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This week in art news: artists responded to the election of Donald Trump, Vladimir Putin unveiled a giant statue of Vladimir the Great, and the Royal Ontario Museum apologized for the "colonial, racist and Eurocentric premises" of a 1989 exhibition.
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This week in art news: Pablo Picasso's former electrician admitted he lied in court about how he obtained hundreds of the artist's works, Barbara Kruger created a new work featuring Donald Trump for the cover of New York magazine, and Carel Fabritius's beloved painting "The Goldfinch" went on displa
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This week in art news: London’s mayor announced plans to help artists secure long-term studio spaces, restorers discovered a previously unknown work by Ernst Ludwig Kirchner at the Städel Museum, and Pussy Riot released a new track titled “Straight Outta Vagina."
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This week in art news: French prosecutors sought a four-year prison sentence and €250-million fine for art dealer Guy Wildenstein, another lawsuit over a Knoedler Gallery forgery was settled, and David Nahmad claimed ownership of a Monet seized by the US Department of Justice.
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This week in art news: two new studies suggested that China's Terracotta Warriors were inspired by Ancient Greek sculpture, England scrapped its only remaining Art History A-level exam, and researchers found a long-lost film by Georges Méliès.
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This week in art news: Florida's museums braced for Hurricane Matthew, Sotheby's declared a purported Frans Hals painting fake, and a restitution claim was filed against the Metropolitan Museum over Picasso's "The Actor."
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This week in art news: Ahmad al-Faqi al-Mahdi was sentenced to 9–11 years in prison for attacking historic sites in Timbuktu, Ottawa police are investigating the death of acclaimed Inuit artist Annie Pootoogook, and David Shrigley's "Really Good" was unveiled atop London's Fourth Plinth.
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This week in art news: Ai Weiwei's lawyer was jailed for 12 years, a fire tore through Stockholm's Royal Institute of Art, and a statue of Vladimir Lenin was removed from the East Village.
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This week in art news: the heirs of the sitter in a Matisse portrait sued the UK's National Gallery, London's deputy mayor for culture floated a proposal to establish "creative enterprise zones," and Maurizio Cattelan installed a functioning 18-karat gold toilet at the Guggenheim.
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This week in art news: "American Gothic" will leave the US for the first time ever, Tate was forced to reveal the value of its BP sponsorship, and a model of 1666 London was burned along the river Thames.
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This week in art news: Italy lobbied to have Venice excluded from UNESCO's list of endangered heritage sites, a makeup artist and model sued Richard Prince for copyright infringement, and the Portland Art Museum revealed plans to repatriate an 18th-century painting to Korea.
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This week in art news: a former Malian rebel leader pleaded guilty to cultural destruction at the International Criminal Court, Italy will give all teenage residents €500 to spend on culture for their 18th birthdays, and Banksy's "Spy Booth" mural was removed and possibly destroyed.