Robert Grosvenor, Who Refused to Be Defined by Genre, Dies at 88 

Robert Grosvenor, whose work resisted artistic classification for more than six decades, died in Long Island, New York, on Wednesday, September 3, at the age of 88. His death was announced by Paula Cooper Gallery, which has represented the artist since the gallery...

Smithsonian Secretary Responds to Trump’s Museum Crackdown

Smithsonian Secretary Lonnie Bunch sent a letter to the Trump administration responding to a list of demands the White House presented last month as it attempts to assert control over the institution. Bunch’s direct response to the White House comes more than...

Curator Targeted by Trump Tapped to Lead Milwaukee Art Museum 

Historian and curator Kim Sajet, who recently left her longtime post as director at the National Portrait Gallery (NPG) after President Donald Trump claimed he had fired her, will be the next director of the Milwaukee Art Museum (MAM), the institution announced...

Rosalyn Drexler, Pop Artist and Polymath, Dies at 98

Polymathic artist Rosalyn Drexler — Pop Art icon, Emmy-winning screenwriter, and one-time wrestler — passed away at her home in New York yesterday, September 3, at age 98. Her death was confirmed by Garth Greenan Gallery, which represented her for a decade. ...

Eight Arts Writers Awarded 2025 Rabkin Prizes 

Left to right: Tempestt Hazel, American Meredith, Jessica Lynne, Nicole Martinez, Paul Chaat Smith, Eva Recinos, Brandy McDonnell, and J Worham (photo by Kevin J. Miyazak, courtesy Rabkin Foundation) The Dorothea and Leo Rabkin Foundation named eight arts writers as...

Elizabeth Foundation Makes Offer on Iconic Chelsea Artist Building

A view of the 508-534 West 26th Street building complex in West Chelsea, Manhattan (photo Isa Farfan/Hyperallergic) An esteemed nonprofit wants to turn a West Chelsea arts building on the market into an artist residency program while keeping longtime tenants in their...

Argentine Couple Placed on House Arrest in Nazi-Looted Art Probe

Giuseppe Ghislandi, “Portrait of a Lady” (image courtesy the Cultural Heritage Agency of the Netherlands) Authorities in Argentina have reportedly placed the daughter of a former Nazi official and her spouse under house arrest after a painting seized by...