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Crimes of the Art
On this week’s art crime blotter: Ukrainian militias flood the market with stolen paintings, a museum security guard is sacked for on-the-job vandalism, and a British art forger does it for love.
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ArtRx LA
LOS ANGELES — This week, Union Station hosts a screening of classic LA film Killer of Sheep, Art + Practice opens a show of new work from assemblage art pioneer John Outterbridge, Charles Gaines sets political speeches to music at REDCAT, and more.
Opinion
In Light of the Newest One, a Brief History of Mona Lisa Theories
It seems the Mona Lisa will never fail to inspire research and lead to discoveries that, though questionable, will never fail to grab headlines and cause every Leonardo expert in the world to weigh in on the matter and inevitably butt heads with each other.
In Brief
13,800-Year-Old Engraving May Be First Depiction of a Man-Made Landscape
Seven crude semicircles scratched into the surface of an ancient stone slab may not make much of an impression on modern-day viewers.
In Brief
Museum Sues Wikimedia for Hosting Copyrighted Photos of Its Public-Domain Artworks
On October 28 the Reiss Engelhorn Museum (REM) in Mannheim, Germany, filed a lawsuit against the Wikimedia Foundation for making high-resolution images of public domain artworks from its collection available for download.
Announcement
Call for Applications: Roman J. Witt Residency at University of Michigan's Stamps School of Art & Design
The University of Michigan Penny W. Stamps School of Art & Design is accepting proposals for the 2016-2017 Roman J. Witt Residency Program through January 15, 2016.[http://engine.nectarads.com/p/eyJhdiI6NzU3MjksImF0IjoyMCwiYnQiOjAsImNtIjozMzYwNjksImNoIjoxOTMwLCJjayI6e30sImNyIjoxMjUwMjI3LCJkbSI6NCwiZ
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On Staten Island, an Artist Floats New Ideas for Life Jackets
Surfing along New York Harbor on the Staten Island Ferry, a fairly tranquil experience were it not for the tourists snapchatting the Statue of Liberty, can still cause a bit of anxiety.
Art
The Female Body Concealed and Revealed with Minimal Marks
CHICAGO — In a show of works on paper at a new Chicago artist-run space, Cultivator, painter Anne Harris depicts the female body in a way that brings to mind writer Christine Alic’s phrase “the contested landscape of the female gaze.”
Interview
Painting a Strangely Spiritual and Sexual Pleasure
Loie Hollowell’s current exhibition at 106 Green, an artist-run gallery in Greenpoint, offers up the results of many years of inquiry into female agency and sexual expression.
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ArtRx NYC
This week is a big one for poetry, with events celebrating John Ashbery, Claudia Rankine, and Ugly Duckling Presse. If that's not enough, try some openings.
Art
Documenting the Peculiarities of an Early-20th-Century Roman Department Store
There's one place you shouldn’t miss when visiting Rome. It's neither the Colosseum nor St. Peter’s Basilica.
Art
The 19th-Century Affordable Artworks That Were the Original Carnival Game Prizes
MEMPHIS — Chalkware was one of the earliest affordable arts available to a large population in the United States.