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Marking an Artist's Forgotten Grave with His Own Sculpture of Death
The unmarked grave of 19th-century artist Thomas Crawford will soon be commemorated with the installation of one of his own sculptures at Green-Wood Cemetery in Brooklyn.
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In Chicago, a Case Study in the Ethics of Cultural Philanthropy
Last Friday the Black Star Project, an organization that works to eliminate the racial achievement gap in Chicago, hosted a “Children’s March on the MacArthur Foundation” in front of the foundation’s headquarters in the city.
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Mural in Abandoned Philly Building Becomes Wall Art for Future Condo
Real estate developers whitewashing or tearing down walls covered in graffiti is a familiar narrative, but it appears we may have reached such an advanced stage in the cooptation of street art that those days will soon be at an end.
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World's Oldest Operating Photo Studio Closes in India
After more than 150 years of documenting the faces and landscapes of India, a photo studio that many considered the world's oldest in operation has shuttered.
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Crimes of the Art
On this week’s art crime blotter: a Florida man beheaded a 13th-century statue, a man was arrested under suspicion of stealing a trailer full of blue-chip art, and a 300-pound sculpture of a bear turned up 700 miles from where it went missing.
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ArtRx LA
LOS ANGELES — This week, a show featuring five influential female artists opens at Sprüth Magers, Self Help Graphics & Art hosts a discussion on art and gentrification, an artist explores her multifaceted identity in a video work at Grand Central Art Center, and more.
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A Room Full of Suspended Memories
There is whispering in the background here, or perhaps it’s talking I can't make out.
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A Personal Remembrance of Sculptor Tony Feher
I will never forget Tony Feher’s first, jewel-like solo show in the fall of 1993 at Wooster Gardens.
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Artist Combs the Planet for Best van Gogh Lookalike
Calling all bearded redheads: Canadian artist and author Douglas Coupland is searching for Vincent van Gogh's closest lookalike.
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Australian Arts Community Campaigns Against Federal Budget Cuts
Waving signs that read, "Art changes lives," "Art bites back," and "Value artists," a crowd on Friday, June 17 swarmed outside the Sydney office of Australia Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull.
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Looking and Being Looked At in the New International Center of Photography
I expected to stare at many things at the International Center of Photography's new 250 Bowery location, but my own image was not one of them.
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ArtRx NYC
This week, an artist eats an American flag, Thomas Jefferson's slave mistress leads a tour of Storm King, you can edit Wikipedia in celebration of LGBTQ pride, and more.