Senegal Postpones Dakar Biennale by Six Months amid Widespread Protests
The show, originally scheduled to open in May, has been postponed to November.
Pope Visits Venice Biennale, Dakar Biennale Postponed, Vienna Actionism Show Protested, and More: Morning Links for April 29, 2024
Here’s what we’re reading this morning.
Metropolitan Museum of Art Signs Cultural Agreement with Thailand
The agreement was signed by museum director Max Hollein and Thailand’s director general Phnombootra Chandrajoti.
Nazi-Looted Monet Painting Held by FBI Expected to Be Returned to Owner’s Descendants
When the war ended, the family and heirs appealed to the German and Austrian governments for the painting’s return, with no luck.
Original ‘Harry Potter’ Cover Art Heads to Auction, Where It May Break Records
If it sells for its estimate of $600,000, it will become the most expensive piece of ephemera related to the series ever auctioned.
British Arts Center Apologizes for Canceling Palestinian Film Events
More than 1,000 artists were boycotting the Arnolfini center, claiming that it had committed censorship.
Who Was Mary Cassatt and Why Was She So Important?
We examine 14 key artworks that reflect the diverse facets of Cassatt’s career, as well as the privileges and constraints of female artists in a male-dominated 19th-century art world.
18 Impressionist Artworks that Capture the Spirit of the Movement
Marked by contemporary subject matter and loose brushwork, these works rejected the traditional forms and techniques favored by the official annual Paris Salon.
Surrealism in the Age of AI
Like Surrealism, AI art is automatic and disembodied, at home in the space between language and image.
At Americas Society, Artists Look at the Myth That Started Natural Resource Extraction in Latin America
The myth of El Dorado has had a long legacy.