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Visitors to the Reese Museum at East Tennessee State University (ETSU) are being asked to sign a disclaimer before entering an exhibit showcasing works that challenge conservative dogma, following a Republican backlash.The Reese Museum, located in Johnson City, exhibits FL3TCH3R Exhibition past 11 years. The annual exhibition, themed “Political and Socially Engaged Art,” was founded by the family of Fletcher Dyer, a university art student who presented his work at a 2009 Killed in motorcycle accident. The latest exhibition opened in October. More than 60 works were selected by a jury and, after being published by right-wing media, anyone can…

“How do you teach racial literacy through visual literacy?” the late cultural historian, author, and curator Maurice Berger asked in a 2018 interview. As a research professor and chief curator of the Center for Art, Design, and Visual Culture (CADVC) at the University of Maryland, Baltimore County (UMBC), he poses this question in connection with the mission of his monthly “Race Stories” column. this new york timesThe photojournalism blog Lens ran from 2012 to 2019.Berger died in 2020 at the age of 63. He was a lifelong advocate for social justice and a trailblazing art historian whose influence continues to…

Cameroonian curator Koyo Kouoh will become the first African woman to oversee the artistic direction of the 2026 Venice Biennale. (© Andile Buka; Image courtesy of Zeitz MOCAA)Cameroonian curator Koyo Kouoh will become the first African woman to oversee the 61st Venice Biennale in 2026, The organization announced yesterday (December 3). Since May 2019, Kouoh has served as Executive Director and Chief Curator of the Zeitz MOCAA in Cape Town, South Africa, one of the largest contemporary art museums on the African continent. During her tenure, she organized solo exhibitions featuring African and African diaspora artists such as Otobong Nkanga,…

For beloved modernist sculptor Ruth Asawa, the admiration “one-of-a-kind” now takes on new meaning. Last month, a crater on Mercury was named after the late artist, making her one of a rare group of fewer than 30 female artists whose legacies are etched into our solar system, including Augustus Augusta Savage, Tarsila do Amoral and Dorothea Lange.The International Astronomical Union (IAU) officially named the crater “Asawa” on November 14, but the news came after American curator and art writer Helen Molesworth Officially exposed. Ruth Asawa: A Life’s Work (2019), shared the tidbit in an Instagram post earlier this week. According…

Jasleen Kaur wins the 2024 Turner Prize for work reflecting on her childhood in Glasgow, including a Ford Escort Cabriolet Mk3 covered with a giant doily titled Social mobile. Kaul, 38, is the youngest contestant on this year’s shortlist. The judges were impressed by her “unexpected and interesting mix of material”. The annual Turner Prize is the UK’s most prestigious visual arts honour. The winner will receive £25,000 and the shortlisted artist will receive £10,000. Every other year the works are shown in an exhibition at London’s Tate Britain (where the prize travels across the country), with the 2024 exhibition…

Discussions between Greece and the British Museum over the fate of the Parthenon marble reliefs are heating up, with Greek officials optimistic about the possibility of a deal by 2025, according to a report from the British Museum. financial times This week. Years of dialogue between the two governments have focused on possible loan arrangements. Under the plan, some artifacts may be temporarily returned to Athens, while important Greek artefacts will be displayed in London. The sculptures, known in Britain as the Elgin Marbles, were removed from the Parthenon in Athens by Lord Elgin during the Ottoman occupation of Greece…

The U.S. Senate on Tuesday passed a bill establishing plans to transfer the Weitzman National Museum of American Jewish History in Philadelphia to the Smithsonian Institution. The unanimous vote came after the House passed a companion bill in September that paved the way for the process. The bill passed by the Senate would create an eight-member committee appointed by members of the House and Senate to evaluate Weitzman’s feasibility of joining the Smithsonian Institution. The Smithsonian Institution is a trust for museums and research institutions owned by the United States government and funded in part by the federal government. treasury.…

Multihyphenates rule this winter, a season headlined by attempts to fully assess artists whose work resists the traditional museum retrospective format. Within Germany alone, Shu Lea Cheang, who has shown her work in movie theaters, on the internet, and in art galleries, will finally get a career-spanning survey, and Semiha Berksoy, a Wagnerian soprano by training, will get an expansive show of her art. Leigh Bowery, an unclassifiable character associated with 1980s London, is getting a Tate retrospective, and Rammellzee, a Basquiat collaborator and a madcap graffiti artist, is having a Palais de Tokyo retrospective. The ambition guiding these shows…

As the year 2024 comes to a close, it’s a time to celebrate the creativity of this year. Among the artists is Bruce Cowell, a fine-art photographer from Canberra, Australia, whose work has been evolving and captivating for four decades. His photography goes beyond merely recording moments—it uncovers hidden truths in everyday life, challenging us to pause and reflect. Cowell’s art moves beyond technical expertise. For him, photography is a language that communicates what words often cannot. His images dig into the themes that connect us, exploring the decisions we make and the forces that shape our lives. Cowell’s goal…

People come to Art Basel Miami Beach to buy art, attend parties, gawk at social-media-famous socialites, or some mixture of the three. Museums generally don’t offer the public any opportunities for any of that, and so, even though Miami has plenty of institutions, these spaces must play second fiddle to Art Basel and the other fairs that orbit it. But there are good reasons to venture beyond the fairs and into institutional walls this week—not the least because museums offer a temporary reprieve from dealers trying to hawk their wares. Here is the good news: Miami, unlike the other cities…