Banksy Migrant Boat Decried as ‘Vile,’ Louvre Accused of Copying Dance Program, St. Louis Art Center Shutters Pro-Palestinian Exhibition, and More: Morning Links for July 2, 2024
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June Leaf, Influential Artist Whose Work Explored the Possibilities of Figuration, Dies at 94
June Leaf, a beloved artist whose beguiling, unclassifiable works explored the limits of the human body, died on Monday in New York at 94. The New York Times reported that she had been battling gastric cancer. References: this article is based on content originally published by Alex Greenberger on ARTnew. You can read the full […]
PROTESTING ANTI-DISCRIMINATION RULING, TASMANIA’S MONA MOVES PICASSOS TO WOMEN’S ROOM
In the wake of a court ruling that it must allow men into the female-only exhibition “Ladies Lounge” at Hobart, Tasmania’s Museum of Old and New Art (MONA), the show’s curator shifted some of its Picassos to the women’s restroom. Curator Kirsha Kaechele, whose husband, multimillionaire gambler David Walsh, owns the museum, on June 24 […]
Audrey Flack, the Pioneering Photorealist Who Elevated the Everyday, Dies at 93
Feminist painter and sculptor Audrey Flack, one of the founders of Photorealism, died in Southampton, New York, on June 28. The 93-year-old artist’s death was confirmed by her former dealer and longtime friend, Louis K. Meisel. Born in New York in 1931, Flack studied at the city’s Cooper Union before receiving a scholarship to Connecticut’s […]
Art Collective Rebukes Stedelijk Museum for ‘Failure’ Over Barricade Loan Standoff
The Not Surprised Collective of artists is blasting the leadership of Amsterdam’s Stedelijk Museum over a statement it issued about the group’s request to loan an Ahmet Öğüt artwork for a pro-Gaza protest to protect students from clashes with police. The museum had acquired Öğüt’s installation Bakunin’s Barricade (2015–22) with a contract that stipulates it […]