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Penn Museum Unveils Its New Middle East Galleries

The Middle East Galleries are the first in a series of transformative gallery renovations taking place at the Penn Museum over the next several years.

Prentis Hall, where many of Columbia's MFA students in visual art have their studios (photo by Paul Lowry, via Flickr)

In Brief

Columbia University MFA Students Demand Tuition Refunds

Earlier this month, 51 of the 54 students in Columbia's visual arts MFA program met with the school's dean and provost to demand full tuition refunds.

In Brief

Sacré Bleu! French Museum Is Full of Forgeries

The Musée Terrus in Elne recently brought in an art historian to examine its holdings; he found that 82 of the 140 works in the museum's collection are fake.

Artist Resources

Foundwork, a New Online Artist Platform, Now Features Students and Alumni from Studio Art Programs Worldwide

The online resource connecting artists with curators, gallerists, and other collaborators is free for students from graduate and undergraduate programs.

News

Rampant Social Inequalities Persist in the Arts According to New UK Study

The study reveals that the black and minority ethnic people comprise only 2.7% of the museum, gallery, and library workforce in the UK.

Comics

The Art School Critique Is a Two-Way Street

Some students give their professors feedback by filling out teacher evaluations, others use a paintbrush.

Art

The Artist Who Sketched a Famine in India

Chittaprosad, an artist known for his sketches and prints and who documented a famine in the book Hungry Bengal, began his artistic tenure as an illustrator and sketch artist for the Communist Party of India in the early 1940s.

Art

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