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Helvetica Gets Its First Redesign in Three Decades
The font has been the subject of a feature-length documentary and 50-year retrospective at the Museum of Modern Art in NYC.
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Today in Notre-Dame News: Extreme Cathedral Makeover Edition
The rapid pace of reconstruction news means we're breaking down the most important stories into a reader's digest.
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Initiative to Restore Black Churches Targeted by Racist Arsonist Reaches $1.3 Million
The crowdfunding campaign skyrocketed after the restoration of the Notre-Dame cathedral received $1 billion in public donations.
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In a Satirical Segment About the Opioid Epidemic, John Oliver Calls Out the Sackler Family
“The Sacklers love putting their names on things. Although until very recently they have been miraculously good at keeping their name off the opioid crisis," Oliver quipped in the segment, making note of Nan Goldin's art world protests against the family.
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YouTube Flags Major Notre-Dame Fire as Misinformation, Links to 9/11 Article
The platform's new algorithm for probing "fake news" by adding context-specific information to videos seems to have glitched.
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Rent One of Claude Monet's French Homes on Airbnb
A three-bedroom and three-bathroom home once owned by Impressionist painter is available for $226 per night.
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The Financing of Hudson Yards Is Worse Than Its Architecture
A Citylab report claims that Hudson Yards stole funds intended for low-income communities in Harlem by taking advantage of a controversial investor visa program that's supposed to benefit distressed urban areas.
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In Milan, Feminists Protest a Public Sculpture that Supposedly Stands for Women's Empowerment
A giant outdoor sculpture created by Gaetano Pesce as a critique of violence against women has angered Italian demonstrators in Milan, who say it actually perpetuates violence against women.
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The First-Ever Image of a Black Hole Gets the Meme Treatment
Astronomers reached across intergalactic space to capture the photon eater some 55 million light-years away from Earth — but social media users see the black hole as something else entirely.
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The Gun that May Have Killed Vincent van Gogh Will Go to Auction
A 7mm pocket revolver found in a field in the northern French village of Auvers-sur-Oise — where Van Gogh is believed to have shot himself in the chest on July 27, 1890 — will go up for auction in Paris.
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Felix Gonzalez-Torres Billboard Returns to New York for 50th Anniversary of Stonewall
Thirty years after its debut, the historic artwork will return to stop passersby in their tracks.
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Oklahoma Judge Strikes Down Law Restricting the Definition of Native Art
The federal judge quashed a state law that prohibits art from being labeled Native American if the artist is not a member of a federally recognized tribe.