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Week in Review: SpaceX Launches Art in Space, Banksy Raffles Sculpture for $2.50
Also, Russia will pay Pussy Riot $43,500, Anish Kapoor wins a legal battle against the NRA, and more.
Jasmine Weber
Jasmine Weber is an artist, writer, and former news editor at Hyperallergic.
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Art Movements
Charlotte Prodger wins the 2018 Turner Prize, the Academy Museum of Motion Pictures won $250,000 from Sotheby's to stage an exhibition on Black cinema, and more.
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Artists Arrested in Cuba for Protesting Decree Censoring the Arts
Cuban artists were arrested after planning a sit-in at the Cuban Ministry of Culture to protest Decree 349, which puts in place unprecedented censorship of the arts and will take effect December 7.
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Protesters March After UNC Proposes $5.3M Building to House Toppled Confederate Monument
In August, student activists toppled the "Silent Sam" Confederate monument on UNC's campus. Yesterday, the university chancellor introduced a proposal to reinstall the statue.
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Whitney Museum Director Pens Letter After Vice Chair’s Relationship to Weapons Manufacturer Is Publicized
"Even as we are idealistic and missionary in our belief in artists — as established by our founder Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney — the Whitney is first and foremost a museum. It cannot right all the ills of an unjust world, nor is that its role. Yet, I contend that the Whitney has a critical and urgen
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Decolonize This Place Demands Repatriation of "Imperial Plunder" at the Brooklyn Museum
Parallel to today's protest at the RISD Museum, organizers from Decolonize This Place gathered at the Brooklyn Museum to decry stolen objects in the Brooklyn Museum's collection.
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Week in Review: Renoir Stolen from Vienna Auction House, Leaning Tower of Pisa Slowly Tilts Upright
Also, Indigenous artifacts are pulled from auction in Boston following protests, a famous stretch of Berlin Wall is saved from developers, and more.
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Louvre Launches a Free Admission Night to Attract Low-Income and Younger Visitors
Starting January 5, the Louvre will offer free admission on one Saturday night every month, to "democratise" its patronage.
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Art Movements
Francis Outred resigned as Christie’s Head of Postwar Art, Krista Clark and William Downs won the 2018 Atlanta Artadia Award, and more.
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An Artist Representing Grenada at the 2019 Venice Biennale Must Raise $10,000 on GoFundMe
Billy Gerard Frank, a multimedia artist who explores themes of sexuality, family, and diaspora, is one of four artists selected to represent Grenada at the 2019 Venice Biennale. Frank is responsible for funding his presentation, and has launched a GoFundMe.
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A Brooklyn Curator Forges a Space for Black Artists in Her Home Gallery
Stephanie Baptist, founder of Brooklyn's Medium Tings gallery, has carved out a space of her own in the New York art world.
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A Whitney Museum Vice Chairman Owns a Manufacturer Supplying Tear Gas at the Border
Warren B. Kanders, a vice chairman at the Whitney Museum of American Art, purchased defense manufacturer "Safariland" in 2012 for $124 million.