2+ day, 20+ 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, 20+ 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…...

4+ day, 1+ 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,…...

4+ day, 5+ 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, 19+ hour ago   (207+ words) Billionaire philanthropist David Rubenstein reportedly plans to install "Blue" (2019) in the sculpture garden at the National Gallery of Art. David Rubenstein, the former board chairman of the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, has purchased Joel Shapiro’s "Blue" (2019) just…...

4+ day, 22+ 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…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago   (130+ words) The announcement follows a series of recent rollbacks on federal protections of historically significant sites. "This will be one of the Great Pieces of American Architecture, honoring the history and significance of Arlington Cemetery and befitting the most powerful Capital…...

1+ week, 3+ day ago   (230+ words) George Washington Carver is remembered as an innovative agricultural scientist, but his overlooked artistic work places him in a lineage of Black American natural dyeing traditions. This article is part of a series focusing on underrepresented craft histories, researched and…...

1+ week, 3+ day ago   (262+ words) Artists and activists condemned the National Park Service’s dismantling of "Blue” (2019), calling it an example of “Trump’s continued vandalism of the nation’s artistic treasures.” WASHINGTON, DC — The National Park Service (NPS) deinstalled an iconic 24-foot-tall sculpture by late artist Joel…...