Severe Drought in Iraq Reveals 2000-Year-Old Tombs

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,...

Haunting Shadow of Scrubbed Banksy Mural Goes Viral

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...

Street Vendor Beloved by LA Art World Abducted by ICE

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...

Arts Community Rallies Behind Brooklyn Artist Displaced by Blaze

Members of New York City’s art community are fundraising to support performance artist and professor Ayana Evans and her partner after a fire tore through the top floor of their six-story Brooklyn apartment on Monday afternoon, September 8.  The blaze destroyed...

Major French Museums Close Amid Labor Strikes

Art museums and cultural monuments in France, including the Louvre, the Musée d’Orsay, and the Arc de Triomphe, are partially or fully closed to the public today, September 10, in response to a country-wide labor strike over proposed government spending cuts....

Historic Singha Durbar Palace Destroyed as Nepal Protests Turn Deadly

Following similar unrest in Bangladesh and Indonesia, Nepal’s youth poured into the streets on Monday, September 8, to denounce alleged government corruption and a newly imposed social media ban with peaceful protests. As they spread across the country, the...

New York Foundation for the Arts Workers Move to Unionize 

Workers for the nonprofit artist resource organization New York Foundation for the Arts (NYFA) announced their intent to form a union today, Tuesday, September 10, citing a lack of transparency within the organization and the need for higher wages, among other...

Newly Released Epstein Birthday Drawings Paint a Disturbing Picture

The bipartisan House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform this week released 238 pages from a book of drawings and notes gifted to convicted serial sex offender Jeffrey Epstein by his wife and accomplice, Ghislaine Maxwell, for his 50th birthday. Bearing the...

Trump’s Tariffs Send Shockwaves Through the Art World

Thomas Fuchs had finished packing up several paintings from his Stuttgart-based gallery that he was preparing to exhibit at the Armory Show in New York last week when his shipping agent warned him about an unanticipated problem. The art would not be subject to...