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When Cake Imitates Art

by Sarah Rose Sharp June 2, 2022June 2, 2022

Fondant, pie crust, and icing are the chosen mediums of the Blanton Museumโ€™s annual bake-off, which asks competitors to recreate collection artworks as cakes.

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Is the Orlando Museum of Art Displaying Fake Basquiats?

by Elaine Velie June 1, 2022June 2, 2022

The FBI is investigating the authenticity of works that are said to have been found in the storage unit of a Hollywood screenwriter.

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NY District Attorneyโ€™s Office Seizes Allegedly Looted Antiquities From the Met

by Elaine Velie June 1, 2022June 1, 2022

The five ancient Egyptian works, worth over $3M, may be tied to an international trafficking ring.

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African American Museum to Open in Former Slave Port

by Jasmine Liu June 1, 2022June 1, 2022

The opening date for the museum, located at the former site of Gadsdenโ€™s Wharf in Charleston, has been anticipated for over two decades.

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150-Year-Old Egg-Laying Mammal Specimens Found at Cambridge Museum

by Sarah Rose Sharp June 1, 2022June 1, 2022

Collected in the late 1800s, the recently rediscovered platypus and echidna specimens were key to demonstrating that mammals could lay eggs.

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Vandals Graffiti Documenta Exhibition Space of Palestinian Artist Group

by Jasmine Liu May 31, 2022June 1, 2022

The showโ€™s curators called it โ€œa politically motivated threatโ€ toward theย artist collective The Question of Funding, members of whom have been the target of antisemitism accusations.

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โ€œToo Many Brosโ€: In Prank, NFT Dating App Shuts Down Over Lack of Women

by Elaine Velie May 30, 2022May 31, 2022

The joke reflects cryptoโ€™s larger gender inequity problem.

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The Precarious Lives of Freelance Photographers on the Frontlines

by Briana Ellis-Gibbs May 30, 2022May 29, 2022

Underpaid and under-resourced, funding their own equipment and health insurance, freelance photojournalists are barely hanging on โ€” and risking their lives.

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Man Smears Mona Lisa With Cake at the Louvre

by Hakim Bishara May 30, 2022May 30, 2022

โ€œThink of the planet,โ€ said the vandal, who claimed to be a climate activist and was disguised as a woman in a wheelchair.

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Montpelier CEO Resigns As Descendants of Enslaved People Get a Seat at the Table

by Elaine Velie May 29, 2022May 27, 2022

Leadership at the former plantation of James Madison was accused of terminating workers who advocated for descendants.

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Months After Opening, LAโ€™s Academy Museum Workers Move to Unionize

by Matt Stromberg May 29, 2022May 27, 2022

Staff cited wage discrepancies, allegedly inadequate responses to COVID-19 outbreaks, and being asked to do work outside their job description.

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American Museum of Natural History Workers Vote to Unionize

by Jasmine Liu May 26, 2022May 26, 2022

Workers told Hyperallergic that they were tired of meager pay and a lack of job security.

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