New College of Florida to Erect Charlie Kirk Statue

Sep 23, 2025

The New College of Florida (NCF), which has undergone a right-wing transformation led by Governor Ron DeSantis in recent years, said it will commission a statue honoring Turning Point USA founder Charlie Kirk, who was killed by a gunshot at Utah Valley University two...

Man Killed While Unloading Andy Warhol Art Car in DC’s National Mall

Sep 23, 2025

A 61-year-old man was killed on the National Mall in Washington, DC, last week while delivery crews were unloading a racecar painted by Andy Warhol. Emergency personnel responded to a call east of the Washington Monument at 14th Street and Jefferson Drive shortly...

Art History Professor Placed on Leave Over Charlie Kirk Posts

Sep 20, 2025

Karen Leader (front) was placed on “administrative leave” after right-wing social media accounts targeted her comments on Charlie Kirk. (all images courtesy Karen Leader) Karen Leader, a tenured associate professor of Art History at Florida Atlantic...

Clio, the Art World’s “Anti-Fair,” Returns to NYC 

Sep 20, 2025

Clio Art Fair has been able to stay small after more than a decade in operation, but when you walk into the Chelsea art show, it doesn’t feel that way. The self-styled “anti-fair,” which returned this week for the second of its two consecutive New York City fall...

Clio, the Art World’s “Anti-Fair,” Returns to NYC 

Sep 20, 2025

Clio Art Fair has been able to stay small after more than a decade in operation, but when you walk into the Chelsea art show, it doesn’t feel that way. The self-styled “anti-fair,” which returned this week for the second of its two consecutive New York City fall...

Superchief, Beloved LA Arts Hub, Fights to Stay Open

Sep 20, 2025

LOS ANGELES — For over a decade, Superchief Gallery has been a cornerstone of LA’s underground scene, showcasing street art, photography, and work made on the cultural fringes. Despite its role as an experimental hub, mounting financial challenges in recent years have...

Agnes Gund, Champion of Arts and Equity, Dies at 87 

Sep 20, 2025

Agnes “Aggie” Gund, an influential philanthropist who saw the arts as a powerful way to combat social injustice and education inequity, died yesterday evening, September 19, at the age of 87 in her home in Manhattan. Her daughter, Catherine Gund, confirmed her death...

Fire Tears Through Iconic Artist Building in Brooklyn 

Sep 19, 2025

One of Brooklyn’s most iconic artist studio buildings is in a precarious state after a five-alarm fire ravaged the 155-year-old warehouse in Red Hook late Wednesday night into Thursday morning. Smoke filled the third floor of 481 Van Brunt Street at 11:35pm on...

Pussy Riot Members Sentenced to Russian Prison in Absentia

Sep 19, 2025

A Moscow court has sentenced five members of the exiled feminist art collective Pussy Riot to prison in absentia on charges relating to anti-war protest and performances critical of Vladimir Putin’s regime. The jail terms delivered by Judge Evgeniya Nikolaeva of...