New paintings by Kerry James Marshall reference the ornithological works of John James Audubon
A crow on the ground a decade ago served as inspiration for two new works by artist Kerry James Marshall that have recently gone on view through the David Zwirner […]
Bill Reid’s Haida grizzly bear honoured in new minting
Physical currency has long been a means for a region to portray its culture, history, and values. While the most common images on the majority of currencies are politicians and […]
Coping with our common problems through the arts
Art can be the answer to coping with many of our common problems. In these troubled times, when persistent racism, polarizing politics, and rampant illness converge together to divide humanity […]
Art World Roundup: Sotheby’s auction offers Banksy and painting sold under duress in WWII, a new Fourth Plinth sculpture, and the discovery of where Van Gogh painted his last work
In a brief Art World Roundup, we cover Heather Phillipson’s recently unveiled sculpture at Trafalgar Square’s Fourth Plinth, a triptych by Banksy highlighting the refugee crisis and a painting sold […]
Penn Museum to repatriate skulls of enslaved people held in the Morton Cranial Collection
The University of Pennsylvania’s Penn Museum has announced it will repatriate a number of crania that belonged to enslaved peoples. The skulls are part of a larger collection of more […]
Church volunteer arrested for setting fire to 15th century Gothic cathedral in France
French authorities have arrested and charged a church volunteer for setting a fire that wreaked havoc on the Cathedral of Saint Peter and Saint Paul in Nantes. The man was […]
Three women artists pushing ceramics forward
Ceramics have long been classified as craft work and for thousands of years, people have created ceramics for use or decoration and the line between the two has often been […]
