Lisa at The 2025 Met Gala Celebrating “Superfine: Tailoring Black Style” held at The Metropolitan Museum of Art on May 05, 2025 in New York, New York. Lexie Moreland/WWD K-Pop star Lisa, a member of Blackpink, drew major backlash on Monday after claims that her outfit at the Met Gala featured civil rights activist Rosa …
The White House. Getty Images The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts and the Helen Frankenthaler Foundation have announced a $800,000 fund to be distributed among 80 visual arts programs at small and mid-sized organizations across the country. According to a joint announcement from the foundations, each recipient had previously received funding through Challenge America, an National …
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Sanya Kantarovsky, Under the Tree (Matisse), 2025, will appear in his first show with Werner. ©Sanya Kantarovsky/Courtesy Michael Werner Gallery With the art market having contracted significantly over the past year, it feels more likely to hear about a gallery closure than an expansion. But when Michael Werner Gallery opens its first exhibition with Sanya …
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Installation View of “Jenni Crain,” 2025, at Gordon Robichaux, New York. Photo Greg Carideo/Courtesy Gordon Robichaux, NY Nestled between therapist offices and reiki salons on the ninth floor of a 17-story high rise on the westside of New York’s Union Square, Gordon Robichaux is a gallery for those in-the-know. And in its eight years of …
Britain’s King Charles III and Queen Camilla pose with their official Coronation State Portraits at the National Gallery, London, 2025. Photo CHRIS JACKSON/POOL/AFP via Getty Images This past Tuesday, the United Kingdom unveiled the official coronation portraits of King Charles III and Queen Camilla. The royals were painted by artists Peter Kuhfeld and Paul Benney, respectively, to …
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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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