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US Postal Service Releases Vibrant Ellsworth Kelly Stamp Collection
The stamps feature tiny reproductions of ten paintings by Kelly, one of America's great 20th-century abstractionists.
Carey Dunne
Carey Dunne is a Brooklyn-based writer covering arts and culture. Her work has appeared in The Guardian, The Baffler, The Village Voice, and elsewhere.
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An Art Historian Says Leonardo da Vinci’s Only Known Sculpture Is in London’s V&A Museum
The new attribution reignites a century-long debate over the authorship of "The Virgin with the Laughing Child," a Renaissance-era statuette currently attributed to Antonio Rossellino.
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Tokyo 2020 Olympic Medals Will Be Made from Recycled Gadgets
The Medal Project will mine gold, silver, and bronze from nearly 50,000 tons of donated e-waste.
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Laurie Anderson Wins Her First Grammy
Anderson took home the award for Best Chamber Music/Small Ensemble Performance for Landfall, her collaboration with Kronos Quartet inspired by Hurricane Sandy.
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The Criterion Channel Will Stream Over 1,000 Art House Films
On April 8th, Criterion will launch a new streaming service featuring over 1,000 classic and contemporary art-house films from around the world.
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12 Years of Vibrant Lunar New Year Stamps from the US Postal Service
Since 2008, Hong Kong-born, Brooklyn-based illustrator Kam Mak has been creating vibrant USPS stamps that honor the Chinese zodiac. Here, to ring in Year of the Pig, he shares his childhood memories of Lunar New Year.
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Asylum Seeker Wins Literary Prize for Book Written via WhatsApp
Iranian-Kurdish writer and asylum seeker Behrouz Boochani won the 2019 Victorian Prize for Literature for a book he wrote through WhatsApp texts over five years while living in a Papua New Guinea detention center, where he is still imprisoned.
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Warhol Ate Burger King in a Super Bowl Commercial, But He Was a McDonald’s Fan
The ad implores viewers to #EatLikeAndy — but it's unlikely this is how Andy ate.
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MacDowell Colony Launched a Fellowship in the Name of Artist Musa McKim Guston
The new annual Fellowship, for an artist working in any discipline, was funded by a gift from the daughter of artists Philip Guston and Musa McKim Guston.
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More Than 75 New York Galleries Hit with Lawsuits Alleging ADA Violations
Galleries including Gagosian and Marian Goodman have been accused of violating the Americans with Disabilities Act by failing to make their websites accessible to the blind or visually impaired.
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Only Known Footage of David Bowie’s First TV Performance as Ziggy Stardust Is Found
Archivists have uncovered long-lost footage of Bowie's 1972 performance on British TV show Lift Off with Ayshea.
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Diversity in Museum Leadership Has Marginally Increased Since 2015, New Survey Says
According to the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, US museum staff have become more diverse — however, the margin of increase has been notably lower for people of color than women specifically.