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London’s National Gallery to Open New Wing
The new space will house an “expanded collection,” suggesting possible shifts in the museum’s longstanding focus on art made before 1900.
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Israeli Artists Urge Judy Chicago to Withdraw Tel Aviv Exhibition
"To save Gaza (and Israel from itself), boycott Israel,” said Guy Ben-Ner, who signed a letter calling for the show’s cancellation. “Isolate it.”
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Hand-Holding Trump and Epstein Statue Appears on National Mall
The apparently satirical artwork portrays the president and the convicted sex offender gazing giddily at each other.
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This Frida Kahlo Painting Could Shatter Auction Records
Four years after a Kahlo self-portrait became the most expensive work by a Latin American artist, “The dream (The bed)” (1940) could set a new benchmark.
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Trump's "Gender Ideology" Ban for Art Grants Ruled Unconstitutional
A Rhode Island judge said the National Endowment for the Arts must stop requiring applicants to comply with the administration’s anti-trans requirement.
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Art History Professor Placed on Leave Over Charlie Kirk Posts
Karen Leader, an associate professor at Florida Atlantic University, had posted about the right-wing figure’s record of hateful speech.
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Sprawling Mural in Support of Immigrants Unveiled in St. Patrick's Cathedral
The 12-panel artwork by Adam Cvijanovic is the largest ever commissioned for the Neo-Gothic landmark.
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Activists Arrested at Brooklyn Navy Yard in Protest Against Israeli Military Ties
A drone manufacturer and a textile company, which are classified as “fine art” and “fashion” businesses at the building complex, are accused of profiting from Israel’s violence against Palestinians.
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Meet the “Microsnail” Named After Picasso
A group of international scientists drew parallels between the species’ distinctive shell and the work of the Spanish artist.
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Image Attesting to Horrors of Slavery Reportedly Ordered Removed by Trump
The famous 19th-century photograph of a formerly enslaved man is reproduced at the Fort Pulaski National Monument, a Civil War battle site in Georgia.
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No Other Land Director’s Home Raided by Israeli Military
The incident apparently followed an attack by Israeli settlers on Basel Adra’s land in the Occupied West Bank.
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Two Artists Withdraw From Smithsonian Symposium
Nicholas Galanin and Margarita Cabrera said the decision to make the event private is a form of silencing participants amid Trump’s attacks on the institution.