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Sotheby’s Buys Whitney’s Breuer Building for Reported $100M
The auction house will relocate its galleries and sales room to the Marcel Breuer-designed Brutalist building in 2025.
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US Cities Declare May 31 “Ellsworth Kelly Day”
Austin and New York are observing what would have been the artist’s 100th birthday as centennial exhibitions pop up across the US and Europe.
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Will Drag Performances Get Banned in Your State?
Here’s a list of states considering legislation that would criminalize or limit the work of drag artists.
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Long-Lost Maya Kingdom Uncovered in Guatemala
The findings prove the existence of "much more sophisticated and elaborate societies, thousands of years earlier,” the lead researcher told Hyperallergic.
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Memes to Help You Mourn the End of Succession
The finale may be near, but the Waystar Royco empire will live on in memes and TikToks that immortalize the show’s most memorable moments.
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Florida Man Crashes Car Into 14-Foot Bunny Sculpture
It’s the second time Derek Alan Modrok damages a public artwork, reportedly motivated by his dislike of Wilton Manors’s late mayor.
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A New Brooklyn Sculpture Turns Pop Art on Its Head
Nicholas Galanin’s 30-foot artwork in Brooklyn Bridge Park references an iconic Robert Indiana artwork to enact a critique of settler colonialism.
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“Irreplaceable” Metal Works Stolen in UK Museum Heist
In a “carefully planned theft,” the perpetrators took 12 pieces including knives, sculptures, and silver kitchenware from the Kelham Island Museum.
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Hundreds Help Restore Defaced Tschabalala Self Sculpture in the UK
Vandals spray-painted the artist’s sculpture of a Black woman in white.
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UK Artists Underpaid for Public Art, Report Finds
The grassroots advocacy group Industria found that artists working in the public sector earned a median hourly rate of just £2.60 ($3.25).
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Venturing Into the Volta Vortex
In the typical fashion of this less stuffy art fair, a mind-numbing mix of showy and subtle artworks offers something for everyone.
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Michelangelo’s “David” Deemed Too Explicit for Subway Ad
Just weeks after the Florida school debacle, an Italian restaurant in Scotland had to edit out the marble statue’s crotch.