Test 2018 posts
Special Counsel Investigates Billionaire Ukranian Art Collector's $150,000 Donation to Donald Trump
Special Counsel Mueller's investigation revealed that Pinchuk made the single largest outside donation to Trump's foundation in 2015.
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Woman Steals $17,500 Rock from Yoko Ono Installation
The perpetrator, who was caught on camera, took the rock from a participatory installation called "Stone Piece" at the Gardiner Museum in Toronto.
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Frick Collection Replaces Controversial Redesign Plan with New Overhaul Proposal
A proposed renovation of the Frick Collection will offer visitors unprecedented access to its holdings, and preserve its celebrated 70th Street Garden.
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John Baldessari Lends His Voice and Conceptual Art to The Simpsons
The grandfather figure of California conceptual art recently turned up in a Springfield art gallery for a cameo on the beloved cartoon.
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356 Mission Gallery, Seen by Many as a Symbol of Gentrification, Will Close
The nonprofit space, in the Boyle Heights neighborhood of Los Angeles, was the focus of anti-gentrification protests and boycotts by local activist groups.
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US Government Can No Longer Fund Official Portrait Paintings
The "Eliminating Government-funded Oil-painting Act" prohibits the use of federal funds for commissioning portrait paintings.
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Brazil Only Has One Jackson Pollock on Public View, and Now It's Being Sold
This is the first time a museum in Brazil deaccessions an artwork to pay off debt.
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Guards at National Gallery of Art in DC Say Supervisors Perpetuate Toxic Workplace
Seventeen current and former guards spoke to the Washington Post, alleging that their complaints are routinely ignored or suppressed by higher-ups.
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In Major Reversal, Cooper Union Adopts Plan to Return to Full-Tuition Scholarships
Four years after voting to start charging its students tuition for the first time in its 150-year history, the administration of the beloved school is moving back toward offering free education.
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Graffiti on Pre-Columbian Cave Paintings Caused Irreversible Damage
Officials in Chile failed to protect the 1,400-year-old cave paintings, which are currently under no surveillance.
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French President Takes Next Step Toward Repatriating African Artifacts
Emmanuel Macron appointed a Senegalese economist and French art historian to study the repatriation of African artifacts held in museum collections in France.
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Work on Rome's New Metro Line Unearths Ornate 2nd-Century Military Residence
Complete with marble floors, mosaics, and frescoes, the Hadrian-era house was found nearly 40 feet beneath the Amba Aradam station.