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Wikipedia Launches “Wiki Unseen,” Commissioning Artists To Paint Portraits of BIPOC Figures
The new initiative aims to increase visual representation by adding images of individuals who are not currently portrayed on their Wikipedia pages.
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Get Inspired On Your Commute With New Poetry In NYC Subways
Agha Shahid Ali and Timothy Liu's poems feature artwork by Jim Hodges and Nancy Spero.
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Some Artists & Collectors Are Pumping Up Their NFT Prices, Study Finds
Researchers at Chainanalysis found that traders are artificially inflating the value of NFTs by selling tokens to themselves.
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Solange Knowles Has Launched a Brooklyn-Based Ceramics Residency
The program “promotes the spatial sensibilities and creative innovation of Black and Brown women practicing ceramic art.”
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Cash-strapped San Francisco Art Institute Merges With Local University
After years of teetering on the brink of bankruptcy, the institution will become part of the University of San Francisco.
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New York’s Foundation for Contemporary Arts Awards $900,000 to 20 Artists
The organization was founded in 1963 by Jasper Johns and John Cage on an “artists for artists” principle, by which artists support each other by the sales of donated works.
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Roosevelt’s Critique of "Nude Descending a Staircase" and Other Gems in Duchamp Archive Are Now Online
The new online archive hosts 18,000 digitized documents and almost 50,000 photographs related to the artist's life and work.
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The Troublesome History of America’s Public Monuments
A new exhibition at the New-York Historical Society revises the assumption that the current debate about controversial public monuments is in any way new.
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Smithsonian Offers Jeff Bezos Unusual Naming Rights with $200M Donation
A written agreement between the two sides lacks a “Morals Clause,” barring the museum from removing the billionaire’s name if scandal hits.
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Climate-Conscious Hospital In Bangladesh Wins “Best New Building” Award
It beat out a German art gallery designed by David Chipperfield and a vehicle-free bridge in Denmark.
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No Purchase Necessary: A New Brooklyn Gallery Will Loan Out Artworks
“I’m hoping people really get that experience of enjoying an art piece in their home environment,” said Arabella von Arx, founder of Gallery Particulier.
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Simone Leigh Sculpture Replaces a Confederate Monument In New Orleans
Unveiled as a part of the Prospect.5 triennial, the bronze is one of five new works that suggest new approaches to public statuary.