Parents Enraged over ‘Racist’ School Art Contest Entry Featuring LeBron James
A student art contest at New Hartford Central School in Utica, New York, is under fire for allowing artwork that some have called “racist” to be displayed. The artwork was reportedly a parody of a cereal ad, which resulted in some raised eyebrows. The pseudo-cereal product is called “Monkey Premium Cereal,” but the bigger problem […]
Guernica-style battle of Orgreave painting stars in miners’ strikes exhibition | Art
Bob Orley was at the Battle of Orgreave 40 years ago. “I saw acts of violence,” he said, shaking his head. “When I saw the police’s actions, I thought I was in a foreign country. It’s hard to believe that it happened in this country.” He is remembered for the brutality he and others witnessed […]
Chicago Police Arrest 68 Pro-Palestinian Protesters Outside Art Institute
Nearly 70 pro-Palestinian protesters were arrested outside the Art Institute of Chicago on Saturday, as anti-Israel protests continue to grow in major cities across the country. The arrests were made after a group began pitching tents in the museum’s small north garden area. Those who were arrested were Paid on a charge of criminal trespass […]
Italy bans loans to Minneapolis Institute of Art over ancient statue dispute
Following a dispute with a U.S. museum over an ancient marble statue believed to have been plundered from Italy nearly half a century ago, Italy’s Culture Ministry has banned the work from being loaned to the Minneapolis Institute of Art. The dispute arose in March 2022 when an Italian court ruled that the Minneapolis Museum […]
Insider art: Vatican sets up Biennale pavilion at Venice women’s jail | Venice Biennale
○Originally a 13th-century convent and once a rehabilitation facility for prostitutes, Giudecca Women’s Prison, located on an island in the Venetian lagoon, will take on a very different role this summer. This year in Venice, it will be the official pavilion of the Vatican. Biennale. Pope Francis is scheduled to attend on April 28, marking […]
FACT CHECK: Image Shows Art, Not Recent Solar Eclipse From Space
post shared on social media It is said to show an image of a recent solar eclipse as seen from space. Taken with Samsung Galaxy S24 Ultra pic.twitter.com/UZEAJiy4JH — Robert Bye (@RobertJBye) April 8, 2024 Verdict: False That claim is inaccurate. This image is not an actual photo taken from space and has been circulating […]
Abandoned Art Deco cinema in NYC loses another lease on life
A seemingly final plan to rebuild a long-closed Upper West Side theater has fallen through again. Vacant since 2005, it seemed like fate had finally turned for Manhattan’s abandoned Metro Theater when Alamo Drafthouse Cinema signed a lease for the historic movie theater in 2022. Manhattan Borough President Mark Levin announced this month that it […]
Judge blocks demolition of art installation at Des Moines park
A federal judge has temporarily blocked the demolition of Greenwood Pond: Double Sight, an aging art installation in a Des Moines park. U.S. District Judge Stephen Locher ruled that the work’s artist, Mary Miss, will likely succeed in arguing that its demolition is a breach of contract. Installed in 1996, the piece is considered a […]
When everything’s propaganda, how can art survive?
Movies these days aren’t all that high-tech, but that doesn’t mean they aren’t still at the forefront of a global war for technological domination of peoples and nations. That’s the lesson underscored by new revelations about streaming giant Netflix’s sudden cancellation of plans to release the “John Wick”-style action movie “Monkey Man.” It is a […]
‘Mum fought like a tigress to stop me going into care’: Jason Wilsher-Mills on turning his childhood paralysis into art | Art and design
IThe exhibition “Jason and the 254 Years of Adventure” includes a sculpture of the body of runner Sebastian Coe with a television attached to his head. This is frozen in time at the moment artist Jason Wilshire Mills was diagnosed with an autoimmune disease. It was 2.54pm and I was at Pinderfields Hospital in Wakefield, […]