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Vandals Destroy 30,000-Year-Old Indigenous Rock Art in Australia
The drawings, which experts say are irrecoverable, are of particular significance to the Mirning People.
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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Philip Pearlstein, Whose Paintings “Rescued the Human Figure,” Dies at 98
Pearlstein made a mark on the course of art history by depicting unromanticized views of the human body at a time when such realism was unpopular.
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Artadia Increases Artist’s Grants in Response to Inflation
In a rare move, the organization will retroactively pay this year's grant recipients to match the new prize amount.
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Photography Curator Arrested for Attempted Child Molestation
Efrem Zelony-Mindell faces charges of distribution and possession of child pornography and attempted enticement of a minor.
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Vatican to Return Its Parthenon Marbles Fragments to Greece
Pope Francis called the works’ repatriation a “donation.”
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Cézanne Portrait, Hidden for 158 Years, Found Under a Still Life
The painting, discovered by a Cincinnati Art Museum conservator, might be one of the Post-Impressionist painter’s first self-portraits.
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An Unconventional Grant That Lets Artists Pay it Forward
The 15 initial winners of the Art Matters Foundation grant each choose another artist to receive the prize.
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Only 8% of UK Artists Come From Working-Class Background
A new study making waves in the UK finds that people from low-income backgrounds are less likely to become artists — but that’s always been the case.
Film
Six Films That Plumb the Possibilities of Prison Abolition
The shorts will be screened as part of XO & Struggle: An Evening of Abolitionist Cinema at the Maysles Documentary Center in Harlem, New York.
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New School Strike Ends With Victory for Adjuncts
The administration met the union on all of its demands, including raises across the board and increased healthcare eligibility.
Art
An Exhibition of Cat Art Worthy of a Meowseum
A new show at the Queens gallery Mrs. proves that dogs may be man's best friends, but cats are humans’ idols.
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Man Holding His Penis Is Early Example of Ancient “Narrative” Art
The 11,000-year-old wall relief discovered in Southeastern Turkey may reflect humans’ changing roles in the natural world during the Neolithic Revolution.