Activists are determined to spoil Donald Trump’s state visit to the United Kingdom this week — one Jeffrey Epstein photo at a time. Less than 24 hours ahead of his arrival at Windsor Castle, a supersized photo of the president with the convicted sexual predator was...
Move over, Gary the Snail. There’s a new gastropod in town, and its name is Anauchen picasso. One of the world’s tiniest snails has been named after the Spanish painter Pablo Picasso for its defined, swirled shell that evokes early 20th-century Cubism. In...
Trump officials have reportedly ordered the removal of a famous image of a formerly enslaved man from a Georgia national monument where the United States Army toppled a Confederate garrison during the Civil War. The officials ordered the removal of a...
Co-defendants Raunaq Alam and Afsheen Khan at the Tarrant County courthouse last week (photo by and courtesy Stacey Monroe) Texas prosecutors are seeking 10-year prison sentences for activists accused of anti-Zionist graffiti. The three defendants — Raunaq Alam,...
The Israeli military reportedly raided No Other Land co-director Basel Adra’s home in the Occupied West Bank on Saturday, September 13, as first made public on X by investigative journalist Yuval Abraham, the film’s other co-director. The raid followed an...
Keith Haring painting a backdrop for the Palladium nightclub, May 11, 1985 (all photos courtesy the Keith Haring Foundation) Graffiti and pop art icon Keith Haring, widely recognized for his social activism and his visual vocabulary of animated painted figures with...
For nearly four decades, more than 2,000 artists flocked to the alternative nonprofit Art in General (AiG), whose accessible and diverse programming helped propel the early careers of Pope.L, Cecilia Vicuña, Joan Jonas, Rirkrit Tiravanija, Patty Chang, Sanford...
Lingít and Unangax̂ artist Nicholas Galanin and Mexican-American sculptor Margarita Cabrera withdrew from a symposium at the Smithsonian American Art Museum (SAAM) today, September 12, alleging that the institution’s decision to make the event private effectively...
Founded and directed by legendary Bronx graffiti artist WEN COD, Boone Avenue Walls continues to transform the historic South Bronx Mott Haven neighborhood into an open air gallery — showcasing masterful murals and mesmerizing graffiti. The mural pictured above...
Low water levels resulting from a severe drought that has caused a humanitarian crisis in parts of Iraq have exposed a series of ancient tombs in the country’s north. Archaeologists have discovered approximately 40 tombs, believed to be around 2,300 years old,...
It took courthouse administrators less than two days to remove Banksy’s latest stencil mural of a judge attacking a protester, which appeared in central London early this week. But what remains of the artwork is a shadowy stain, eerily reminiscent of a hooded...
Jorge Cruz selling his “antojitos del mar” at the Hammer Museum in July 2023 (all photos courtesy Ruben Ochoa unless noted) LOS ANGELES — A beloved street vendor who has provided food to hungry crowds at LA art events over the past two years is at risk of...