L’Enfant Promenade in Washington, D.C., 2011. Courtesy Wikimedia Commons Work at the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) in Washington, D.C., came to a screeching halt yesterday afternoon after the entire staff was placed on administrative leave, effective immediately, by Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE). Between 55 and 70 employees received a …
The Smithsonian Institution. Photo Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images During the 1990s, artist Consuelo Jimenez Underwood was driving along the 405 Freeway in San Diego when she spotted a yellow sign showing a man, a woman, and a little girl running in fear from an unseen threat. Above these people was a menacing word: “CAUTION.” The sign, …
Trump’s Executive Order on the Smithsonian Will Send Art History Backwards Read More »
The Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth, Texas. Photo Carol M. Highsmith/Buyenlarge/Getty Images A Texas lawmaker has proposed a bill that could be used to keep certain kinds of art off view, the Fort Worth Report reports. On March 6, representative David Lowe filed House Bill 3958, which outlines a proposed civil penalty against any …
Texas Politician Proposes Plan to Fine Museums for Displaying ‘Obscene’ Content Read More »
Patti Smith performing at Elizabeth Street Garden rally, 2025. Courtesy Rolling Stone Patti Smith performed at a New York City rally Tuesday as part of an effort to prevent a downtown park from being converted into affordable housing. The Elizabeth Street Garden, located between between Spring and Prince streets, has long been a community gathering place …
Patti Smith to Perform at Rally to Save New York’s Elizabeth Street Garden Park Read More »
The Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History. Photo Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images Since retaking office in January, President Donald Trump has issued a flood of executive orders taking up topics such as the importation of Chinese goods, Venezuelan immigrants, union protections, and electoral politics. But one executive order has the art world particularly worried, and that …
Portrait of Ti Pelen. Courtesy Leah Gordon/Pioneer Works. Haitian sculptor Ti Pèlen, whose birth name is Jean Salomon Horace, died last month at the age of 66. His cause of death remains undisclosed. His family will preserve the remaining artworks in his possession, according to a spokesperson for Pioneer Works, which featured his work in …
Sculptor Ti Pèlen, Known Figure in Haitian Arts Collective, Dies at 66 Read More »
The wildfires in Korea consumed the ancient Gounsa temple. Photo Yasuyoshi Chiba/AFP via Getty Images The Headlines A MASSIVE WILDFIRE IN SOUTH KOREA has killed at least 27 people in Uiseong County in North Gyeongsang and destroyed the Buddhist Gounsa temple, founded in 681 CE, according to Korea JoongAng Daily and the BBC. Though the temple’s structure could not be …
Joe Goode with his dog Angie. Photo Paul Laufer Joe Goode, a painter who counted as a core figure of the Los Angeles art scene of the 1960s, died on March 22 at his home in Los Angeles at 87. He would have turned 88 the following day. Michael Kohn Gallery and Zander Galerie, Goode’s …
Joe Goode, Californian Painter Known for His ‘Milk Bottle’ Series, Dies at 87 Read More »
Museo del Prado, Madrid Eduardo Parra/Europa Press via Getty Images. A painting that for short while was referred to as a lost Caravaggio is now at the center of a major fraud investigation in Spain. The artwork, Ecce Homo with Two Executioners, was sold by Herennia Trillo, a Spanish art dealer, for nearly $300,000 in early …
Lucy Dacus. Photo Kevin Winter/Getty Images Lucy Dacus‘s newly released album Forever Is A Feeling has been widely anticipated among music aficionados, with the 29-year-old singer even getting a full-length profile in the New Yorker last week. But it turns out that the art world has a reason to pay attention to the album, too. …
Amedeo Modigliani Gets a Shoutout on Lucy Dacus’s New Album Read More »
