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Modigliani's Jean Cocteau Portrait Heads to Brooklyn Museum in Major Gift
Along with MoMA and LACMA, the New York museum will receive dozens of works from the Pearlman Collection.
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Amy Sherald’s Trans Lady Liberty Painting Graces New Yorker Cover
The artist withdrew her exhibition at the National Portrait Gallery over concerns that the artwork would be censored.
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Can Steve Martin Help Bring Visitors to the Frick Collection?
The art collector and Pink Panther actor prances around the museum’s freshly renovated Gilded Age mansion in a new video.
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Smithsonian Removes Trump Impeachment Reference
The institution said that “a future and updated exhibit will include all impeachments,” but the timing of the alteration has raised questions.
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No Other Land Contributor Killed by Israeli Settler
Activist and teacher Awdah Hathaleen assisted with filming the Oscar-winning documentary, which chronicled the displacement of Palestinians from the Occupied West Bank.
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Framing Heritage Destruction as a Human Rights Violation
The way in which assaults on cultural and religious sites are presented to the public is critical to linking these attacks to atrocity crimes, a new book argues.
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Met Museum Trustee Among Victims of Midtown Manhattan Shooting
Wesley LePatner, who was elected to The Met’s board this year, was fatally shot by a gunman in Blackstone’s Park Avenue headquarters.
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Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco Lays Off 12 Workers
The cuts represent 3.5% of the organization's staff, including workers at the Legion of Honor and de Young museums.
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Andres Serrano Proposes Trump Altar for the Venice Biennale
“It makes sense to me that for America’s 250th Celebration, there’s no one better to represent America than the President," the photographer told Hyperallergic.
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Trump Withdraws US From UNESCO, Again
The organization oversees over 1,200 heritage sites, including the Taj Mahal in India and Machu Picchu in Peru.
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Bayeux Tapestry to Return to UK After Nearly 1,000 Years
The 230-foot-long embroidered textile, which narrates the Norman conquest of England in the 11th century, will be on display at the British Museum next September.
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Shamim M. Momin Is the Bronx Museum’s New Director
The longtime curator and LAND co-founder will assume her role as director and chief curator this September.