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Art Movements: German Video Games Can Now Feature Swastikas, Bloomberg Grants Small Institutions $43 Million
Outlines of buried ancient structures appear during a UK heat wave, and art organizations make steps toward racial equity in the field.
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Hannah Gadsby’s Exquisite Performance In Calling Out Artists Who Abuse Their Power
It is up to consumers of art to ensure that Nanette's contribution to the #MeToo discourse does not get put on one metaphoric shelf while abusive artists persist on another, heroism preserved.
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Construction Workers Discover a Buried Sphinx in Egypt
The sphinx, a human-lion hybrid from around 380 BCE, was discovered on a construction site in Luxor.
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The National Portrait Gallery London Acquires Painting of Dylan Thomas, and a 1913 Nickel Is Sold for $4.5 Million
Plus, a New Zealand museum acquires a fountain pen that inspired the disposable, hypodermic syringe.
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Who Is Martin Puryear? A Primer on America's Next Representative at the Venice Biennale
The 77-year-old sculptor has a history of talking back to the government, but we will see if his streak continues on the world stage.
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A Photographer's Vision of Bollywood and Hollywood Royalty
Being photographed by Jitendra Arya was seen as a ticket to fame.
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Recharge Your Artistic Practice with Pratt SCPS Study Abroad Program
In partnership with World Strides ISA, Pratt offers specialized study trips to locations around the world led by acclaimed Pratt faculty.
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William Kentridge's Real and Metaphorical Cages Illuminate a Protest on Deportation
How interesting that William Kentridge envisioned the cage as the equivalent of a piece of luggage or a goat, something that we cannot leave behind.
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Considering Contemporary Strategies of Activist Curating and Art Making in Sharjah
Part II of a report on the 2018 Spring Exhibitions in Sharjah and the March Meeting.
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Fifty Years of AfriCOBRA's Radical, “Cool-Ade Colored” Art
AfriCOBRA, the Chicago-based art collective that helped develop the Black arts movement, celebrates its 50th anniversary in a new retrospective.
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"What the Hell Is That?": Banksy Discovers Moscow Exhibit of His Work Over Text Message
The street artist posted a frank conversation he had with a friend on Instagram, expressing his frustration with museums and galleries exhibiting his work in an unauthorized manner.
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As Criminalization of the Arts Intensifies in Cuba, Activists Organize
A Cuban decree seeks to censor artists to an unprecedented level, essentially regulating any and all artistic and cultural activity in the country.