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In Effort to Cover Deficit, Metropolitan Museum Partners with Airbnb to Rent Period Rooms
The new initiative, dubbed “The Metbnb,” will allow visitors to spend the night in the museum’s historic rooms for a premium.
NEA Unveils Program Pairing Artists with Leading Presidential Candidates
The National Endowment for the Artsis jumping into the heated US presidential race with a plan to appoint artists to cover the front-runners in both the Democratic and Republican parties.
Newly Discovered Sketches Reveal Leonardo da Vinci Designed the First Drone
Leonardo da Vinci not only invented the first refrigerator, self-propelled vehicle, and robot — he also invented the first drone.
Louvre Announces Plan to Launch Satellite Space on the Moon
At a press conference this morning in Paris at the headquarters of France’s national space agency, the president of the Louvre Jean-Luc Martinez announced that the museum plans to open an outpost on the moon by 2026.
Syrian Refugees Win the 2016 Turner Prize
In a surprise announcement, the 2016 Turner Prize committee has bestowed the coveted contemporary art award on all the Syrian refugees who’ve left their war-torn country.
Anish Kapoor Coats “Cloud Gate” in the Darkest Black Known to Humanity
Taking advantage of his exclusive rights to make artistic use of the high-tech, light-absorbing material Vantablack, the British artist Anish Kapoor has covered the entire surface of his Chicago public sculpture “Cloud Gate” (2006) with it.
Brooklyn Museum Launches White Male History Month
In an effort to better reflect the changing demographics of its borough, the Brooklyn Museum is launching White Male History Month, a press release announced this morning.
Whitney Museum Replacing Biennial with Program Devoted to Art Galleries
On Wednesday the Whitney Museum of American Art announced that it will discontinue its seminal biennial exhibition, a fixture of the US art scene since 1932, and replace it with a continuous gallery-in-residence program dubbed “The Whitney Perpetual.”
ISIS to Exhibit Floating Pavilion of Art Destruction at Venice Biennale
VENICE — The Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) has announced that it will have its first-ever Venice Biennale pavilion when the international art exhibition opens next month.
Kitsch Alert: Slap Your Face (or Your Partner’s, Pet’s) on an Old Master
Everyone’s favorite Hallmark holiday is coming up in one month, which means if you haven’t bought a present for your significant other yet, you’re running out of time. Luckily, we received the best gift idea we’ve ever seen in our inbox this morning: Nobilified.