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Artist Eimear Walshe to Face Trial for Protest Against US Military

02/09/2026

Eimear Walshe, who represented Ireland at the 2024 Venice Biennale, will face trial starting tomorrow for a case centering around the artist’s involvement in a protest against the US military staged at an airport in their home country. Walshe will …

Метки : судвенецианская биенналепротестправа человекаирландияискусство

Galleries in New York and LA Join the Anti-ICE National Strike

01/30/2026

In a rare show of political solidarity for the art world, a growing number of New York galleries will close on Friday, January 30, as part of the nationwide general strike protesting expanded Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) operations. These …

Метки : искусствосолидарностьпротестзабастовкамиграцияправа человека

Artists Rally for First Amendment Rights at NYC’s Federal Hall

12/18/2025

Artists Rally for First Amendment Rights at NYC’s Federal Hall On December 15, artists, musicians, cultural workers, and local politicians gathered inNew York’sFederal Hall, where the Bill of Rights was introduced, to defend artistic rights in the US. Under the …

Метки : искусствоцензураправа человекакультурные правапервое поправканью-йорк

The Defining Artworks of 2025

12/08/2025

By some measures, democracy is in downward decline in quite a few countries across the world, while censorship is only increasing. (A coincidence? Hardly.) But even with so much valid concern about the fragility of the world order more broadly, …

Метки : демократияцензураискусствопротестправа человекатрансгендерные права

Fita Threatens Legal Action for Uni's Trans-Inclusive Museum Guidance

08/28/2025

A campaign group called Freedom in the Arts (Fita) has sent a letter to the University of Leicester in the UK threatening to sue it over for publishing “misleading” guidance on furthering transgender inclusion in museums and galleries.Fita has also …

Метки : трансгендеры#культураискусствоинклюзияправа человекадискриминация

Vail Settles with Native American Artist in Suit on Pro-Palestine Art

08/26/2025

The Colorado town of Vail has settled a lawsuit brought by Danielle SeeWalker, a Denver-based Húŋkpapȟa Lakȟóta citizen of the Standing Rock Sioux Nation whose residency was canceled last year after she posted a pro-Palestine painting to social media. That …

Метки : вейлискусствосвобода словаправа человекапалестинаизраиль

Thomas Kinkade Foundation Denounces DHS's Usage of Painting

07/30/2025

The Thomas Kinkade Family Foundation has spoken out against a recent social media post by the Department of Homeland Security, saying that it did not authorize the usage of a painting by the artist that was paired alongside the phrase …

Метки : томас кинкадминистерство внутренней безопасностиискусствопатриотизмправа человекаксенофобия

Heather Gerken Named President of Ford Foundation

07/03/2025

Heather Gerken Named President of Ford Foundation TheFord Foundation, one of the United States’ largest and most prominent philanthropic concerns, with an endowment of about $16 billion, has namedHeather Gerkenas its next president. Gerken, the dean of Yale Law School …

Метки : фонд фордхизер геркенадемократияблаготворительностьправа человеканаследие

The American Civil Liberties Union of Texas Names Artists-in-Residence

05/01/2025

The American Civil Liberties Union of Texas (ACLU of Texas) named Houston-based painter Vincent Valdez and Austin-based author KB Brookins recipients of its artists-in-residence program for 2025–26. As part of the residency, both artists will receive $30,000 each to fund …

Метки : искусствоправа человекатехасхудожникигражданские свободырезиденция

An ACLU Lawsuit Pushes Back on White House's Targeting of Students

04/22/2025

A group of ACLU-affiliated organizations filed a class-action lawsuit Friday in federal court in New Hampshire, seeking to reinstate the legal status of over 100 international students whose visas were abruptly revoked this year. The suit aims to protect students …

Метки : acluстудентыиммиграциядепортациянью-гэмпширправа человека

ACLU Sues NEA Over Adherence to Trump Anti-Trans Mandate

03/08/2025

ACLU Sues NEA Over Adherence to Trump Anti-Trans Mandate TheAmerican Civil Liberties Unionon March 6 filed suit against the National Endowment for the Arts, accusing the latter of enforcing the Trump administrationexecutive orderforbidding grant applicants to “promote gender ideology” in …

Метки : искусствоправа человекалгтбк+acluправительственная политикасуд

Art Museum of the Americas Axes Two Exhibitions After Trump Executive Order Banning DEI

03/04/2025

Art Museum of the Americas Axes Two Exhibitions After Trump Executive Order Banning DEI Since the January 20 issuance by President Donald Trump of anexecutive orderdeclaring diversity, equity, and inclusion—or DEI—initiatives illegal, theArt Museum of the Americasin Washington, DC, has …

Метки : искусствовыставка#культураразнообразиеправа человекаполитическое искусство

Artists Protest National Endowment of the Arts Anti-Diversity Policy

02/20/2025

Hundreds of American artists are calling on the National Endowment for the Arts to reject a new edict from the Trump administration stating that arts organizations cannot use federal funds to promote “diversity, equity and inclusion” or “gender ideology.” More …

Метки : искусствопротесттрампразнообразиеправа человекатрансгендерные права

Israeli Proposal to Shift West Bank Antiquities Oversight Faces Opposition

02/14/2025

The Israel Antiquities Authority (IAA), a body of the Israeli government that oversees national artifacts and sites, rejected a proposal to take on an official role overseeing West Bank antiquities under a bill presented by Likud party member Amit Halevi …

Метки : израильантиквариатнаследиеполитикаархеологияправа человека