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| Speaking with the broadcaster NTV, Turkish presidential spokesman Ibrahim Kalin said that some mosaics of the Virgin Mary and the archangel Gabriel that are positioned in the direction of Mecca, which Muslims face during the mosque’s five daily prayers, would be covered with curtains. The mosaics
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| A sculpture of activist Jen Reid in Bristol was removed by City Council only 24 hours after it was installed. Created by artist Marc Quinn, the statue had stood in place of a bronze of 17th-century enslaver Edward Colston that was toppled by demonstrators in June. Installed by Quinn and a team in
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| The regulation would have forced international students enrolled in online-only universities in the fall to leave the country. In the week since the controversial guidelines were announced, eight federal lawsuits were filed by universities, including Harvard and the Massachusetts Institute of Tech
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| Nat Small, a police officer in Washington who was scrutinized for his tattoo associated with the Nazi SS corps, announced he will alter the tattoo to remove the double lighting bolt symbol. For over a month, local residents of Walla Walla held rallies and sent hundreds of letters and emails to the
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| Applications are now open for the Culture Connects Coalition Artist Relief Fund, which aims to grant $100,000 to Santa Fe artists whose incomes have been affected by the coronavirus. The application can be found in English here and Spanish here, and grant amounts will range from $500 to $1000.
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| After Printed Matter’s LA Art Book Fair (LAABF) canceled its 2020 edition, scheduled to open on April 3, over coronavirus concerns, the nonprofit has launched a robust online response to support exhibitors after the fair's cancellation. The LAABF website's more than 350 exhibitor pages will be reg
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| 2,579 artists have signed the “Artists4Bernie” open letter endorsing the Vermont Senator as the Democratic presidential nominee. Since February 24, this number has nearly quadrupled its original count of 665, with artists including Nan Goldin, Hito Steyerl, and Kara Walker supporting his 2020 camp
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| During a public meeting at the Centro de Artes in San Antonio, Texas, the center's committee voted to reinstall Xandra Ibarra's work, which had been removed from the exhibition XicanX: New Visions. The city, which funds and oversees Centro de Artes, had barred Ibarra's video prior to the exhibitio
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| The board said that the decision was due to the material of the mural — papier maché, which is "inconsistent" with the aesthetics of the neighborhood — rather than the content. Miller called the ruling a "violation of his property rights, his First Amendment rights of public expression and free sp
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| Since yesterday, February 24, the number of artists, critics, and cultural workers supporting Bernie Sanders's presidential campaign with an open letter has jumped from 665 to more than 1,200 today, with the addition of names like Gabo Camnitzer, Aria Dean, Bouchra Khalili, Elka Krajewska, and Agu
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| The settlement, approved in November, would have required UNC Chapel Hill to hand over the Confederate monument “Silent Sam” to the Sons of Confederate Veterans and pay the group $2.5 million to preserve and house it. This Wednesday, Orange County Superior Court Judge Allen Baddour dismissed the l
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| Art Basel will partially refund galleries slated to participate in its now-canceled Hong Kong fair, according to a fair spokesperson. MCH Group, Art Basel’s parent company, announced its decision to call off the fair yesterday, February 6, due to concerns related to the rapidly spreading coronavir