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Kehinde Wiley announces new artist residency in Dakar
On March 19th, artist Kehinde Wiley announced that he will be starting a new artist residency in Dakar. The residency, named Black Rock Senegal for the volcanic rock that lines […]
Tate and Guggenheim vow to refuse Sackler money
When the National Portrait Gallery in London and Sackler Trust stopped the progress of a gift of £1 million from the Sackler Trust on March 19th as part of an […]
National Portrait Gallery turns down gift of £1 million from the Sackler Trust
In a short press release from earlier today, London’s National Portrait Gallery (NPG), in conjunction with the Sackler Trust, announced that it would not be proceeding with a gift of £1 […]
Four exhibitions that could be affected by the US government shutdown
Over a month into the longest government shutdown in the US, countless government organizations are suffering and an estimated 800,000 government pay checks have been withheld from thousands of government […]
Celebrating self-portraiture at DC’s National Portrait Gallery
Tattoo artists sometimes cover their legs and arms in tattoos by their own hand as a way to practice their art. Nurses give each other IVs so they can later […]
Forgotten women artists highlighted by new database
‘The history of men’s opposition to women’s emancipation is more interesting perhaps than the story of that emancipation itself.’ In 1929, Virginia Woolf’s feminist text A Room of One’s Own was […]
‘Picturing Friendship’: a quick snapshot of friendships from the 1500s to 2000s
Nestled between portraits from the Tudor and Regency periods of British history, Room 16 of London’s National Portrait Gallery holds a series of images that aim to depict ideas of […]
