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Agnes Martin Gold-Leaf Painting Fetches $19M, Setting Record
Sotheby’s sale of Emily Fisher Landau’s collection also achieved the second-highest prize for a Picasso, but there weren’t too many surprises.
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Pistachio Billionaires Accused of Artwashing California’s Water Crisis
Museum donors Lynda and Stewart Resnick’s orchards in California’s Central Valley reportedly use more water than all the homes in LA combined.
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Washington Post Takes Down Offensive Anti-Palestinian Cartoon
The drawing by conservative cartoonist Michael Ramirez was widely criticized as “racist” and “orientalist.”
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Artists Decry Company’s Decision to Pull Mass Incarceration Billboards
Titled 8 x 5 Houston in reference to the minimum required square footage of a jail cell in Texas, the project featured designs by formerly incarcerated artists.
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New Haven Mural Honors Prison Abolitionist Ruth Wilson Gilmore
The community-led artwork also spotlights the city’s continued advocacy for racial and economic justice.
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Averting Strike, Brooklyn Museum Union Ratifies First Contract
The union secured wage increases and other wins just a day before a planned strike deadline and amid an ongoing unfair labor practices complaint.
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Cuban Artist's Message of Defiance From Prison
"There rises within me a rebellious spirit, that does not allow me to resign myself," says Luis Manuel Otero Alcántara.
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The Hidden Costs of Working in the Art World
A new survey by ArtTable finds widespread reports of low pay, debt, and work-related expenses in art jobs, especially affecting women.
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Hunter Schafer's Hand-Painted Dress Is a Wearable Mosaic
The design by Schiaparelli, known for its collaborations with Surrealist artists, further blurs the fuzzy lines between fine art and haute couture.
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Shit Hits the Fan for Alleged Thieves of $6M Gold Toilet
Maurizio Cattelan's sculpture "America," a functioning 18-karat gold toilet, was stolen from Blenheim Palace in the UK in 2019.
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Hundreds of Activists Surround Statue of Liberty to Call for Gaza Ceasefire
The action, attended by artists including actor Tavi Gevinson and photographer Nan Goldin, is the latest organized by the group Jewish Voices for Peace.
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Russian Airstrike Hits Odesa Fine Arts Museum
At least eight people were injured in the attack.