While the United Kingdom insists on keeping its looted Benin Bronzes, the Netherlands has agreed to return 119 to Nigeria.
| While the United Kingdom insists on keeping its looted Benin Bronzes, the Netherlands has agreed to return 119 to Nigeria, the largest restitution of the African artifacts to date. Decolonizing late is better than never, British Museum! Meanwhile, artist Archie Moore and curator Ellie Buttrose, who represented Australia at the 2024 Venice Biennale, decried the country's "appalling" decision to drop Lebanese-born artist Khaled Sabsabi and curator Michael Dagostino from its next pavilion. Staff Reporter Maya Pontone has the latest on this unfolding controversy. Also today, John Yau on Rudy Burckhardt's land- and cityscapes, Qingyuan Deng on Paul Mpagi Sepuya’s erotic photography, Matt Stromberg's handy guide to art fair week in Los Angeles, and more. — Hakim Bishara, Senior Editor | | |
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| | From the Anti-Frieze performance festival to a benefit exhibition for artists impacted by fires, the city’s creative communities return with resilience. | Matt Stromberg |
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SPONSORED | | | | | Discover the artistry and intrigue of fashion’s past and present in this immersive exhibition at The Museum at FIT. Learn more |
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| | LATEST REVIEWS | | | The complexity of Burckhardt’s work is easy to overlook, because he calls attention to neither his mastery nor his labor. | John Yau |
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SPONSORED | | | | | Doubling its contributions to immigrant art professionals, the foundation recognizes Oluremi C. Onabanjo, Donna Honarpisheh, Aimé Iglesias Lukin, and Bernardo Mosqueira for their curatorial work. Learn more |
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| | Working with, alongside, and against conventions of portraiture photography, the artist manipulates the gaps between image and object. | Qingyuan Deng |
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FROM THE ARCHIVE | | | Equity should be discussed in the form of European and American institutions partnering with the Benin government to create sustainable museums. | Ndubuisi Ezeluomba |
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IM MEMORIAM | | Mel Bochner (1940–2025)
Pioneering conceptual artist | Hyperallergic
Mamut Çurlu (1946–2025)
Crimean Tatar artist and ethnographer | Intent
Daniel Goldstein (1950–2025)
Sculptor who advocated for the HIV/AIDS community | San Francisco Chronicle
Hugh Holland (1942–2025)
Photographer of the Southern California skate scene | Eye of Photography
Richard J. Rosenfeld (1940–2025)
Artist and gallerist | Philadelphia Inquirer
Kay Smith (1923–2025)
Watercolor painter and former artist laureate of Illinois | Chicago Sun Times |
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