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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.
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This week in art news: Anish Kapoor's neighbors accused him of stealing their light, Phillips withdrew a painting attributed to Mark Grotjahn from auction after he questioned its authenticity on Instagram, and the Getty put Michelangelo's "Study of a Mourning Woman" on display.
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This week in art news: the British Museum apologized for a controversial #AskACurator tweet, Documenta's organizers disputed claims that the exhibition has accrued a €7 million deficit, and an 88.5-foot-tall Keith Haring mural in Paris was restored.
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This week in art news: Miami museums braced for Hurricane Irma, Dakota elders decided to bury the wooden remnants of Sam Durant's controversial "Scaffold" sculpture, and JR unveiled a monumental new work at the Mexico–US border.
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This week in art news: the NEH pledged $1 million in emergency relief funds for cultural organizations affected by Hurricane Harvey, LA City Council voted to replace Columbus Day with Indigenous People's Day, and William Eggleston announced plans to release an album of synth music.
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This week in art news: Charlottesville shrouded its Confederate monuments while other US cities removed theirs, the Village Voice revealed it will cease its print edition, and a museumgoer left a trail of blue footprints after stepping on an Yves Klein.
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This week in art news: cities across the US examined their holdings of Confederate monuments, "Trumpy the Rat" made its debut, and a de Kooning stolen in 1985 was recovered.
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This week in art news: unknown sketches by Giacometti were discovered, two members of Pussy Riot were detained by Russian police, and previously withheld documents related to JFK's assassination were made public.
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This week in art news: Israeli authorities arrested five Palestinian art dealers suspected of selling looted antiquities to Hobby Lobby, six South Korean officials received prison sentences for blacklisting artists, and North Korea reportedly moved closer to completing Pyongyang's "Hotel of Doom."