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Newly Released Footage Shows Theft of 18-Karat Golden Toilet
The $6.1 million artwork by Maurizio Cattelan was stolen from the Blenheim Palace in England in September 2019.
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Artists Say Goodbye to Joann as Craft Stores Shutter Permanently
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Brooklyn Museum Workers Rally Against Layoffs Outside Benefit Dinner
The museum's unions are protesting the sweeping staff cuts that impacted 47 employees after the institution announced a $10M budget deficit.
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Elizabeth Street Garden Sues NYC Amid Eviction Battle
A new lawsuit argues that the Manhattan sculpture garden is a unique artwork protected by the Visual Artists Rights Act.
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Show on Artists of African Descent Loses Funding Amid Trump DEI Crackdown
The exhibition at the Art Museum of the Americas in Washington, DC, would have featured works by Afro-Latino, Caribbean, and African American artists.
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Inca Stone Monument “Irreparably” Damaged in Cusco
The 12-Angled Stone in Cusco belongs to an architectural tradition of sturdy exterior walls built using precisely interlinking, multi-ton blocks.
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Richard Flood, Longtime New Museum Curator, Dies at 81
Remembered for his wit and unconventional practices, Flood oversaw several shows at the institution in addition to writing and editing for over four decades.
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Hundreds of Artists Ask NEA to Stop Enforcing Trump’s Anti-DEI Mandates
A new open letter accuses the grantmaking agency of “conforming to Trump’s reactionary and discriminatory executive orders.”
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Is Female Anatomy Too "Controversial" for the American Quilter's Society?
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The Bunny Museum in LA Looks to Rebuild After Fires
The co-founders of the world's largest collection of rabbit-themed items want to recreate "the hoppiest place in the world."
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$6M Banana Buyer Justin Sun Sues David Geffen Over $78M Sculpture
Sun claims Giacommetti’s “Le Nez” was sold to Geffen without his permission in a fraudulent transaction orchestrated by his former art advisor.