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Luis Manuel Otero Alcántara has been named one of six inaugural recipients of the Prince Claus Impact award, a €50,000 biennial honor from the Prince Claus Fund. The imprisoned Cuban artist was recognized for his fight against censorship and authoritarianism, while other

A large graffiti bird known as “Pam the Bird” has ignited controversy in Melbourne after police arrested artist Jack Gibson-Burrell for tagging the Bolte Bridge. While authorities have denounced the work and filed numerous charges, thousands of petitioners are urging the city

Brady Lum, the former chief operating officer of the High Museum of Art, has pleaded guilty to embezzling more than $600,000 from the Atlanta institution. Federal prosecutors said he used museum funds for personal purchases and fraudulent reimbursements over nearly seven years.

A break-in at the Harriet Tubman Museum and Educational Center in Cambridge, Maryland, damaged one of Michael Rosato's murals and forced the volunteer-run institution to close until further notice. Museum director of events and programming Linda Harris said the repairs, along with

Thomas Cole’s “Kaaterskill Falls” of 1826, now at the Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art in Hartford, Connecticut, marked an early declaration of a new American landscape aesthetic. Inspired by the dramatic Kaaterskill Falls in Upstate New York, the painting embraced the sublime

A collection of vintage condoms highlights the surprising creativity of old-school packaging, from patriotic branding to playful names like “Sedatex” and “Pousse L’Amour.” The piece contrasts these designs with the relative dullness of contemporary condom branding and suggests artists might take up

Frederic Edwin Church emerges as both steady and daring in this account of the 19th-century American painter. Victoria Johnson’s Glorious Country (2026) is presented as a long-awaited and nuanced biography of an inspired figure.

Mayor Zohran Mamdani and the City Council have agreed to give the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs its highest-ever annual budget, totaling $323.8 million in Fiscal Year 2027. The deal also creates a new Cultural Stability Fund to support organizations

The Trump administration has sharply reduced the size of two Utah national monuments that contain sacred lands and significant archaeological sites. Using a series of executive proclamations issued this week under the Antiquities Act, Trump cut the Grand Staircase-Escalante and Bears Ears

Sergio Furnari’s plan to unveil a Charlie Kirk memorial in Times Square has sparked a wave of online trolling, threats, and debate over free speech. The New York sculptor says the backlash only strengthens his resolve, though it remains unclear whether the