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Organizers Handing Out Flyers Thrown Out of Brooklyn Museum
The flyers explored links between the Black and Palestinian liberation movements and called out the museum’s sources of funding.
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The Enigmatic Bolivian Artist Who Centered Indigenous Workers’ Rights
“Estaño Maldito (Cursed Tin)” (1937) is the first painting by Alejandro Mario Yllanes to enter a museum collection in the United States.
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2,000+ Sign Letter of Support for Palestinian Professor Amin Husain
Walid Raad, Chloë Bass, and Ariella Aïsha Azoulay are among those calling on NYU to reinstate Husain, who was allegedly suspended over his pro-Palestine speech.
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Art Collector Resigns From Boards After Claims of Inciting Violence at Palestine Protest
Scott Lorinsky stepped down as trustee of CCS Bard and Visual AIDS in the wake of allegations that he instructed drivers to ram into pro-Palestine demonstrators.
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Artists "Make LA Graffiti History" by Painting on Abandoned High-Rises
“Shit is a skyscraper playground,” said one artist who helped tag at least 27 stories of an unfinished luxury development.
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Two Pratt Graduate Programs Moving to Brooklyn Navy Yard
The Institute’s MFA programs in Fine Arts and Photography are leaving the Pfizer building and moving to Dock 72 in the city’s fabrication headquarters for Fall 2024.
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Street Artists Say Guess Is Copying Their Tags
In a lawsuit, the brand is accused of printing "verbatim reproductions" of Bates and Nekst's signatures on articles of clothing without the artists’ consent.
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Italian Official Accused of Laundering Stolen Painting Resigns
Junior Culture Minister Vittorio Sgarbi insists that the stolen work was a fake and that his version is the real deal.
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Brooklyn Arts Nonprofit BRIC Lays Off 16 Employees
The staff cuts have impacted programming and prompted one executive to resign in protest.
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Did Archaeologists Discover Pliny the Elder’s Famous Roman Villa?
News that researchers may have found the site where Pliny watched the eruption of Mount Vesuvius epitomizes the pressure to tie discoveries to well-known narratives.
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British Museum Plans Exhibition of Recovered Stolen Gems
The objects were allegedly taken by a staff member suspected of systematically pocketing ancient gems and gold jewelry.
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Archaeologists Slam Giza Pyramid Restoration Project
A recently launched initiative will cover one of the ancient structures with granite.