In Brief
Trump Has a Coat of Arms, and It’s a Copy
The president plagiarized it from the family that built the Mar-a-Lago estate, changing only one detail in the process.
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Art
A World Tour Through a Collection of Paper Architectural Models
The National Building Museum's recently acquired collection of 4,500 paper models shows an interpretation of the world in miniature, from black-and-white shtetls to nuclear power plants.
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Facing Protests from Islamist Groups, Bangladesh Relocates a Statue of Lady Justice
A statue of Lady Justice in front of the Supreme Court in Bangladesh was removed last Friday and reinstalled two days later in a different spot, where no one can see it from the street.
Art
Art and Astronomy Star in a Festival at Mount Wilson Observatory
On June 3 and 4, the Knowledges art and music festival will take over the observatory, pairing exhibitions and performances with stargazing through its 100-inch telescope.
Art
Witness the Third Golden Age of Philippine Cinema at the Museum of Modern Art
Throughout the month of June, the museum will 18 screen movies made from 2000 to the present.
In Brief
Five Directors of Italian Museums Lose Jobs After Court's Ruling [UPDATED]
Among other things, the regional tribunal in Lazio objected to hiring committees using Skype to interview distant candidates.
In Brief
Artist Places “Pissing Pug” Sculpture at the Feet of “Fearless Girl”
Alex Gardega installed a papier-mâché sculpture of a dog peeing on "Fearless Girl," allegedly in protest of the girl's fake feminism.
Art
The Hollow Symbolism of Jeff Koons's Blow-Up Ballerina
The artist's 45-foot-tall inflatable sculpture at Rockefeller Center aggrandizes an outmoded model of femininity.
Art
Nigeria’s First-Ever Venice Biennale Pavilion Challenges Colonial Narratives
The Nigeria pavilion, themed around the concept of "now," hopes to shape a cultural and national identity outside of the colonialist narrative that the country has long been forced into.
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After Protests from Native American Community, Walker Art Center Will Remove Public Sculpture
Sam Durant's outdoor installation "Scaffold" references the US Army's mass execution of 38 Dakota men in Minnesota in 1862.
Art
A Rare Loan from Windsor Castle Brings Mark Catesby's Watercolors to South Carolina
A century before John James Audubon illustrated The Birds of America, English naturalist Mark Catesby journeyed across the Atlantic to systematically study the animals and plants of the "New World."
Books
A Book Highlights the Oddities of the Woodcut World
These prints helped render the world for mass consumption.