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Artists Covertly Scan Bust of Nefertiti and Release the Data for Free Online
Last October, two artists entered the Neues Museum in Berlin, where they clandestinely scanned the bust of Queen Nefertiti, the state museum's prized gem.
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Beat Nite 14: Downtown Brooklyn Art Spaces Stay Open Late Feb 26
Beat Nite Downtown will be held on Friday, February 26, 6–8pm and is presented in collaboration with BRIC. All participating spaces will be open 6–8pm.
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The Freeform Scribbles that Give Rise to Frank Gehry's Buildings
In an episode of the animated television series Arthur, Frank Gehry makes a surprise appearance, announcing that he's been hired to design a new art gallery in the fictitious Elwood City.
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Museums Make Space for Public Programs on Stoops and in Parks
Examples of this trend can be seen at several major New York art institutions. Three in particular are exemplary: BRIC, Queens Museum, and the Whitney Museum.
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Tracking Artists' Expeditions, from Glacier Surveys to a Search for Nixon's Missing Moon Rocks
Art is often an act of venturing into the unknown, of starting something without knowing the outcome.
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A Museum for the Blocky Graphics of Early Computer Viruses
When the first PC viruses appeared in the 1980s, they not only tampered with machine systems, but also filled the screens of home computers with technicolor text and flashy graphics or animations.
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Updating Fragonard with an Indigenous Perspective
ANN ARBOR, Mich. — Scroll quickly enough past a photograph of Kent Monkman’s new installation, “Scent of a Beaver,” at the University of Michigan’s Institute for the Humanities, and you might mistake it for a painting.
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Talismanic and Tenacious Goddesses that Resist Femininity
Rekha Rodwittiya’s iconic female figures loom large.
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Folk Art Relics from the Golden Age of America's Secret Societies
A strange visual language developed from the 18th to the 20th century behind the closed doors of American secret societies.
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Four Parrots in a Cage Isn't Art! Four Parrots in a Cage Isn't Art!
MIAMI — Imagine a group of four-year-olds in a room with glass windows: Cleo, Zach, David, and Jany.
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The Group Working Behind the Scenes to Diversify Museum Staffs
“I would never have gotten this opportunity without the support of the Museum Hue community,” said Stephanie PhaFa Roy, Visitor Services and Digital Content Manager at MoCADA.
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Meet the Next Generation of Creative Thinkers at MICA’s 2016 Grad Show
MICA invites you to join the next generation of creative thinkers – artists, designers, filmmakers, educators, curators, and critics – as they demonstrate the power and possibilities of contemporary art and design.