Dozens of artists and project spaces in the Brooklyn neighborhood opened their doors this weekend, inviting the public behind the scenes.
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The Manhattan High Line Sprouts Heads and Branches
Artist Giulia Cenci’s new installation in NYC has viewers questioning the impacts of arbitrary hierarchies imposed by the human race.
Late British Artist’s Whimsical Home Granted Protective Status
Discovered after his passing in 2019, Ron Gittins’s apartment is chock-full of inventive murals and artworks inspired by Ancient Rome and Egypt.
Incredibly Preserved Frescoes of Trojan War Figures Unearthed in Pompeii
Rendered in the Roman Third Style, the murals feature visual illusions mimicking altars painted on dark, monochromatic fields of color.
Lorraine O’Grady and Nicholas Galanin Named Guggenheim Fellows
The two are among 68 visual artists, photographers, filmmakers, and art scholars receiving the prestigious prize.
Court Orders Women-Only Exhibition to Admit Men
A male visitor sued Tasmania’s Museum of Old and New Art after he was denied entry to “Ladies Lounge.”
Court Stops Iowa Art Center From Destroying Artist’s Land Installation
A judge ruled on Monday that the Des Moines Art Center must pause its planned demolition of Mary Miss’s “Greenwood Pond: Double Site” installation.
Nelson-Atkins Museum Appoints Tahnee Ahtone as Curator of Native American Art
A former Hyperallergic fellow, Ahtone joins the museum after serving as director and curator of the Kiowa Tribal Museum in Carnegie, Oklahoma.
German Museum Employee Fired After Secretly Hanging Up His Own Painting
Munich’s Pinakothek der Moderne terminated the 51-year-old artist and called in the police to investigate.
A New Art Weekend Touches Down in New Jersey
More than 100 venues across the state will take part in the inaugural Garden State Art Weekend.
Is This Stingray-Shaped Rock the First Artwork Depicting an Animal?
A team of scientists theorize that a kite-shaped stone found on the coast of South Africa was intentionally shaped to resemble an endemic blue stingray species.
Artist Seeks Restraining Order to Prevent Land Artwork’s Demolition
The Des Moines Art Center cited the “ephemeral” nature of artist Mary Miss’s original materials in its decision to destroy the work.