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This Coat for Syrian Refugees Can Also Serve as a Sleeping Bag or Tent
To aid the displaced, a group of 10 students at London's Royal College of Art have designed what they call the Syrian Refugee Wearable Shelter.
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Sad Days for Eugene’s Art Scene as One of Its Few Galleries Closes
EUGENE, Ore. — A downtown city gallery in Eugene, Oregon, just succumbed to nonprofit exhaustion — and angry local artists reacted en masse during a contentious community meeting intended to calm the waters.
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Neigh-sayer Calls Foal Play, Asks Family to Pony Up for Snapping Selfie with Her Horse
The owner of a horse that photobombed a contest-winning selfie, snapped by a three-year-old boy of him and his father, is demanding a share of the prize, arguing that the family should have asked her for permission prior to taking the photograph.
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Learning About the Figure from Picasso's Sculptures
Seeing the current retrospective of Picasso’s sculpture at the Museum of Modern Art reminded me of a graduate school experience, because as I wandered through the show I saw work that cleverly illustrated problems that sculptors would need to solve and questions they might have to answer in the cour
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B&H Photo's Warehouse Workers in Manhattan Join Campaign to End Discriminatory Practices
Discriminatory labor practices, safety risks, verbal abuse, and personal humiliation — these allegations are among the many that workers at B&H Photo Video's Midtown Manhattan store are making against the nation's largest non-chain photo and video retailer.
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Artists from the Middle East and North Africa Come Together for the Live Ideas Festival at New York Live Arts
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Printed Matter's LA Art Book Fair Returns February 11–14
Printed Matter presents the fourth annual LA Art Book Fair (LAABF), from February 11–14, 2016, at The Geffen Contemporary at MOCA.
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Are You Sitting Down? Meet Archelis, the Wearable Chair of the Future
Archelis, a futuristic new "wearable chair" by Japan's Hiroaki Nishimura Design, provides workers with a healthy middle ground between deadly all-day sitting and tiring all-day standing.
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The Museum of Neon Art Switches Back on in LA
GLENDALE, Calif. — The warm, electric glow and mid-century charm of neon signs are enduring features of Los Angeles’s historical buildings, but some of the city’s most beloved examples have not been seen since the Museum of Neon Art (MONA) closed its downtown LA location in 2011.
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Fledgling Galleries Flock to London for a Month of Collaborative Shows
LONDON — For four weeks, eight of London’s youngest galleries are hosting 15 like-minded spaces from around the world as part of CONDO, a collaborative project that's been proven to be very successful with the public.
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Ai Weiwei’s Photo Reenacting a Child Refugee's Death Should Not Exist
I see this image and I wonder.