The Bay Area artist integrated chalk notation and assemblage on his idiosyncratic blackboard surfaces, plumbing the depths of lived experience and racial identity.
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A Glimpse Inside the Dizzying Psyche of Daniel Johnston
An exhibition features over 300 drawings by the late artist, whose maximalist creative output was his main form of resistance against his mental demons.
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Robert Rauschenberg’s Centenary Gets Major Guggenheim Show
One of several global events marking the late American artist’s centenary, Life Can’t Be Stopped will reunite over a dozen artworks at the Manhattan institution.
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BlackStar Festival Returns With 92 Films From Around the World
A documentary filmed in Gaza, the story of a teenager afraid of getting “cancelled,” and a biography of Black writer and activist Toni Cade Bambara are among this year’s highlights.
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Amy Sherald Cancels Smithsonian Show, Citing Censorship of Trans Artwork
The artist said the National Portrait Gallery was considering removing the painting after Trump issued anti-trans mandates for federally funded museums.
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Met Museum Announces Highest Attendance Numbers Since 2019
Two exhibitions alone accounted for more than half a million visitors in the last year.
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How “Coldplaygate” Became the Meme of the Summer
The clip of a CEO and an HR staffer who got caught canoodling on the Jumbotron has yielded everything from art historical renderings to the resurgence of years-old viral moments.
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Visa Denials Create Hurdles for Artist Residencies
Artists slated to participate in the Art Omi program in Upstate New York must stay back due to closed embassies or denied documents, an ongoing challenge expected to worsen under Trump.
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Israel Says It Will Hand Over Hebron Mosque to Settlers
Israeli authorities reportedly plan to strip the Palestinian municipality of control over the Ibrahimi Mosque, where a Zionist extremist massacred 29 Palestinians in 1994.
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Trump Gifted Epstein a Lewd Drawing on His Birthday, Report Says
The sketch of what appears to be a nude woman was included in a leather-bound album compiled by the disgraced financier’s former assistant, Ghislaine Maxwell.
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Yale Art Gallery Withdraws Federal Grant Requests After Trump DEI Ban
The university museum said it will self-fund an exhibition of African art instead of requesting NEA and NEH funding, which is subject to the president’s anti-DEI mandate.
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Buyer of Maurizio Cattelan Banana Invests $100M in Trump Crypto
Billionaire Justin Sun is the largest holder of the president’s meme coin, which has raised concerns among ethics watchdogs.