controversy

The decision of Valparaiso University to sell its art collection, including $ 15 million Georgia O’Keeffe painting, has caused a backlash. The Valparaiso University in Indiana announced in an email on Wednesday that it plans to sell 3…

World Jewish Congress Vice President, Maram Stern, has condemned the Kassel art exhibition documenta after alleged anti-semitism. Stern went on to call the recently-concluded exhibition “one of the most serious cases of anti-Semitism in…

Over the last week, the Portuguese Pavillion at the upcoming Venice Biennale was a hotspot of controversies. The issue erupted after curator Bruno Leitão, in an open letter, claimed that the artist selection process for the pavilion was…

The Zachęta National Gallery of Art, the top art museum in Poland, is rocked by controversy over the selection of its new director who has no prior leadership experience. The museum has selected Janusz Janowski to be its new director…

A sculpture dedicated to Mary Wollstonecraft courted controversy soon after its debut at the Newington Green Park, London yesterday. The sculpture, which is made up of silver-coated bronze and has a statue of a nude woman, was dedicated…