Film
Kid Cudi to Write, Direct, and Star as Basquiat in New Biopic
The rapper called his forthcoming film, "JEAN," a “love letter” to the late artist and ’80s New York in his announcement on October 21.
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Scientists Contest Dating of Van Gogh’s "The Starry Night"
The researchers identified discrepancies between the celestial alignments in June 1889 and Vincent van Gogh’s painted night sky.
Art Movements
Studio Museum Announces New Artists-in-Residence
Plus, this year's Prix Duchamp winners, a trove of Kiki Smith prints heads to NYPL, and more.
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Louvre Among Major Paris Museums to Shutter During Saturday Protests
The Fondation Cartier, galleries including Gagosian and Perrotin, and Art Basel Paris will remain closed all weekend.
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Shuttering Early, Art Basel Paris Also Removes Public Sculptures
Works by Simone Fattal, Manfred Pernice, and Niki de Saint Phalle are among those that will be removed early from Winston Churchill Avenue ahead of the fair’s early closure.
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Art Basel Paris to Close Two Days Early, Citing Protests
Amid ongoing nationwide demonstrations for better living conditions in France, the fair said it will shutter over the weekend “in the interest of safeguarding our visitors.”
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Is Germany's Far-Right AfD Co-Opting Joseph Beuys?
Dozens of galleries from Düsseldorf and Cologne signed a letter condemning the anti-immigrant party's invocation of the postwar artist in promotions for an upcoming event.
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Man Killed by Falling Debris at Frank Lloyd Wright’s Arizona Home
Winds reportedly dislodged the piece of roofing material that struck Rogério Renato Mateucci, a Brazilian university rector.
Museum Unions
V&A Museum Staff Set to Strike Across All Four London Sites
Allegations of “Amazon-style” working conditions and calls for pay raises prompted unionized workers to authorize yet another strike at the UK museum network.
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The MIT Professors Bedazzling Security Cameras to Highlight Campus Surveillance
The intervention is responding to the university’s recent $3 million investment in more than 500 new AI-integrated campus surveillance cameras.
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Art Basel Paris Undergoes Lockdown Ahead of Opening
Police ordered the Grand Palais to briefly shut down amid the nationwide student protests.
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Hundreds Protest in Colombia After Far-Right President Removes Works From National Museum
In a Trumpian move, the government of Abelardo de la Espriella took down works referencing LGBTQ+ and women’s rights and political violence.