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This week in art news: 28 rock art sites were discovered on a small Indonesian island, Saudi Arabia lifted its 35-year ban on cinemas, and the Museum of London announced plans to display the notorious "fatberg."
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This week in art news: wildfires forced the Getty Center and Skirball Cultural Center to close, the buyer of Leonardo's "Salvator Mundi" was revealed, and President Trump drastically reduced the size of two US National Monuments.
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This week in art news: the director of the Louvre revealed he's negotiating for a loan of "Salvator Mundi," Egypt accused a 95-year-old Australian woman of looting antiquities, and a federal judge refused to release a Gardner Museum heist person of interest from domestic confinement.
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This week in art news: a portrait recently reattributed to Bartolomé Esteban Murillo went on view at the Frick, an audit attributed Documenta's budget deficit to its Athens expansion, and a monument to the first cat in space was successfully crowdfunded.
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This week in art news: "Salvator Mundi" became the most expensive work ever sold at auction, the final missing piece of Magritte's "The Enchanted Pose" was discovered, and Walmart removed posters from its wall art collection after the images were identified as photographs documenting the detention o
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This week in art news: Benjamin Genocchio was ousted as executive director of the Armory Show after the New York Times investigated sexual harassment claims, a judge approved the Berkshire Museum's sale of works from its collection, and the Louvre Abu Dhabi was inaugurated.
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This week in art news: an online crime wave targeted galleries, over 5,000 artists and arts workers signed a letter denouncing sexual abuse and sexism, and the MTA released Barbara Kruger's limited edition MetroCards.
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This week in art news: Artforum’s co-publisher Knight Landesman resigned over accusations of sexual harassment, Condé Nast banned its publications from hiring photographer Terry Richardson, and a bust of Napoleon newly attributed to Rodin went on public display.
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This week in art news: Anti-gentrification groups protested Omer Fast’s exhibition in Chinatown, a campaign was launched to save an iconic artwork on Auschwitz, and reporter Tim O’Brien recalled an exchange with Donald Trump over a Renoir knock-off.
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This week in art news: Marina Abramović abandoned plans to open the Marina Abramović Institute, the UK government announced a public consultation on ivory sales, and Semiotext(e) cancelled an event following pressure from the anti-gentrification group Defend Boyle Heights.
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This week in art news: Theresa May sported a Frida Kahlo bracelet during her disastrous Conservative party conference speech, the highest level of the Colosseum was made accessible to tourists, and performance artist Deborah de Robertis was charged with exhibitionism after exposing herself in front
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This week in art news: the Guggenheim pulled three works from an upcoming show over accusations of animal cruelty, Jean Nouvel dismissed claims of worker abuse at the Louvre Abu Dhabi, and X-rays revealed the unusual contents of Dégas's wax sculptures.