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Albuquerque Artist-Run Space to Rebuild After Fire
Fourteenfifteen Gallery and its adjoining venues caught fire early on November 2, damaging artists’ tools and equipment.
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Pompeii Caps Visitors as Overtourism Threatens Ancient Sites
The archaeological park saw 36,000 visitors on a single Sunday this summer.
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Memes Take a Dark Turn Post-Trump Election
As we settle into whatever we are all settling into, memes reveal how this election inextricably linked pop culture and American politics.
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UN Removes Pro-Palestine Art From Public Quilt Exhibition
The installation, based on messages of peace from around the world, included a panel that read “from the river to the sea.”
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A New NYC Subway Art Installation Lends a Watchful Eye
Artist Fred Tomaselli designed his bird-inspired 680-square-foot mosaic for Manhattan’s 14th Street station.
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Babe, Wake Up, New Chopin Waltz Just Dropped
A manuscript discovered at the Morgan Library in New York has been newly recognized as an original work by the Romantic composer.
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Artist Invites the Public to Write Letters to the Next US President
Sheryl Oring has typed and sent thousands of messages to the White House every election since 2004 as part of her performance series I Wish to Say.
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Body Found in Search for Missing British Artist Sarah Cunningham
The painter was last seen in London in the early hours of Saturday, November 2.
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Crudely Gesturing Trump Effigy Appears in Philadelphia
The anonymous work, placed behind a sculpture of a female figure, features a “grabbing” hand in reference to Trump’s lewd comments about women.
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New York’s Frick Collection Will Finally Reopen in Spring
The museum, which houses 1,800 European artworks including three Vermeer paintings, is set to welcome visitors again after a four-year renovation.
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“Gay Halloween” Meme Enters the Queer Canon
From Chappell Roan references to hyper-specific camp and pop-culture moments, the phenomenon is a reprieve from the world of bunny ears and angel halos.
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Whitney Museum Could Expand Into Historic Meat Market Next Door
A new development known as “Gansevoort Square” would include housing and around 45,000 square feet set aside for the Whitney and the High Line.