Bizarre New Tina Turner Statue Gets Roasted Online 

Oct 3, 2025

A sculpture of Tina Turner was unveiled last week in Brownsville, Tennessee. (photo courtesy PLA Media) She’s simply the best. Better than all the rest. Sadly, the same cannot be said for the public sculpture made in her honor. Unveiled at the end of last month in her...

Outgoing MoMA Director Glenn Lowry to Advise Saudi-Backed Biennial 

Oct 3, 2025

Glenn Lowry, the outgoing director of the Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) in New York City, will work as an advisor to the Islamic Arts Biennale in Saudi Arabia, he revealed in an interview this week. Lowry, who announced his decision to leave MoMA last September, will be...

10 Art Shows to See in Los Angeles This October

Oct 3, 2025

Befitting the season, this month brings exhibitions that enable the barriers between art and life, and life and death, to fade away. A retrospective of the work of master altarista Ofelia Esparza showcases her iconic altars that helped popularize Día de los Muertos in...

Ann Craven’s Moonlit Meditations

Oct 3, 2025

ROCKLAND, Maine — For Ann Craven, to paint blooms, branches, animals, and night skies, with their cycles of life, death, and renewal, is a way to mark the passage of time. About three decades ago, the artist started to record moonrises from a beach in Maine for a solo...

Trump Fires Majority of Federal Humanities Council 

Oct 3, 2025

The White House has fired the majority of the National Council on the Humanities, which reviews and recommends grant proposals and advises the chairperson of the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH). Of the approximately 21 members appointed by various...

A View From the Easel

Oct 3, 2025

Welcome to the 305th installment of A View From the Easel, a series in which artists reflect on their workspace. This week, artists embrace their non-traditional studios and paint wherever inspiration strikes. Want to take part? Check out our submission...