In Brief
Gallerist Mary Boone Pleads Guilty for Filing False Federal Tax Forms, Over $3M in Unpaid Taxes
Boone used business funds to pay for $1.6 million in personal expenses, and faces up to six years in prison.
Jasmine Weber
Jasmine Weber is an artist, writer, and former news editor at Hyperallergic.
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NYC Subway Honors Aretha Franklin with Sign of “Respect”
A guerilla tribute by arts activists LeRoy McCarthy and Vincent Ballentine led to the MTA-sanctioned recognition.
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You Can Now Own a Genuine Work of Art by a Panda — If You Have $570
Yang Yang is creating 100 black and white paintings to raise funds for a book on the Vienna Zoo's panda population.
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Art Movements
The debate around Salvator Mundi continues to rage, Renzo Piano wants to help Genoa rebuild, rock art in Western Australia is being preserved, and more.
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Fire at Glasgow School of Art Displaces Residents for Months, Guts Mackintosh Building
Local residents cordoned from their homes and businesses for 10 weeks following the devastating blaze.
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Conceptual Art “Playground” Irreparably Damaged 10 Minutes into Exhibition Opening
Sean Matthews' sculpture "Fair and Square" required 60 hours of welding, and only 10 seconds to dismantle.
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Art Movements
Anti-ICE activists run into trouble at the Statue of Liberty, ominous "hunger stones" appear amidst European drought, and an unlucky visitor falls into Anish Kapoor's "Descent into Limbo.”
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Duke University Decides to Leave Former Site of Robert E. Lee Memorial Vacant
A year after removing the statue, Duke University decides to leave the site of the former Confederate monument empty to "provide a powerful statement about the past, the present and our values."
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The New York Public Library Lets You Read a Novel on Instagram
A new initiative launches handheld reading for classic literature.
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One of the Most Renowned Confederate Monuments Is Toppled By a Crowd of 250
Controversies surrounding Confederate monument "Silent Sam" on UNC's campus has reached new heights after protests end in the statue's collapse.
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The World's First Movie Poster Goes to Auction
The rare 1896 graphic work advertised the world's first public screening of a film by the Lumière brothers.
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MoMA Staff Secures Museum-Wide Raises After Four Months of Union Bargaining
The parties settled on a five-year contract, ratified by a 96% margin, in which employee health benefits, salary raises, and chances for upward mobility in the MoMA ranks were put forth.