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17 Apr Rikers Island Just Unveiled a New Mural by Dindga McCannon

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Rikers Island hosted a ceremony today unveiling a mural that acclaimed artist Dindga McCannon co-created with people in custody. Correctional Health Services, part of NYC Health + Hospitals, commissioned Towards a Brighter Tomorrow! to adorn CHS’s Reentry Services Center, which inmates pass through upon release....

17 Apr The Met Returns Ancient Sumerian Sculpture to Iraq

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The Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City has returned an ancient Sumerian sculpture to Iraq following an internal review by the institution, which recently appointed a head of provenance research. The restitution of the Sumerian sculpture happened at a ceremony in Washington D.C., the...

17 Apr Art and Ephemera Once Owned by Pioneering Artist Mary Beth Edelson Discarded on the Street in SoHo | Artnet News

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This afternoon in Manhattan’s SoHo neighborhood, people walking along Mercer Street were surprised to find a trove of materials that once belonged to the late feminist artist Mary Beth Edelson, all free for the taking. Outside of Edelson’s old studio at 110 Mercer Street, drawings, prints,...

17 Apr For Kapwani Kiwanga, Tiny Glass Beads Carry the Weight of History

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As we know from our own lives, the tiniest objects can feel, at least symbolically, extremely heavy. Artist Kapwani Kiwanga draws out this aspect—how the minute can be colossal—with an ambitious new project at the Venice Biennale, where she is representing Canada. Called “Trinket,” the artist...

17 Apr Strike Outset Calls for a Boycott of the U.K. Arts Charity for Its Ties to Israel

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Gabrielle Goliath, a multidisciplinary artist who is currently exhibiting at the Venice Biennale, has distanced herself from the Outset Contemporary Art Fund, joining other artists in striking against the charity for its alleged links to pro-Israel individuals and organizations amid the war in Gaza. Goliath, known...

17 Apr Wet Paint in the Wild: Connor Marie Stankard Opens Her Solo Show in Los Angeles at Night Gallery | Artnet News

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Welcome to Wet Paint in the Wild, the freewheeling—and free!—spinoff of Artnet News Pro’s beloved Wet Paint gossip column, where we give art-world insiders a disposable camera to chronicle their lives on the circuit. To read the latest Wet Paint column, click here (members only). Here...

17 Apr Pro-Palestine Protestors Stage Demonstrations Across Venice

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Pro-Palestine activists staged a protest at the Venice Biennale on Wednesday, April 17, calling for the complete closure of Israel’s pavilion, which remains locked after artist Ruth Patir, who is representing Israel, refused to open her exhibition and called for a ceasefire in Gaza and...

17 Apr The Aquatic Meets the Galactic in Artist Josèfa Ntjam's Captivating Mythologies | Artnet News

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Venice, with its interlocking islands threaded through with canals, is so singular, so breathtaking, and, during the Biennale, so busy, it feels like an insular world unto itself. Yet, entering Josèfa Ntjam’s swell of spæc(i)es, an art-weary traveller will feel all sense of time and...

17 Apr Explore Six Unmissable Lots Hitting the Block With Showplace New York

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Taking place May 5, 2024, New York’s Showplace is staging their Important Fine Art and Design auction with a dynamic range of artists and categories. From contemporary juggernauts like Yayoi Kusama to bastions of mid-century abstractionism such as Hans Hofmann, plus historical finds from the...

17 Apr Art Bites: How Snails Made Purple a Royal Color

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What’s the deal with Leonardo’s harpsichord-viola? Why were Impressionists obsessed with the color purple? Art Bites brings you a surprising fact, lesser-known anecdote, or curious event from art history. These delightful nuggets shed light on the lives of famed artists and decode their practices, while...