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Outgoing MoMA Director Glenn Lowry to Advise Saudi-Backed Biennial
“I’m very interested in the Middle East,” Lowry said in an interview, revealing that he will work as an advisor on the Islamic Arts Biennale.
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Silky Headphone Covers Give You Verm-ears
Produced by the Mauritshuis museum and Casetify, the $184 covers are inspired by “Girl With a Pearl Earring.”
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Anish Kapoor Greenpeace Collab Sends Generic Environmental Message
Does it add anything to the conversation?
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This Instagram Account Catalogues the Curious Ways People Stand
The popular account presents a gallery of hundreds of photos of people from around the world struggling to stand vertically.
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Required Reading
This week, Mister Rogers's cardigans, the myth of Noblesse Oblige, inequity at a LA museum, digital media's issues, and more.
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After Astronomic Market Boom, NFT Prices Plummet
On February 22, the average price of an NFT collectible was around $4,300; by April 4, it had dropped to about $1,400.
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A Ranking of the World’s Most Instagrammed Museums
An analysis ranked the world’s 20 most Instagrammed art museums based on the number of related hashtags for each museum.
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Walmart Sold This Artist's Work Without Her Permission
After artist Jeresneyka Rose published her portrait of late rapper Nipsey Hussle on social media, her followers alerted her that Walmart was selling prints of the painting.
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128-Year-Old East Village Church, Home of New York Liberty Bell, Destroyed in Fire
The fire also displaced a group of women living at a shelter operated by the Women’s Prison Association, the nation’s first organization for women impacted by incarceration.
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A Man in India Was Conned Into Buying “Aladdin’s Lamp” for $41K
According to the alleged victim’s complaint, the swindlers “conjured up” a genie from the lamp, and one dressed up as Aladdin à la One Thousand and One Nights.
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Berlin’s Madame Tussauds Dumps Trump Wax Figure Ahead of Election Day
The museum rolled its Trump lookalike off the premises in a dumpster.
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MoMA’s Cheeky Riff on Misguided Kim Kardashian Post Is Going Viral
MoMA captioned Henri Matisse’s “Dance (I)” with a line from Kim Kardashian’s highly criticized post about hosting a party on a private island during the pandemic.