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This week in art news: unknown sketches by Giacometti were discovered, two members of Pussy Riot were detained by Russian police, and previously withheld documents related to JFK's assassination were made public.

News

New Spray-painting Robot Creates 98-Foot-Tall Mural in Estonia

Created by the company SprayPrinter, the device is engineered to paint large-scale murals by following computer instructions.

Art

Live a Year in Virtual Solitude in Walden, the Game

Walden, a Game transforms Henry David Thoreau's famed book into a thoughtful digital experience.

Art

Sculpture of Abe Lincoln Confusingly Includes Generic White Man Sporting "a Dad Look"

Seward Johnson's latest sculpture in downtown Chicago features a giant Abe Lincoln next to a "common man," or a white guy in a cable-knit sweater and corduroy pants.

News

Comedian Spray Paints Hate Tweets Outside Twitter Headquarters

After Twitter refused to delete numerous hate tweets, Shahak Shapira, a Berlin-based Jewish comedian and author, spray painted them outside the company's German headquarters.

Art

Placing Pieces of Local History in an Empty Marcel Breuer Building

Tom Burr's installations bring together past and present in a famous Brutalist building in New Haven.

Books

A Comics Artist Draws on Emotional Isolation and Domestic Strife

In two new comics, Jeff Lemire portrays a pair of families' difficult pasts and the obstacles that crowd their paths ahead.

Art

A Museum Floats Down the Chicago River

The Floating Museum's newest installation River Assembly sits on a barge and will be docking at various locations throughout the month, bringing arts programming to audiences along its route.

Art

Damien Hirst's Shipwreck Fantasy Sinks in Venice

Treasures from the Wreck of the Unbelievable is supposed to be Hirst’s major comeback, a rebuke to his diminished popularity and slumping market value.

Comics

Use Your Ideas Before They Expire

You can't keep them stored up forever.

News

Trumpy the Rat Will Debut Next Week, When the President Returns to NYC [UPDATED]

The 15-foot-tall inflatable protest prop, developed by Chelsea gallery BravinLee programs, was tailor-made to resemble Donald Trump.

Opinion

If Donald Trump Were an Art Critic…

Do you really want to know what Trump has to say about art?