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After London Design Museum Hosts Arms Industry Event, Artists Demand Their Work Be Removed
30 artists and contributors have signed the statement condemning the museum's decision to host an airshow organized by arms-dealing company Leonardo.
Jasmine Weber
Jasmine Weber is an artist, writer, and former news editor at Hyperallergic.
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Nan Goldin and P.A.I.N. Sackler Protest the Opioid Crisis at Harvard's Sackler Museum
The photographer, along with health activists and Harvard medical students, organized a die-in in the atrium outside the Arthur M. Sackler Museum in Cambridge, MA.
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Two Hip-Hop Personalities, Yasiin Bey (aka Mos Def) and Free Richardson, Open South Bronx Gallery
The hip-hop trailblazers intend The Compound as a space to curate a cross-culture between art, music, fashion, entertainment, and more.
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Some of the World’s Most Striking iPhone Images
Photographers across 18 categories submitted their best iPhone photos.
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New Yorkers Booked 9,500 Free Museum Tickets in Four Days, New Passes Arrive August 1
In the four days since it launched, the new Culture Pass NYC program helped New Yorkers book over 9,500 reservations for 33 museums and cultural institutions across the five boroughs.
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Art Movements
This week in art news: Never-before-seen artwork by Nelson Mandela released, Beyoncé and Jay-Z file a request to film at the Colosseum, and Wes Anderson is now a curator.
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Al Qassemi Settles Lawsuit with Sotheby’s and Waterhouse’s “The Siren” Sells for Nearly $5 million
A Sir Quentin Blake retrospective auction celebrates the author’s prolific career as an illustrator and a 19th Century European and Orientalist Art auction fetches over $3 million at Christie’s in London.
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Imprisoned Kurdish Artist Pens Thank You Letter to Banksy
Banksy posted a letter written to him by Turkish-Kurdish artist and political prisoner, Zehra Doğan.
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70 New Emoji Released on 🌎 Emoji Day
Apple unveiled a preview of the new emojis we never knew we needed for World Emoji Day.
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Your New York Library Card Will Now Allow You Access to 33 City Museums
A new initiative encourages New Yorkers to use their library cards to get in free to museums across the city.