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Elaine Velie
Elaine Velie is a writer from New Hampshire living in Brooklyn. She studied Art History and Russian at Middlebury College and is interested in art's role in history, culture, and politics.
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Artist Who Faked Native Identity Gets 18-Month Sentence
Jerry Chris Van Dyke claimed he was a member of the Nez Perce Tribe to sell his art.
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The ’70s Are Back, Baby
That 70’s Show, a new “art fair” in Manhattan, is a refreshingly free alternative to this weekend’s astronomically priced shows.
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Florida Freaks Out Over Gay Disney Character
The state’s Department of Education is reportedly investigating a teacher who showed the cartoon Strange World (2022) to her fifth graders.
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Columbia’s MFA Show Is an Immersive Experience
The Unravelling and Exploding of Time, Space, and Matter presents student artworks that transport and disorient us.
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Would You Get a Rembrandt Tattoo?
At Amsterdam’s Rembrandt House Museum, visitors can get some sweet ink inspired by the Dutch Old Master’s portraits and etchings.
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New Kusama NYC Show Draws Lines Down the Block
An exhibition in Chelsea features one of the artist’s “Infinity Rooms,” which haven’t been shown in NYC since 2021.
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Future Art Fair Is Officially on the Map
The show does away with one of the worst aspects of art fairs: galleries displaying their loudest works in an ever-escalating bidding war.
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Met Museum Will Hire Team to Investigate Looted Art
Following a number of high-profile art seizures by the Manhattan DA, the museum will bring on new staff to conduct provenance research.
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Brooklyn’s Bushwick Neighborhood Gets Its First Historic District
The 32 houses on the newly designated stretch of Linden Street represent a hodgepodge of styles from Neo-Grec to Romanesque Revival.
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Who Is Connie Butler, the New Director of MoMA PS1?
Butler is leaving LA’s Hammer Museum to lead the New York museum, which has been under interim leadership for a year.
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Museum Visitor Trips and Damages Ancient Chinese Bronze
The owl sculpture has been removed from an exhibition at the Minneapolis Institute of Art and will be repaired.
