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This week in art news: the European Court of Human Rights threw out a lawsuit calling for the return of the Elgin Marbles, BP slashed its cultural funding by £2.5 million, and a digital artwork commissioned by the Hammer Museum was mistaken for advertising.
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This week in art news: Gagosian Gallery agreed to pay $4.28 million in back taxes to the state of New York, Jeff Koons laid off 15 studio workers who were attempting to unionize, and Florentijn Hofman unveiled a giant bear sculpture made of conifer tree branches.
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This week in art news: rediscovered sketches by van Gogh's doctor suggest that the artist cut off his entire ear, David Bowie’s art collection headed to auction, and Shepard Fairey created a stylized version of Jonathan Bachman's viral Black Lives Matter photograph.
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This week in art news: Sydney University art students clashed with police during protests, a Manhattan intersection was temporarily renamed in honor of the late street style photographer Bill Cunningham, and Maurizio Cattelan unveiled his "Spaghetti Car."
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This week in art news: a new report suggested that Bavaria’s State Paintings Collections sold off Nazi loot after World War II, satellite imagery confirmed that ISIS destroyed the Temple of Nabu in Nimrud, and Kanye West released a new music video inspired by the work of artist Vincent Desiderio.
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This week in art news: a new report suggested that Bavaria’s State Paintings Collections sold off Nazi loot after World War II, satellite imagery confirmed that ISIS destroyed the Temple of Nabu in Nimrud, and Kanye West released a new music video inspired by the work of artist Vincent Desiderio.
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This week in art news: Christo's floating walkways were damaged following huge numbers of visitors, a 350-foot-tall statue of Christopher Columbus was inaugurated in Puerto Rico, and Banksy's spray-painted SWAT van headed to auction.
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This week in art news: Johnny Depp consigned nine Basquiat paintings to Christie's, Tate Modern unveiled its new wing, and artist Ronnie van Hout installed a 16-foot-tall sculpture of his hand atop the Christchurch Art Gallery.
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This week in art news: Syrian troops were accused of looting the ancient city of Palmyra after recapturing it from ISIS, Spain refused to extradite a suspect in the Knoedler forgery scheme, and artist Ciara Phillips paid homage to the razzle dazzle camouflage designs of WWI.
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This week in art news: Qatar's royal family settled a legal dispute with Larry Gagosian over a Picasso sculpture, Rome put out an emergency call to corporations and philanthropists for €500 million to preserve its landmarks, and street artist JR made the Louvre's glass pyramid "disappear."
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This week in art news: bronze statues and coins were salvaged from a Late Roman shipwreck, artist Pyotr Pavlensky was convicted of vandalism over a pro-Ukraine performance, and the Brooklyn Museum offered employee buyouts to help close its $3 million budget deficit.
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This week in art news: Ukrainian border guards recovered 17 paintings stolen from the Castelvecchio Museum, Greece renewed its bid to have the Parthenon Marbles repatriated, and a neurologist claimed to have diagnosed the condition of the woman in Andrew Wyeth's iconic work "Christina's World."