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Help Build a Database of Ancient Graffiti from Pompeii and Herculaneum
The Ancient Graffiti Project is now fundraising to conduct fieldwork of graffiti at Herculaneum this summer.
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Berkshire Museum Resolves Dispute with Norman Rockwell's Sons, But Legal Battle Rages On
Museum leaders and the Massachusetts Attorney General reached an agreement to keep Norman Rockwell's “Shuffleton’s Barbershop” on public display, but opponents of the sale are petitioning the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court.
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The History and Future of Feminist Resistance in Art
At the College Art Association conference, artists, curators, and writers will talk about contemporary forms of feminist resistance and their historical precedents.
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Hiroshi Sugimoto Revamps Hirshhorn Museum Lobby, Includes a 700-year-old Nutmeg Tree
Sugimoto's Hirshhorn design is the latest to transform the Smithsonian museum on the National Mall.
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Modern Art's Roots in Imperial Plunder
Curator, theorist, and historian Ariella Azoulay questions the connections between the origins of modern art and the stolen artifacts lining the walls of European museums.
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Seeking Poetic Justice with Sonia Sanchez at the Brooklyn Museum
The National Coalition of 100 Black Women is hosting a reading in celebration of the acclaimed poet at the Brooklyn Museum.
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The Colorful Legacy of the Chinese Caribbean Diaspora
Chinese immigrants to the West Indies have left a mark on the region's art.
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How a Neuroscientist Used Art to Document the Brain
Two art professors, a neurosurgeon, and a radiologist will discuss ways that artists and scientists can learn from each other.
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Looking Beyond History to Tell the Story of Cuban Art
Arranged thematically, Adiós Utopia demonstrates ways Cuban artists have responded to their social context, all while revealing a dialogue with art happening around the world.
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Applications for SVA’s New York Summer Residency Programs Now Open
SVA’s Summer Residencies in New York City offer artists, designers and creative thinkers time, space and a supportive community in which to develop ideas and focus on their artistic direction.
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An Artist Prescribes Herbs and Institutional Critique for Social Ills
The culmination of her residency, Rachal Bradley’s conceptual exhibition, Interlocutor, revolves around low-fi remedies to our high-fi, high-tech institutional ills.
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In Edo Japan, Artists Captured Whales Like Never Before
The whaling industry was an important economic force in both the United States and Japan, but each society captured the subject matter very differently in art.