “​​I leave with pride and sadness,” said the institution’s secretary, pledging to continue fighting to “protect the integrity of the Smithsonian.” Smithsonian Secretary Lonnie Bunch will step down from his post by the end of the year, amid ongoing attacks…...

2+ week, 3+ day ago   (337+ words) Over 160 artifacts from the National Archaeological Museum of Naples are headed to the Dallas Museum of Art in December. “The works in the exhibition have been a source of fascination and inspiration for centuries,” the Dallas Museum of Art’s assistant…...

2+ week, 4+ 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…...

2+ week, 5+ day ago   (106+ words) The Smithsonian board will reportedly vote on housing the fledgling institution in the recently reopened Arts & Industries Building — a move that would allow it to bypass Congressional approval. Learn more about the graduate degrees offered at SAIC and get all…...

4+ week, 1+ day ago   (312+ words) The museum sues for ownership of a Picasso painting stolen in 1961, plus new affordable housing for artists in Philly. In 1961, a painting by Pablo Picasso on loan from the Guggenheim Museum mysteriously vanished from the University of Pittsburgh. This week,…...