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CATPC members (from left) Olele Mulela Mabamba, Irene Kanga, Huguette Kilembi, Jeremie Mabiala, Jean Kawata, Mbuku Kimpala, Ced’art Tamasala and Matthieu Kasiama, 2020, © CATPC In recent years, museums have expressed their wishes to rethink their pasts, returning looted objects, acknowledging the original inhabitants of the land where they are located, and taking steps to …

African Artist Collective Calls on Museums to Rectify Their Debt to Plantation Workers Read More »

Still from Andrew Thomas Huang’s video installation and sculpture The Deer of Nine Colors, 2025. Courtesy Onassis ONX The Onassis Foundation’s experimental art and tech studio Onassis ONX is doubling its size at a new location in Manhattan’s Tribeca neighborhood. It is slated to open with the multimedia exhibition “TECHNE: Homecoming” in January. Founded in …

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Band of Holes, Pisco Valley, Peru, 2010. Courtesy Wikimedia Researchers from the University of Sydney have uncovered new evidence that might solve one of South America’s most enduring archaeological puzzles—the “Band of Holes,” an almost one mile stretch of more than 5,000 circular depressions carved into the desert hills of Peru’s Pisco Valley. According to Science …

New Research Suggests Peru’s Mysterious ‘Band of Holes’ May Have Been an Ancient Marketplace Read More »

Anish Kapoor’s Cloud Gate, 2006. COURTESY CITY OF CHICAGO British artist Anish Kapoor’s shiny sculpture Cloud Gate (2006), sited in Chicago’s Millennium Park, is one of the world’s most popular works of public art. Often called “the Bean” in reference to its elliptical shape, the 110-ton piece has served as the setting for countless photo …

Border Patrol Agents Use Anish Kapoor’s ‘Bean’ for a Chicago Photo Op Amid Aggressive Crackdowns Read More »

The US Pavilion at the Venice Biennale. Photo Simone Padovani/Getty Images According to ARTnews’s sources, Utah-born, Mexico-based sculptor Alma Allen has been picked to represent the United States at the 2026 Venice Biennale, which is set to open next May. The pavilion’s commissioning curator is Jeffrey Uslip, according to sources, who say the official announcement …

Sculptor Alma Allen Reportedly Picked to Represent United States at 2026 Venice Biennale Read More »

Jennifer Lawrence at the Rome Film Festival, 2025. Photo Vittorio Zunino Celotto/Getty Images Academy Award-winning actress Jennifer Lawrence is the subject of W magazine’s current art issue. In 2006, the fashion-focused publication launched this collaborative series with fashion photographer Mario Sorrenti shooting contemporary American artist Richard Tuttle. Since then, there have been many examples of …

Jennifer Lawrence Collaborated with Three Contemporary Artists for ‘W’ Magazine’s Art Issue Read More »

Maurizio Cattelan, Untitled, (1999). Photo Zeno Zotti, Courtesy Maurizio Cattelan Archive This year’s Preis der Nationalgalerie (Prize of the National Gallery), administered by Berlin’s Nationalgalerie, has been awarded to artist Maurizio Cattelan. Every two years, the prize goes to an influential contemporary artist, who receives a solo exhibition of their work at the German institution. …

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LOS ANGELES – JANUARY 13: Los Angeles County Museum of Art in Los Angeles, California on January 13, 2018. (Photo By Raymond Boyd/Getty Images) Getty Images Los Angeles County Museum of Art leadership has declined to voluntarily recognize LACMA United, the union that hundreds of its staff voted to form last week, opting instead to …

LACMA Declines to Voluntarily Recognize Union Formed by Hundreds of Workers Read More »