Race
New Orleans Museum of Art faces public outcry for hiring white curator of African art
The museum is facing heated critique on social media over the appointment of Amanda Maples, a white woman, to oversee its African art collection
Extract | What should we do about paintings with racist titles?
In a new book of cultural essays, the Canadian novelist Esi Edugyan ponders whether we should change offensive names given to art—and what that might say about us
Brooklyn’s long history of resistance is celebrated on Juneteenth
A series of installations and programmes draw on the Center for Brooklyn History's extensive archive
The Greenwood Massacre, America’s ‘single worst incident of racial violence’, is remembered 100 years on
The historic example of domestic terrorism, when white mobs killed hundreds of Black residents and destroyed businesses, finally gets due recognition
Vermont Law School can hide a mural that offended students behind a wall, court rules
A 1993 painting of the state’s historic role on the Underground Railroad depicts Black slaves as caricatures, while white abolitionists are idealised
After leak of recording detailing missteps by director, Detroit Institute of Arts says it is working to ensure that he measures up
Inquiry by outside law firm found a climate of retaliation, but museum says that all employees’ concerns will be addressed
Magnum photographer Khalik Allah releases epic film portrayal of social and racial injustice on the streets of Harlem
Created in just 8 months, IWOW: I Walk On Water is a sprawling three-hour long paean to some of New York’s most marginalised people
'Black grief and white grievance' at New York’s New Museum
Plus, artists with disabilities in the Covid era and Goya's Disasters of War
The white supremacist art at the heart of the US Capitol
Plus, a $2.2m Batman comic and the artists inspired by political theorist Hannah Arendt
Philip Guston’s KKK paintings ‘are not asleep—they’re woke’: catalogue contradicts museum statement controversially halting show
Essays from African American artists such as Glenn Ligon and Trenton Doyle Hancock show that issues were being addressed
This is America: Grayson Perry on race and class
Plus, Robert Storr on his huge new book about the painter Philip Guston. Sponsored by Christie's
World Press Photo—which has all-white supervisory board—accused of structural racism
Photographers have criticised the Amsterdam-based photojournalism organisation, which states its core values are “accuracy, diversity, and transparency”
UK government approves banknote designs featuring ethnic minority pioneers
Founder of advocacy group championing BAME figures says she is “tackling statues, artwork and signage next”
Arthur Jafa’s searing chronicle of Black America to be screened by museums worldwide for 48 hours
Fourteen institutions including Tate will livestream Love is the Message, The Message is Death
Let’s talk about race: museums and the battle against white privilege
Plus, remembering Christo—the art world's wrap star. Produced in association with Christie's
Amid turbulent US protests, Smithsonian's African American museum opens a conversation about race
Goal of online portal is to spur dialogue about racism and its “corrosive impact”
State of Massachusetts investigates reported racism at the MFA Boston
"Experiences like this are literally taking away from academic growth", says principal of students who filed a complaint during a class trip
Whiteness must undo itself to make way for the truly radical turn in contemporary culture
The New York-based artist Xaviera Simmons responds to art critics who thought the 2019 Whitney Biennial was "not radical enough"
Artist withdraws work from gallery group show inspired by Peter Sellers brownface film
An op-ed criticising the exhibition for its dismissal of the movie's racist overtones has prompted some reflection