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Philadelphia Museum Accused of Reneging on Union Contract
Union leaders say the museum won’t comply with pay increases agreed to in a hard-won contract after last fall’s 19-day strike.
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Books
11 Art Books to Add to Your Reading List This Summer
Our staff and contributors recommend titles for your next artsy summer read, including writings by Philip Guston and Sophie Calle, musings on slime, and a mystery novel set at The Met Cloisters.
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Poignant Public Artwork Honors New Yorkers Lost to AIDS
Jim Hodges’s sculpture “Craig’s closet” sits in the heart of Greenwich Village, a neighborhood whose gay male residents were disproportionately affected by HIV/AIDS.
Art
At the Root of Justice Are Different Kinds of Love
The exhibition No Justice Without Love poses questions about the roots and limitations of our civic imagination.
Art
Capturing the Elusive Magic of California’s Golden Light
Artists have long been drawn to California’s sun-cloaked landscapes. But now, this idyllic light might be fading against the backdrop of social inequalities and rising air pollution.
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10 Art Shows to See in the Bay Area This Summer
Insightful, generous, radical, and very “Bay way” shows, including Bernice Bing, Estefania Puerta, Remedios Varo, Frank Bowling, and more.
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Can European Museums Lure Visitors Once Again?
The Rijksmuseum’s Vermeer exhibition made headlines, but across Europe, many institutions seem to be quietly inching back to their pre-pandemic peaks.
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Berlin Museum Covers Rembrandt as Heavy Rains Hit Germany
A visitor to the Gemäldegalerie today noticed “a leaky ceiling” and one of the Dutch painter’s canvases protected by a plastic sheet.
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See the 25-Foot-Long “Reclining Liberty” Statue Before It Leaves NYC
Artist Zaq Landsberg's sculpture is spending its final city days in Brooklyn before it heads to Virginia's Museum of Contemporary Art Arlington.
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Texas City Apologizes for Arrest of Chalk Artist
Lakey Hinson, who was detained for drawing on the sidewalk, lamented that “chalk art can get you arrested quicker than open carrying a firearm.”
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Hundreds of Mermaids Spotted in Coney Island
Crowds flocked to Coney for the 41st Annual Mermaid Parade this weekend.
Art
Making Art 10 Years After Turkey’s Gezi Protests
In Berlin, where many artists settled after the protests that shook Turkey a decade ago, an exhibition grapples with the political repression and exile that followed.