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Art Movements
This week in art news: Anish Kapoor storms Versailles, PJ Harvey turns her music into public art, and the Broad Museum's façade is revealed to be very disappointing.
Benjamin Sutton
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Artist Tania Bruguera Allegedly Detained in Cuba Over Public Performance [UPDATED]
The artist Tania Bruguera has likely been detained by Cuban authorities who prevented her from staging a performance yesterday in Havana's Plaza de la Revolución, according to multiple media reports and the artist's sister.
In Brief
French Sculptures in the US Stand Up to Be Counted
On the hunt for one of Emmanuel Fremiet's cat bronzes? Want to play a game on Man Ray's chess set? Curious to know which state has the most Louise Bourgeois sculptures? All these pressing queries and more will be answered thanks to the new French Sculpture Census.
In Brief
How Many DC Bureaucrats Does It Take to Fix a Calder Mobile?
It may sound like the beginning of a joke, but members of the US Senate are pondering the mobility of an Alexander Calder mobile.
Art
ArtRx NYC
It's the week we swap out our 2014 street art wall calendar for our 2015 sexy art handlers wall calendar, so in addition to a high-concept yule log to keep you warm and a New Year's Day exhibition reception to keep your buzz going, our suggestions include a visit to Times Square — but not for the re
In Brief
Timber! Towering Wooden Sculpture Breaks in "European Cultural Capital"
Mons, a city in Belgium that's been designated the "European Capital of Culture" for 2015, saw its year in the spotlight get off to a rocky start after one of its marquee commissions collapsed.
In Brief
Jeff Koons Accused of Plagiarism in Paris, Again
A second sculpture by Jeff Koons is conspicuously absent from his retrospective at the Centre Pompidou after a photographer's widow complained to the art star and the museum's administration that "Naked" (1988) constituted copyright infringement.
News
Art Movements
This week in art news: a Mexican museum's Yayoi Kusama retrospective is mobbed, Tate must reveal the details of BP sponsorship, and the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts picks up a trove of Constructivist photographs.
Art
9 Minimalist Boxes for Boxing Day
Boxing Day is a holiday celebrated by aesthetes the world over. In order to purify ourselves after the rampant commercialism and visual over-stimulation of the past month, we devote this day to the solemn contemplation of square and rectangular Minimalist sculptures.
In Brief
Christmas Tree Drone Delivers Yuletide Nightmares
How does Santa deliver all those gifts in just a few short hours every Christmas? With drones, of course!
In Brief
Artists Petition the Pope to Abolish Hell (Again)
A group of artists is collecting signatures on a petition demanding that Pope Francis I abolish hell.
Film
Tim Burton Art Fraud Drama 'Big Eyes' Has Big Problems
At first glance, Big Eyes may look like the least Burtonesque film Tim Burton has ever made.