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NY Court Ruling Allows Auction Sellers to Remain Anonymous
The New York Court of Appeals has ruled in the case of Jenack v. Rabidazeh, reversing a lower court's decision and allowing sellers of objects at auction to remain anonymous.
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Snowed-in Suprematism? Winter Olympics Posters Pay Homage to Kazimir Malevich
Sochi 2014, the Russian organization responsible for this year's Winter Olympics and Paralympics in the city of Sochi, has released the event's promotional posters, among them works channeling the spirit of Kazimir Malevich.
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Pussy Riot Members Could Be Freed Under Russian Amnesty Bill
The Russian Parliament has passed an amnesty bill that should send the two members of Pussy Riot still serving prison sentences home, the AP reports.
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11 Great NYC Urban Design and Architecture Moments of 2013
It's sometimes hard to stay positive about development in New York when Frank Lloyd Wright buildings can disappear in the blink of an eye and everything seems to be turning into condos. However, it's not all bad news, and 2013 had plenty of optimistic progress in architecture and urban design.
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How an Ancient Egyptian Obelisk Ended Up in NYC
When Cleopatra's Needle was commissioned by Pharaoh Thutmose III around 1450 BCE for the Heliopolis sun temple, the island that would be Manhattan was mostly woodlands.
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Seeing Calder Through His Shadows
When I was little I went to the Whitney Museum over and over to see “Cirque Calder,” Alexander Calder’s three-dimensional cartoon of performers preening, frozen in mise-en-scène. Walking into Calder Shadows, on view at Venus Over Manhattan, I felt the same childish camaraderie with the artist, only
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Smithsonian Joins MoMA in Expanding Video Game Effort
As the Smithsonian American Art Museum continues to expand its video game collection (two acquisitions were announced today), so too does the Washington, DC-based institution find itself increasingly dedicated to documenting the broader culture of video game production.
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Oregon Brings Home the Bacon (Triptych)
Everyone's favorite triptych will be taking a trip to Portland, Oregon, the New York Times has reported.
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Bids for George Zimmerman Painting Near $100,000 on eBay
George Zimmerman is on a roll. First he gets acquitted of murder; then he gets away with domestic violence; then he gets his guns back (all five of them); and now bids for a painting he made are up to $99,966 on eBay. Is there anything this man can't do?!
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Duke Riley's Pigeon Army of Cuban Cigar Smugglers
The United States spends billions of dollars on a balloon surveillance system on the Florida Straits waters as part of its Trading with the Enemy Act against Cuba, the only country currently under the restriction. Yet as Brooklyn-based artist Duke Riley states in his video for a recent project: "As
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First Ever Woman Wins American Institute of Architects Prize … Posthumously
The American Institute of Architects has announced the winner of its 2014 AIA Gold Medal, and for the first time in over a century, the recipient will be a woman: Julia Morgan. It just so happens that Morgan died in 1957, but you know what they say: better late than never!
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