Art World Roundup: architecture highlights, UK museums under pressure, Art Basel cancels Miami, and more
Architecture features heavy in this week’s Art World Roundup as the UK announces shortlisted proposals for the Home of 2030 competition, architectural firm Gómez Platero releases plans for memorial to […]
Art World Roundup: thieves steal Frans Hals painting for the third time, a UK study highlights lack of women represented in public works, and more
In this week’s Art World Roundup, we cover a library acquisition nearly 400 years in the making, a UK study showing the disparity amongst women and men in publicly-owned statues, […]
Whitney faces backlash for now cancelled exhibition that included works bought in fundraisers
Ahead of their scheduled reopening next week, the Whitney Museum of American Art has found themselves in yet another controversy. Yesterday, the museum announced that it was cancelling a forthcoming […]
Art World Roundup: a £1.1M facemask, the search for the owners of a painting stolen in WWII, and more
As this week comes to a close, we dig into a painting that’s gone on display in France after it was stolen during WWII with the hopes of finding its […]
300+ members of Belarus arts sector sign open letter expressing outrage over reelection of Alexander Lukashenko
Over the past 10 days, people across Belarus have protested and gone on strike in the aftermath of a presidential election held on August 9th, which is largely believed to […]
Art World Roundup: galleries turn to a restaurant reservation app, the #GettyChallenge gets a book deal, and more
This week’s Art World Roundup brings more art news revolving around COVID-19, including the cancellation of another fair and a novel use of Tock, what the Getty plans for the […]
Tate Enterprises to dismiss more than 300 employees due to “loss of revenue” in era of COVID-19
Protests marked the July 27th reopening of Tate Enterprises museums after they had been shuttered since March 17th, when the UK enforced sweeping lockdown measures in response to the pandemic. […]
