Jul 14, 2020 | Art, Culture, News & Trending
In the early morning of July 1, 2020, Albuquerque news station KRQE got the first of a flurry of emails, reporting a new statue erected in front of the doors of Albuquerque’s city hall. Apparently bronze, life-sized, and frowning, it was a statue of the late disgraced...
May 27, 2020 | Art, Culture, News & Trending
Seattle Artists Satpreet Kahlon and Matthew Offenbacher launched New Archives, their new journal of critical arts writing for the Pacific Northwest art scene on March 1st. A few hours later, Seattle announced the second COVID-19 death in the United States, just a few...
Aug 23, 2019 | Culture, News & Trending
Henrique Pires, Brazil’s secretary of culture, is stepping down from his position in opposition to what he says is government censorship. Pires accused conservative leaders of deliberately trying to suppress LGBT art. The former secretary of culture recently found...
Jan 30, 2018 | Art, Culture
Last month, several women came forward to accuse acclaimed artist Chuck Close of sexual harassment. The news sparked a debate about whether museums should continue to display Close’s work in light of these allegations. It’s a divisive issue, with some arguing that art...
Jan 23, 2018 | Culture, Exhibitions
On June 12, 2016, a homophobic Muslim man by the name of Omar Mateen opened fire inside of an LGBT nightclub—killing 49 people and injuring 58 others. Known as the Pulse massacre, it remains one of the deadliest mass shootings in modern U.S. history. The alleged...
