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A 26-Foot Marilyn Monroe Sculpture Meets Its End in a Chinese Dump
News sites have been abuzz today with a few fantastic photographs that show a giant sculpture of Marilyn Monroe face-down in the dirt at a Chinese dump.
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Photographer Annie Leibovitz Bailed on the Kimye Wedding
According to Kanye West, acclaimed photographer Annie Leibovitz is "like, scared of the idea of celebrity."
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250 New Emoji Are on the Way
The Unicode Consortium (which sounds like a comic book crime organization) has released approximately 250 emoji as part of Version 7.0 of the Unicode Standard, which includes 2,834 new characters.
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Instagram Brags Land Artist in Jail
Graffiti writer Peter Podsiadlo, aka SEMP or @semp516 on Instagram, was arraigned on 23 felony counts of vandalism in Queens Criminal Court yesterday.
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Knoedler Gallery Sold a Signed Jackson "Pollok"
The latest twist in the Knoedler & Co. forgery scandal involves something quite basic: spelling.
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Embattled Four Seasons Picasso Finds New Home
The Picasso tapestry slated for removal from the Four Seasons restaurant in the Seagram Building has found a new home at the New-York Historical Society, the New York Times reported.
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Previously Unknown Gauguin Reveals a Lot About the Artist
A previously unknown still life by artist Paul Gauguin has surfaced at Bonhams auction house in London.
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Sotheby's Uses Instagram to Announce "Breaking News"
We're growing accustomed to the auction world's desire to be perceived as cool. First it was skateboarding videos, then selfies, and now "breaking news" via Instagram.
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This Library Lets You Print Your Own Books
While most people go to libraries to check out books, one Toronto library is offering visitors an opportunity to print out their own.
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Selfie Delusions? National Trust Dubiously Rebrands Rembrandt Self-portrait
UK's National Trust is really excited they now have an "authentic" Rembrandt self-portrait, and they want everyone to know.
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Dumb Emoji Art History
Hokusai must be turning in his grave.
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Automakers Pledge $26 Million to Detroit Institute of Arts
The Detroit Institute of Arts announced today that the city's automakers will contribute $26 million to the museum's $100 million share of a "grand bargain" fund destined to support municipal pensions.