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Roy Lichtenstein's Manhattan Studio Gifted to Whitney Museum
The Pop artist's Greenwich Village studio will host the museum's Independent Study Program starting in 2023.
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New LaGuardia Terminal Will Feature Art by Six New York Artists
Long disdained by travelers, the airport will feature new, site-specific artworks as part of an $8 billion refurbishment project.
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UK's National Portrait Gallery Ends BP Sponsorship as British Museum Faces Pressure
The institution’s announcement follows a protest at the British Museum this weekend over oil giant BP’s sponsorship of its Stonehenge exhibition.
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New Yorkers Can Pick Up Free At-Home Covid Tests at Select Museums and Libraries
Tests are available at the Brooklyn Museum, El Museo del Barrio, and several branches of the city’s three library systems, among other cultural sites.
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The Search for Artifacts Aboard Clotilda, the Last American Slave Ship
A team of archaeologists is hoping to recover barrels, casks, bags, and even DNA traces of enslaved people.
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Mellon Foundation Awards $1.5M Grant to Document Indigenous Enslavement
Researchers will spend the next three years engaging with descendants, gathering records, and digitizing them.
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Captivating Space Photographs and Ephemera Hit the Auction Block
More than 1,200 items that belonged to the British space enthusiast and journalist Tim Furniss are included in an upcoming sale.
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The Internet Has a Field Day with Another Absurdly Long Putin Table
The Russian president held a televised meeting with his advisors around another unusually long table, sparking another torrent of satirical memes.
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Beware, Mosquitoes Are Most Attracted to These 4 Colors
Whether a mosquito bites you might have a lot to do with the colors that you’re wearing, researchers say.
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Smithsonian to Exhibit 120 3D-printed Statues of Women in Sciences
It will be the "largest collection of statues of women ever assembled together," the institution said.
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“Dune Sandworm” Sculpture Rears Its Head At Stanford
Xu Zhen’s sculpture “Hello” has been called “surreal,” “edgy,” and “Stanford’s very own sandworm from Dune.”
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An Exquisite Riddle Book and Thousands of Works By Black Artists At the Met Library
In July 2020, the museum’s research library began expanding its representation of African American creators, leading to the Index of African American Artists.