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Chinese Authorities Smash Fake Terracotta Warriors Attraction
Government agents in the Lintong District raided a facility where copies of emperor Qin Shi Huang's famous earthen funerary guards were being passed off as the genuine article.
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An African American Lady Liberty Will Grace a New Commemorative Gold Coin
Traditionally portrayed as white, this is the first time the United States Mint will represent Lady Liberty as a black woman.
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Richard Prince Disowns His Ivanka Trump Portrait, Possibly Increasing Its Value
The artist claims he has returned his $36,000 fee for the work to the art advisor who brokered the deal, though Trump is allegedly trying to give him back the money.
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Reclaiming the Art We Love from Artists We Despise
In the newest segment of Billy on the Street, a contestant struggles to save the cultural contributions of disgraced artists.
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Japan Recalls Its South Korean Envoys Over “Comfort Women” Sculpture
An ongoing dispute over a statue commemorating South Korean victims of the Japanese imperial army's sex slavery has escalated, with Japan summoning its ambassador and a consul general back to Tokyo.
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Philip Johnson Chapel Vandalized in Dallas
A Philip Johnson-designed chapel in Dallas was vandalized after the pastor spoke on a local conservative talk show.
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A Protest Monument to Victims of Sex Slavery May Become Permanent
Municipal officials in Busan returned a statue it had originally confiscated after protesters erected it next to the Japanese consulate as a tribute to the thousands of Korean women forced into Japanese military brothels.
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Over 250,000 Photographs from the George Eastman Museum Go Online
The George Eastman Museum's historic photo collection is being digitized and it includes many important works of art.
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New-York Historical Society Preserves Post-Election Post-it-Note Project
The society is partnering with the MTA on the archival effort, as well as inviting visitors to leave new sticky-note messages for the President-elect on a wall at the museum.
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Russian Ambassador to Turkey Assassinated at Art Opening in Ankara
Ambassador Andrey Karlov was killed by an off-duty police officer who, after firing the fatal shots, shouted, "Don’t forget Aleppo. Don’t forget Syria."
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Tune into Homegrown Radio Stations from Around the World
The new website Radio Garden allows you to click through radio stations as they stream in real time, from hundreds of cities in the world.
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Artists Give Away Anti-Trump Designs for Your T-Shirt, Sticker, or Protest Sign
If we're going to protest continuously for four years, we might as well keep it aesthetically interesting.