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Laura C. Mallonee

Laura C. Mallonee is a Brooklyn-based writer. She holds an M.A. in Cultural Reporting and Criticism from NYU and a B.F.A. in painting from Missouri State University. She enjoys exploring new cities and loitering in her community bookstore.

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From a 12,000-Year-Old Turkish City to a Finnish Airport, Europe’s Most At-Risk Heritage Sites

by Laura C. Mallonee December 21, 2015December 26, 2015

Western media stories about cultural heritage destruction have recently focused on places like Syria, Iraq, and Libya.

Posted inIn Brief

Feds Arrest Martin Shkreli, Buyer of $2 Million Wu-Tang Clan Album

by Laura C. Mallonee December 17, 2015December 17, 2015

Martin Shkreli didn’t have long to enjoy his new $2 million Wu-Tang Clan album — if he ever listened to it at all.

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No Money for Portrait Artists in Congress’s New Spending Package

by Laura C. Mallonee December 17, 2015December 17, 2015

Congress will vote on a new tax and spending bill Friday, and in case you wondered, not a dime of the $1.14 trillion dollar package will go to oil portraits.

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New German Museum Focuses on Artists Persecuted by Nazis and Communists

by Laura C. Mallonee December 14, 2015December 14, 2015

Chances are you’ve never heard of Milly Steger.

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New Site Lets You Report Facebook and Other Networks When They Censor Art

by Laura C. Mallonee December 11, 2015December 11, 2015

Nudity in art has been around for thousands of years, but Facebook still can’t take it.

Posted inIn Brief

13,800-Year-Old Engraving May Be First Depiction of a Man-Made Landscape

by Laura C. Mallonee December 8, 2015

Seven crude semicircles scratched into the surface of an ancient stone slab may not make much of an impression on modern-day viewers.

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Photographer Discovers ISIS Has Stolen His Artwork

by Laura C. Mallonee December 7, 2015December 10, 2015

Many artists have suffered the indignity of having their work ripped off by one big company or other. But few have experienced the particular pain, as Brian McCarty has, of having their art illegally appropriated by ISIS.

Posted inIn Brief

A New Barbie Doll Channels Andy Warhol

by Laura C. Mallonee December 3, 2015December 9, 2015

Leave it to Mattel, the maker of the Barbie doll, to fulfill Andy Warhol’s famous wish to be plastic.

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Do Not Pass “Bo”: Archaeologists Unearth 2,300-Year-Old Board Game in China

by Laura C. Mallonee November 25, 2015December 1, 2015

It includes a 14-face die carved from an animal tooth, 21 rectangular game pieces featuring painted numbers, and a broken tile that once made up part of the game board.

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In Wake of Terrorist Attacks, France Looks to Fight ISIS with Cultural Preservation

by Laura C. Mallonee November 20, 2015December 1, 2015

This week, France announced two plans to fight back against ISIS’s cultural destruction. French culture minister Fleur Pellerin unveiled a $6 million fund that will help France’s cultural institutions recover from the recent attack.

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A Poop Art Show Aims to Wipe Out the Global Sanitation Crisis

by Laura C. Mallonee November 19, 2015

The smiling poop emoji is just five years old, but it has already infiltrated American culture, inspiring everything from halloween costumes to nail decals.

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Two Crowdfunding Campaigns Aim to Create Art for the Blind

by Laura C. Mallonee November 17, 2015November 18, 2015

Imagine never being able to see the Mona Lisa, much less understand what people mean when they talk about her enigmatic smile.

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