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Over 1,600 Materials From the Black Mountain College Archives Will Be Digitized

Thanks to a grant from the Council on Library and Information Resources, the Asheville Art Museum will digitize its largely hidden Black Mountain College Collection.

Art

Objects Returned to Benin by French Collectors Had Been Removed From a Contested Auction

The transaction illuminates the role individuals can play in rectifying Europe's history of colonial plunder, but it also reveals the inner workings of a system that allows such objects to land in private hands to begin with.

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$3M Gauguin Sculpture Acquired by Getty Museum Deemed a Fake

The museum, which purchased the work in 2002, has changed the attribution of the sculpture "Head with Horns" to “unknown.”

Art

A Film Series Spotlights Stories of Black Brazilians From Women Directors

Co-presented by Cinema Tropical and the Museum of the Moving Image (MoMI), Visions of Resistance presents narratives of resilience and uprising.

Art

CalArts Commissions Works by 50 Artist Alumni to Fund Scholarships

Artworks by the likes of John Baldessari and Carrie Mae Weems will be released in groups of 10 over a five-year period and sold to benefit a new scholarship endowment for the university’s School of Art.

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The Art World Has Discovered the Dolly Parton Meme Challenge

Musée d'Orsay, Sotheby's, and the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston are among the institutions to poke fun at their LinkedIn, Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter personas.

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"Doodle for Google" Competition Asks K-12 Artists: How Do You Show Kindness?

The winner of this year’s competition will receive a $30,000 college scholarship and have their Google Doodle featured on the company’s homepage.

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Week In Review: The Shed's Front of House Staff Unionized; Activists Hack Hans Haacke Poll

Also, actor Ellen Barkin revealed she was assaulted by Carl Andre, and more.

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In Subodh Gupta Defamation Lawsuit, "Whistleblower" Defendants Give First Statements in Court

After posting anonymous accusations of sexual harassment against Gupta, administrators of the Instagram account Scene and Herd defended their right to anonymity.

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The Shed's Front of House Staff Has Unionized

The Shed announced its decision to voluntarily waive the need for an election and recognize the union following independent verification by the American Arbitration Association.

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Performance Space in Manhattan Will Be Run Entirely by Artists for a Year

A cohort of artists and collectives will have "full transparency into the organization’s inner workings" and control of its annual production budget to pay their own wages and develop programs.

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National Archives Apologizes for Altering a Photograph of the 2017 Women's March

The museum will remove an edited version of a photograph of the 2017 Women's March that blurred protest placards and replace it with the original, unaltered image.