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Life-Threatening Floods Force NYC Museums to Close
The Whitney, the Rubin, and many others shuttered or delayed their openings and heavy rains flooded the Noguchi Museum basement.
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Turkey’s Top Court Upholds Life Sentence for Arts Philanthropist Osman Kavala
The international community has decried his sentencing as a violation of human rights.
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Arrowhead Made From 3,500-Year-Old Meteorite Found in Switzerland
The Bronze Age artifact is of an “extremely rare” kind, researchers say.
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San Francisco’s Asian Art Museum Sues Architect and Contractor of Its New Pavilion
The museum says the $38 million pavilion required costly repairs that delayed its opening.
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Divya Mehra Releases Canada’s Colonial Genies
Two colossal inflatable sculptures by the Winnipeg-based artist prod the colonial roots of economic and racial inequality in the country.
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Academy Museum Workers Ratify First Union Contract
The news came just as the Hollywood screenwriters’ guild reached a strike-ending deal with studios.
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DC’s National Cathedral Unveils Kerry James Marshall Stained-Glass Windows
Titled Now and Forever, the new designs honor the ongoing pursuit for racial equality in a country built on systemic oppression.
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The "LA Fingers" Symbol Gets a Tribute in Bronze
The gesture popularized by Estevan Oriol’s iconic 1995 photo inspired two sculptures by Glenn Kaino to be installed on either end of the new 6th Street bridge.
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British Museum Wants Your Help Finding Stolen Artifacts
The London institution launched a website to recover reportedly hundreds of missing items, some suspected stolen by a former employee.
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Foliage-Loving Influencers Turn Life in Vermont Town Into Hell
The town of Pomfret is restricting access to a popular photo spot after complaints of excessive traffic, trespassing, and noise.
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Melting Glacial Ice in Norway Reveals Intact Bronze-Age Arrow
"Most of the ice here in Norway will be gone in this century. You can say that we are melting back in time," said archaeologist Lars Holger Pilø.
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$1.5M Buddha Statue Stolen From LA Gallery
The 250-pound bronze sculpture was taken from Barakat Gallery’s outdoor space in West Hollywood.