The White House. Getty Images After President Donald Trump proposed eliminating the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA), the federal agency withdrew or canceled grant offers to arts organizations around the country via email on Friday night, reported the New York Times. “The N.E.A. is updating its grantmaking policy priorities to focus funding on projects …
Plaster cast of the bed used to barricade the door of a family home in Pompeii against the volcanic eruption of Mount Vesuvius in 79 CE. Courtesy Pompeii Archaeological Park One family’s final moments during the 79 CE eruption of Mount Vesuvius in Pompeii was recently shared by experts as part of a new study …
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The new SFMOMA, viewed from the Yerba Buena Gardens. Jon McNeal, © Snøhetta The San Francisco Museum of Modern Art has cut 29 positions, constituting nearly 8 percent of the workforce, a decision that has drawn criticism from union representatives amid ongoing contract negotiations. Of those affected, 26 are members of the Office and Professional …
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The National Humanities Medal, 2014. Courtesy Wikimedia Commons The Trump administration issued a 2026 budget proposal on Friday afternoon that would eliminate the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH), the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA), and other federal agencies that support culture and the arts. If passed by Congress, the proposal would have immediate …
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Anyone know a French plumber? The Louvre is not watertight. AFP via Getty Images It’s no secret that the Louvre is creaking; in a leaked memo to the French culture ministry that was published in Le Parisien in January, the museum’s director – Laurence des Cars – noted that there was “structural damage” everywhere, threatening the …
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David Byrne Deonté Lee/BFA.com The Pioneer Works Village Fete, an exuberant herald for New York’s spring benefit season, began with a toast to patriotism—preceded by a recontextualization of the term. “It was not good to be called a patriot when America was started because it meant that you did not want to be ruled by …
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KKK wedding in Tennessee, 2015. The newlyweds went back several generations in the Ku Klux Klan. They were unemployed and impoverished, eating their wedding dinner of soggy roast beef sandwiches at a fast-food chain. They got married in a backyard barn, decorated with a Confederate flag and a poster of a smiling Anne Frank with …
Gabriel Florenz (second from left at the table) at the 2023 Creative Time Gala in New York City. Nina Westervelt/WWD Mara Manus is leaving her role as CEO of Pioneer Works, the Brooklyn arts and science-focused non-profit space founded by artist Dustin Yellin. That wraps up a brief tenure that began in 2023 and marked …
The Modern Wing of the Art Institute Of Chicago, 2013. Photo Raymond Boyd/Getty Images The Art Institute of Chicago is contesting a New York court order to restitute Russian War Prisoner (1916), a drawing by Austrian expressionist Egon Schiele, to heirs of it’s original owner. The museum has secured a temporary stay while it pursues …
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Exterior view of the Getty Center, 1997, Los Angeles, California. Photo Getty Images/Bob Riha, Jr. The Getty Research Institute announced an update to its index of provenance-related research today. The remodeled version now offers more than 12 million records available to the public. The Getty Provenance Index (GPI) initially launched in the 1980s to keep track …
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