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Brooklyn Art Nonprofit BRIC Announces $100,000 in Prizes for Under-Recognized Artists
Ten New York-based artists were awarded the first Colene Brown Art Prize. Each of them will receive a $10,000 no-strings-attached grant.
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New Museum Union Workers Threaten a Strike Over Contract Negotiations
The workers voted by a 96% margin to authorize a strike if their demands for higher wages, health care benefits, and improved worker safety are not met.
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Palais de Tokyo Dismisses Donor for Call to "Shoot Down" Activist Greta Thunberg
Bernard Chenebault, president of Amis du Palais de Tokyo (Friends of Palais de Tokyo) in Paris, called Thunberg a “madwoman” who “we must shoot down” in a Facebook post on Sunday. He was dismissed from his position the following day.
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Facing Protests, Ford Foundation President Reasserts Organization's Commitment to Ending Mass Incarceration
Ford Foundation President Darren Walker has published a response to New York City's criminal justice community [https://www.fordfoundation.org/the-latest/news/a-message-from-darren-walker-to-the-nyc-criminal-justice-community/], which is organizing the protest at the Ford Foundation today. He writes
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A $6.5M Cimabue Painting Has Been Chilling in a French Woman's Kitchen for Decades
The Old Master's religious painting was hanging in a kitchen in Compiègne for 35 years before it was recognized. It will go to auction with a high estimate of $6.5 million.
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Mel Chin, Jeffery Gibson, and Cameron Rowland Among Winners of the 2019 MacArthur “Genius” Award
This year, a number of artists will receive the prestigious award. The special honor comes with a no-strings-attached grant of $625,000.
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Amsterdam Museum Will No Longer Use “Golden Age” to Describe Dutch Colonial Past
The museum announced that it will no longer use the term to describe 17th century Netherlands, saying it whitewashes its problematic colonial past.
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You Can Hang the Produce Aisle From Urs Fischer's Louis Vuitton Bag
The artist-designed ArtyCapucine bag by Louis Vuitton comes with one of six odd sculptures based on products you can buy in a grocery store.
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New Dinosaur Stamps From the USPS Illustrate Our Extinct Past
These lenticular stamps depict two histories: one set in a time when dinosaurs ruled the Earth and another when only their bones remained.
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Oh, Crap! Thieves Swipe Solid Gold Toilet Worth $6M
Maurizio Cattelan's golden throne was stolen from the Blenheim Art Foundation.
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The Surprising Gender Bias on Display in Museum’s Animal Exhibitions
A new study that examined the collections of major American and European museums found that male specimens outnumbered female specimens across most ancient and modern mammals with the exception of bats, anteaters, and sloths.
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Tate Modern Touts New International Art Hires [UPDATED]
The London gallery announced four new curatorial hires focusing on art from South Asia, Western Asia, and North Africa, but the group Art + Museum Transparency has questioned the gallery's commitment to international art.