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Art Institute of Chicago Offers Thousands of Free, High-Resolution Images
The Art Institute of Chicago is now offering unrestricted access to over 44,000 images from its digital archives.
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NYC Allocates $198.4M for Largest Ever Cultural Budget
The unprecedented allocation includes $43.9 million for cultural programming, a 40% increase from 2014.
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Easter Islanders Ask British Museum to Return Sacred Statue, Offering Replica in Return
The Rapa Nui community has offered a basalt replica of the eight-foot, four-ton sculpture called Hoa Hakananai’a, which was stolen in 1868.
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From the Rubble of Brazil’s National Museum, the Oldest Known Skeleton in the Americas Is Recovered
Museum officials thought that the 12,000-year-old remains of a human female were incinerated in the September 2 fire, but they recently announced the dramatic recovery of "Luzia's" skull.
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Russia Strengthens Saudi Ties with Offer of a Kandinsky Exhibition, while Prominent Architects Bow Out of $500B Saudi Megacity
Saudi Arabia's financial prominence in the arts has been under active evaluation in the weeks following journalist Jamal Khashoggi's disappearance.
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A Museum Tweets Its Own Tribute to Pot(s), as Canada Legalizes Weed
Pot-heads at the Royal Ontario Museum tweeted out a series of ceramics to celebrate Canada's Legalization Day.
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Leonardo da Vinci May Have Had a Rare Eye Condition that Affected His Portraits
Other researchers have similarly claimed that other famous painters like Rembrandt and Edgar Degas had the same condition. This study, curiously, uses Salvator Mundi for analysis.
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Doctors in Quebec Will Soon Prescribe Museum Visits as Medicine
The pilot program employs art to relieve a variety of physical and mental illnesses.
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Drug Dealers Disguised 25 Pounds of Meth as Aztec Souvenirs
The various chunks of meth were part of a 90-pound package of miscellaneous Mexican souvenirs.
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The Story of Trump's Strange Dining Room Painting
One has to ask why Trump is having a drink with several dead people.
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52 Emerging Artists Create Work for Highly Anticipated NYC Culture Center Opening in 2019
All 52 of the emerging artists will receive a stipend of between $7,000 and $15,000 and additional developmental support from the organization.
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Getty Foundation Grants $1.7M to Conserve Historic Modernist Architecture
Historic 20th-century structures in Lebanon, Ireland, and Cuba are among the 11 buildings earmarked for the preservation effort.