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Grayson Perry bags the prestigious Erasmus Award, $165,000 reward
British artist Grayson Perry won the prestigious Erasmus Award, also known as ‘Dutch Nobel Prize’ - as well as the $165,000 monetary reward.
The Erasmus Awards are one of the most prestigious awards in the world, famously known as the…
Stan Douglas chosen to represent Canada at 2021 Venice Biennale
Though the Venice Biennale is more than a year away, countries have already started announcing their representatives for the prestigious art event. Australia, Iceland and New Zealand have already announced their representatives, while the…
Artists write Open Letter To PS1 to remove Board Members profiting from “Suffering Of…
The continuing calls from "Theater of Operations: The Gulf War 1991-2011" exhibition to remove people associated with war profits culminated into an open letter signed by 37 artists. In its own word, the letter sought to separate the…
Petition forces exit of Erie Art Museum Director Joshua Helmer
An online petition against Erie Art museum director Joshua Helmer for his predatory attitude towards women forced his exit from the museum.
The story began from a New York Times story last week, which detailed multiple allegations of…
The Biggest Art Flops Of The Previous Decade
The decade of 2010-2019 saw many great things for the art world, but it also had its fair share of debacles. Let’s take a look back at some of the biggest ‘oops’ moments of the decade:
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The decade began with something that…
São Paulo Art Museum Hires Sandra Benites, Its First Indigenous Art Curator
One of the premier art museums in São Paulo made history by hiring Sandra Benites, the first indigenous art curator in Brazil.
The Museum de Arte de São Paulo (MASP) in Brazil has been gearing up for its much-anticipated exhibition on…
New Memorandum reveals further about Inigo Philbrick and Untitled affair
The mystery around the Untitled painting sold by Inigo Philbrick offered new revelations, but also further complicated the matter.
The ownership over the painting called Untitled, made by Rudolf Stinger, has been fiercely contested in…
Registrar Of The Year, Rajshree Solanki, donates prize money to Internship Program
Rajshree Solanki became the first recipient of the Registrar of the Year award. But the Hirshhorn Museum registrar won hearts with her decision about the prize money.
At the Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, situated in Washington…
After 18 months, Deborah Cullen-Morales steps down as director of Bronx Museum
In what some are calling a surprise move, the Bronx Museum of Arts announced that Debroah Cullen-Morales will depart from the position of its director. Her stint of 18-months, which has been called fixed from the beginning, will end this…
New Artwork by Maurizio Cattelan is a Banana and Duct Tape
Art has often been a topic of contention among the general public. Some consider it an expression of something inexplicable, while others label it simply pretentious. The thing is, both sentiments are actually true quite often. The prime…