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An Auction Record for Work by a Pre-Modern Woman Artist, and Museum of Modern Art Receives 800 Drawings
Plus, the complete archive of Supreme skate decks sells for $800,000, and Yayoi Kusama breaks another auction record.
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A 40-Year Initiative Brings the Art of Maximum-Security Prisoners to the Museum
"Those capable of the worst are capable of the best," says curator Jeffrey Greene. "Anyone can be an artist."
Art
In 1972, Snow Monkeys Were Sent to a Texas Desert. Do They Still Remember Snow?
Curious if the monkeys' memory of snow remained decades later, artist Shimabuku brought a pile of it to the desert.
Film
Never Look Away Is a Reductive, Tedious Copy of Gerhard Richter’s Life
It is easy to see why this movie would rankle Richter, who has said the director "managed to abuse and grossly distort" his biography.
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Art Movements
Conceptual artist Susan Hiller has passed away, Sara Raza will join the Rubin Museum of Art as a guest curator, and more.
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Divisive Amazon HQ2 Meeting Draws Hundreds to City Hall
"Why do you need our money? We have 63,000 people who are sleeping in homeless shelters," council speaker Corey Johnson told Amazon reps. "Don't you think there's a better way for us to spend $3 billion?"
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Ai Weiwei Slams US for "Complicity" in China's Arrest of Two Canadian Citizens
The artist called the United States a "willing partner" in China's "monstrous regime."
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Apply for the Interaction Design MA at GW’s Corcoran School of the Arts & Design
The program prepares students to create social change through a systems and human-centered framework.
Art
Hear Snippets of Independent Art Writing from Around the World
Fifteen artists, writers, and curators will each read a two-minute selection from the array of periodicals currently on display at the Pitzer College Art Galleries.
Film
An Animated Masterpiece by the Unsung Co-Founder of Studio Ghibli
Before 2016, Isao Takahata's Only Yesterday was considered the “lost” Ghibli film.
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A New Film Studio Aims to Replace On-Screen Cigarettes with Kazoos
In an effort to raise awareness of the dangers of tobacco use, Cignature Films releases the pilot episode of Mad Men featuring kazoos instead of cigarettes.
Art
Celebrate the Lunar New Year at the Queens Museum
Celebrating the year of the pig, the Queens Museum will host a range of performances and workshops this Sunday.