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ISIS Leveled Ancient Assyrian Ziggurat
New satellite images show that the 140-foot-tall mud brick structure was decimated, likely by bulldozers, over the last three months.
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A Campaign to Restore and Release Early American Films Directed by Women
Kino Lorber is crowdfunding an effort to rerelease more than a dozen movies made in the US by female directors between 1910 and 1929.
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American Institute of Architects Memo in Support of Trump Sparks Backlash from Members
The American Institute of Architects' post-election memo promising to work with President-elect Trump has been met with messages of protest from its 89,000-strong membership.
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Selfie-Seeking Tourist Topples 18th-Century Sculpture
Another museum has felt the sting of selfie culture, and this time it is in Portugal.
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Is Barbara Kruger’s Donald Trump Cover for NY Mag Any Good?
Has Kruger become a one-trick pony? Is her graphic design art divine? We thought we'd ask.
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Mexican Architects Imagine Trump’s Border Wall as a Pink Homage to Luis Barragán
A group of interns at architecture firm Estudio 3.14 created 3D renderings to visualize Trump’s proposed Southern border wall as a tribute to Mexican architectural heritage.
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Two Imprisoned Iranian Artists Pen Letter of Protest
"We urge all artists from around the world to show their protest and criticism against all of this," artists and brothers Hossein Rajabian and Mehdi Rajabian wrote in a letter from Iran's notorious Evin Prison.
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Van Gogh's 128-Year-Old Bed May Rest in a Dutch Village
While researching his latest van Gogh book, scholar Martin Bailey tried to track down the yellow bed the artist famously painted and developed an alternate theory as to why he sliced his ear.
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From Bob Ross to a Monet Haystack, This Year's Best Art-Related Halloween Costumes
There were the usual Andy Warhols, of course, but it's not often you see a Louise Bourgeois with phallic sculpture in hand.
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Dealer Mary Boone Accuses Actor Alec Baldwin of Tax Evasion
A month ago, Baldwin sued Boone, alleging that she'd sold him a copy of a painting rather than the original. Now she's filed a motion that accuses him of committing fraud.
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Yoko Ono Joke from ‘The Simpsons’ Becomes Sculpture in Her Exhibition
During a visit to Moe's Tavern in a 1993 episode of The Simpsons, a character based on Yoko Ono famously ordered "a single plum, floating in perfume, served in a man's hat."
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London Mayor Promises to Provide and Protect Affordable Artist Studios
London Mayor Sadiq Khan announced plans yesterday to set up a trust to finance and secure affordable artists’ studios across the city.