NewsBooks
Former US president George W. Bush unveils portraits of immigrants in new book
But blowback has been swift against the hobbyist painter, whose immigration policies while in office included the creation of the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement
NewsExhibitions
Somali artists put their art on the map in Minnesota
Rochester Art Center engages with Soomaal House of Art at a time of rising anti-immigrant rhetoric
NewsNative American
President Trump blows up Native American grave site for his border wall
“Sacrilegious” act on Unesco-recognised site in Arizona which contains remains of Indigenous peoples
NewsPerformance art
How one artist is using theatre to draw attention to the EU asylum problem
Staging of a refugee trial asking audience to determine the fate of an asylum seeker poses questions about the 'theatrification' of migration issues
NewsArt Basel in Miami Beach 2019
Immigrant artist residency launches—steps from Trump's Mar-a-Lago resort
The Peru-born, North Carolina-based painter Renzo Ortega is the inaugural artist-in-residence at Palm Beach’s New Wave Art Wknd festival
ReviewExhibitions
Three Boston exhibitions confront migration and displacement
From thermal heat maps to diagrams outlining escape routes for undocumented immigrants
PreviewExhibitions
Can art bring the walls down? Washington DC show explores the migrant experience
Exhibition at the Phillips Collection is curated by Massimiliano Gioni and will include works by Arshile Gorky, Mona Hatoum and Vija Celmins
PreviewExhibitions
Somerset House photography show celebrates the different faces of modern Britain
Work by ten artists aims to highlight the diverse experiences of immigrants to the UK and considers what multiculturalism means today
NewsRefugees
Global refugee crisis brought to the fore in United Nations installation
Artist Kate Daudy will also unveil works in London later this year inspired by King Tutankhamun’s treasures
NewsExhibitions
Exhibition at Brooklyn’s Green-wood Cemetery shows a day in the life of immigrants seeking sanctuary
Photographs of people young and old who hope to avoid deportation have been installed along the fence of the historic site
NewsDisasters & destruction
New York cemetery opens its doors to art to honour dead migrants and victims of Hurricane Maria
Artist creates an altar incorporating objects from Puerto Rico and invites visitors to add their own
ArchiveExhibitions
Stedelijk explores design solutions created in response to the refugee crisis
Solution or Utopia? is the first of five exhibitions planned by the museum to tackle issues of immigration
ArchiveExhibitions
Triennale di Milano: art effects empathy as forced migration anchors show
The Restless Earth explores the divisive subject currently preoccupying global media
ArchiveSyria
The plight of Syria’s artists as the conflict enters its fifth year
Artists carry on, even on the front line, but exiles face an increasingly precarious situation
ArchiveArtist interview
Interview with Bruce Weber: “We had to work fast—and run”
Photographer Bruce Weber has spent seven years recording the plight of Miami’s Haitian community