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The Artist Behind the Trump Tombstone Explains Their Intentions [UPDATED]

On Easter Sunday, a tombstone engraved with Donald Trump's name and the message "Made America Hate Again" mysteriously popped up in the middle of Central Park.

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ArtRx LA

LOS ANGELES — This week, performance artists Dynasty Handbag and Jaimie Warren get weird at El Cid, the Craft & Folk Art Museum hosts a workshop on painting on black velvet, the Museum of Contemporary Art brings music to its galleries, and more.

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Swedish Supreme Court Rules Against Wikimedia for Database of Public Art Photos

The Supreme Court of Sweden ruled yesterday that Wikimedia Sverige (Sweden) violated the country's copyright laws by gathering and posting photographs of public artworks on a website, the Local Sweden reported.

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Sculpt This Summer at the New York Studio School

The New York Studio School offers three distinct intensive sculpture courses this summer. Join a two or three week course and explore perceptual sculpture based on the figure; relief sculpture with storytelling; and large-scale sculpture for public places.[http://engine.nectarads.com/p/eyJhdiI6NTIzN

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One of Mumbai's Densest and Poorest Villages Gets a Temporary Design Museum

For the next couple of months, a museum on wheels will roam through the crowded streets of Dharavi, a village in Mumbai home to about one million people packed across just 500 acres.

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The Poisons, Potions, and Charms of Shakespeare’s Plays

Potions, poisons, and symbolic herbs are frequent plot devices in the plays of William Shakespeare, and reflect the medical knowledge of his time.

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The Fairy-Tale World of Fashion

Whether it’s the click of silver slippers or a gown of gold descending from the branches of a tree, fashion and clothing have a unique presence in fairy tales.

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ArtRx NYC

This week, Cory Arcangel opens a new show starring a drum machine, psychoanalysts and writers dissect the horror classic Rosemary's Baby, the city celebrates Rare Book Week, and more.

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Liberate Tate Activists Look Back on Six Years of Fighting BP Sponsorship

Last month, BP announced that it will end its 26-year-long sponsorship of Tate.

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Art that Slows Down How We Assess Gender

At the center of Smack Mellon’s Dumbo gallery, Gil Yefman’s knitted wrecking ball of genitalia and bodily fluids hangs from the ceiling.

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Louisiana Republicans Target State Spending on Public Art

Louisiana, like many states and municipalities in the US, has had a "Percent for Art" law on the books for years.

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At the Marrakech Biennale, a Conversation Between Postcolonial Identities

MARRAKESH — Set outside the institutional white cube, in restored ancient sites and the ruins of a 16th-century palace, the sixth edition of the Marrakech Biennale, Not New Now, arrives like a breath of fresh air.