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Time Travel Along Fifth Avenue, with Photos from the Early 1900s and Today
In 1911, photographer Burton Welles published Fifth Avenue, New York, from Start to Finish.
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From Tiny Stairs to Taxidermy Earrings, 200,000 Objects from Cooper Hewitt Go Online
Home to drawings, textiles, jewelry, furniture, and thousands of other design objects, the Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum is taking increased advantage of the internet's digital real estate.
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Artist-in-Residence Stranded at Sea on Bankrupt Container Ship
An artist residency hosted on a freighter crossing the Pacific Ocean has turned into a bizarre existential art piece in itself.
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Security Footage Shows 60-Foot Kenny Scharf Mural Being Stolen, Again
A 60-foot-long mural by street artist Kenny Scharf has been stolen from the East River Esplanade in Harlem for the second time — but at least this time the heist was captured on camera.
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Science Proves a Bird Didn’t Shit on Edvard Munch’s “The Scream”
Rembrandt may have painted with the aid of optics and the Mona Lisa may have had high cholesterol levels, but we can finally put at least one longstanding mystery that has apparently plagued art history to rest: white splatters that grace the canvas of the earliest and most famous of Edvard Munch's
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US Judge Approves Warrant for Acoma Shield Listed for Sale by Paris Auction House
An Acoma shield that was removed from a May auction in Paris that included human remains and indigenous sacred objects has yet to be returned.
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Peeping Toms on Tate Modern Observation Deck Lead Neighbors to Threaten Legal Action
Residents of London's Neo Bankside luxury apartment complex, next to the Tate Modern, have lately been dismayed to find photographs of their living rooms and bedrooms popping up on strangers' Instagram feeds.
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The 2016 Taipei Biennial Examines Gestures and Archives of the Present, Genealogies of the Future
With contributions from more than 80 artists, Taipei Fine Arts Museum and guest curator Corinne Diserens will present a rich, five-month long artistic program interweaving exhibitions, performances, screenings, symposiums, readings, conferences, and workshops in on-going collaborations with various
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The Prescient Work of an Artist Killed on 9/11
The Michael Richards exhibition on Governors Island, curated by Alex Fialho and Melissa Levin, proves what an astonishing loss it was when the artist was killed on 9/11.
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In Miami's Little Haiti, a Muralist Fights Gentrification One Wall at a Time
MIAMI — In late May, the City of Miami Commission voted unanimously to designate Little Haiti as “Little Haiti.”
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Converting Air Pollution into Inks and Pigments for Artists
To combat growing levels of air pollution worldwide, a technology and design team is converting airborne pollutants into consumer safe inks and paints.
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LED Street Art Lights Up a Dark, Dodgy Alley in Philadelphia
Percy Street in South Philadelphia is an abnormality in the city's orderly grid, curving between South 9th Street and Reed Street, its seclusion making it a haven for littering and more illicit activities.