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Four Seasons hotel sued over Picasso, Armenian orphan rug may go on display, Smithsonian's Fossil Halls close until 2019, Cold War satellite images reveal lost archaeology, and more from the week in art news.
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The Artistic Influence of an Overlooked Explorer
Prussian explorer Alexander von Humboldt has his name immortalized on a bay in California, a mountain range in New Zealand, towns all over the world, an orchid, and even a squid. Who exactly this man of wanderlust was, however, remains less familiar. A new exhibition at the Americas Society on the U
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Gulf Labor Monitoring Report Finds Ongoing Violations at Guggenheim Abu Dhabi
A report released this morning by Gulf Labor, a coalition of international artists, confirms the ongoing violation of local and international labor laws at the site of the Guggenheim Abu Dhabi, Louvre Abu Dhabi, and Zayed National Museum, among other institutions.
Art
Festival Promotes Socially Engaged Video Games
Games about border crossing, American Indian relocation, and exploring identity are leading the way for the medium as a social tool. Using narrative and interaction, gaming is continuing to provide a level of emotional engagement with societal issues.
Interview
An Art Gallery on a Car
CHICAGO — Tuesday night I road middle shotgun while snuggled tightly between Jesse Malmed and Raven Munsell, prodding the couple with questions about their mobile art gallery, Trunk Show.
Opinion
Life-size Dolls of the Dead and Disappeared
"I never thought it would turn into this," 64-year-old Ayano Tsukimi says while surveying her decade-long dedication to making dolls of the dead and disappeared in her nearly abandoned town of Nagoro, Japan.
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Announcing the 10th Annual BAM Art Auction
BAM, in collaboration with Artsy, is proud to announce its 10th Annual BAM Art Auction [http://engine.nectarads.com/r?e=eyJhdiI6MzQ2NSwiYXQiOjIwLCJjbSI6MTA3ODg5LCJjaCI6MTkzMCwiY3IiOjMyMjQ5OSwiZG0iOjQsImZjIjozOTc1MzEsImZsIjoyMDAwMDMsIm53IjoyMDcsInBjIjowLCJwciI6MTY2NiwicnQiOjEsInN0IjowLCJ1ciI6Imh0dHA6
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Join Hyperallergic for Our Inaugural Poetry Reading Series, Sat, May 3
This Saturday we will be kicking off the Hyperallergic Poetry Reading Series at 7:30pm at Berl’s Poetry Book Shop in DUMBO (RSVP on Facebook) with readers Joanna Fuhrman, Dan Magers, Debora Kuan, and Ana Božičević.
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Manifesta 10 Organizers Defend Biennial in Face of Ongoing Boycott
The organizers of Manifesta continued to denounce calls for a relocation or boycott of the biennial at a press conference yesterday in London.
Art
The Next Best Thing: Photos from The Lost Lectures NY
Last Friday's The Lost Lectures New York was an overwhelming success in our book.
Comics
A Color Explosion Waiting to Happen
This place is poised to explode.
Art
Learning from James Baldwin
2014 is the “Year of James Baldwin” for New York City. Several major cultural organizations, including New York Live Arts, Columbia University, the New School’s Vera List Center for Art and Politics, and Harlem Stage, are partnering to present a series of talks, events, performances and intervention